By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch this week. The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT (1:20 a.m. ET) on November 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers has been suspended for one game and Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart was suspended two games for their roles in an ugly incident during Sunday’s Lakers-Pistons game. The NBA announced the suspensions Monday, and both will affect games on Tuesday. James will not play
Continue Reading By VESELIN TOSHKOV and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Authorities say a bus carrying tourists back to North Macedonia crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria, killing at least 45 people, including a dozen children. DNA tests are now being carried out to try to identify the victims, many of whom were
Continue Reading By Kelly McCleary and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Days after a gunshot set off a panic inside Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, police are still looking for the man they say brought the weapon through a security checkpoint and then managed to slip away in the ensuing chaos, firearm in hand. Kenny Wells, 42, is wanted on
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Using Business Formation data from the U.S. Census Bureau, SimplyBusiness broke down the industries with the most new business applications to determine how the coronavirus has impacted small-business growth.
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Net Influencer looks at how 10 popular influencers—from TikTok stars to up-and-coming Instagrammers—got their start.
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StudySoup analyzed household debt statistics from the Federal Reserve of New York to understand how the average amount of student debt has grown across all 50 states.
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) — Orlando Robinson and Isaiah Hill combined to score 30 points to help Fresno State fend off Pepperdine 70-63 in the SoCal Challenge. Robinson scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half for the Bulldogs (4-0). Jan Zidek topped the Waves (2-4) with 20 points.
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (AP) — Orlando Robinson and Isaiah Hill combined to score 30 points to help Fresno State fend off Pepperdine 70-63 in the SoCal Challenge. Robinson scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half for the Bulldogs (4-0). Jan Zidek topped the Waves (2-4) with 20 points.
Continue Reading TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has begun administering the coronavirus vaccine to children age 5 to 11. The country recently emerged from a fourth COVID wave, and daily infections have been relatively low for the last few weeks. But Health Ministry statistics show that a large share of the new infections have been in
Continue Reading By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog is meeting with Iranian officials to press for greater access in the Islamic Republic. The visit to Tehran on Tuesday comes ahead of diplomatic talks restarting over Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers. Rafael
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — Mientras las autoridades reconstruyen las circunstancias sobre cómo y por qué una camioneta se abalanzó sobre la multitud durante un desfile de Navidad el domingo en Waukesha, Wisconsin, matando a 5 e hiriendo a decenas, el presunto conductor del vehículo hará su primera aparición en la corte el martes. Darrell E.
Continue Reading SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s counter-terrorism investigating agency has arrested a prominent human rights activist in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The National Investigation Agency raided the home and office of Khurram Parvez before arresting him, his wife said. An official memo provided to his family said he was arrested under several sections of India’s anti-terror law. Parvez
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Las autoridades de Bulgaria han iniciado una investigación sobre el incendio de un autobús de pasajeros que dejó al menos 45 muertos y siete heridos, según medios estatales. Después de informar inicialmente de 46 muertes, las autoridades ahora dicen que no está claro si 45 o 46 personas murieron en el incidente,
Continue Reading By EDVIN ZULIC Associated Press VELIKA KLADUSA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Ibrahim Rasool loved his job as a referee because of sportsmanship and fair play. But the 33-year-old from Afghanistan says there is nothing fair about the way the European Union treats people seeking refuge from violence and war. Rasool told The Associated Press that Croatian
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine navy has successfully transported food supplies to marines guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea on Tuesday, a week after China’s coast guard used water cannons to force the supply boats to turn back, sparking outrage and warnings from Manila. Defense Secretary
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer The rise of exempt tournaments the past few years has turned the week of Thanksgiving into a reason to give thanks for some college hoops. Just about every day is overflowing with tantalizing matchups, which not only serve as Top 25 shake-ups during the early portion of the season
Continue Reading By Kelly McCleary and Joe Sutton, CNN Stewart “Stu” Rasmussen, America’s first openly transgender mayor, has died, according to the current mayor of Silverton, Oregon, Kyle Palmer. Rasmussen died Wednesday “after a number of weeks under home hospice care for metastatic prostate cancer,” Palmer said in a Facebook post. “His longtime love Victoria (Sage) noted
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Small dovish parties that support Palestinian statehood are back in Israel’s government after years in the country’s political wilderness – but they are finding their influence is limited. West Bank settlement advocates in Israel’s governing coalition are showing little appetite for compromise and the country’s
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN Español) — Unas 33 personas se accidentaron este lunes cuando una acera en la Avenida Beira Rio colapsó arrojando a la gente al río Cachoeria, durante la presentación inaugural de las festividades navideñas, informó en un comunicado el ayuntamiento de Joinville, en el norte de Santa Catarina, Brasil. La ceremonia tuvo que
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