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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Rocket launches are like opening a box of chocolates, only riskier — you never know what you’re going to get. And there is always a chance that things can explode. As humans, we can’t help but be drawn to spectacles. When a rocket is set to leap off the launchpad, there’s
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A correctional officer is facing criminal charges in connection to the death of a Milwaukee County Jail inmate, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. Forty-nine-year-old Octaviano Juarez-Corro was found unresponsive in his cell in January. Police said the inmate was in
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN There’s an adorable new monk seal pup on Hawaii’s Kaimana Beach — and authorities are taking every step to make sure mother and baby are both unbothered by humans. Authorities have erected a “temporary fence” around the beach to protect the mother and pup, according to a Facebook
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Sara Smart, CNN The home of a Utah state senator was vandalized in possible retaliation for a bill to ban gender-affirming surgery for minors, police say. Lone Peak officers were called around 7:30 a.m. Friday about vandalism at the home of state Sen. Mike Kennedy, a Republican. “The suspects appear to
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By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Extreme heat that has sent temperatures soaring in Thailand as authorities warned people to stay indoors. The Meteorological Department’s forecast on Saturday said the highest temperature in the next 24 hours could reach 43 degrees Celsius (107 degrees Fahrenheit) in country’s north and could hit 40 C
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press IDABEL, Okla. (AP) — So many residents of northern Texas cross the border into McCurtain County in far southeast Oklahoma each week that the area has earned the nickname of the “Dallas-Fort Worth Hamptons.” With its clean rivers and lakes, these forested foothills of the Ouchita Mountains have become dotted
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The life cycle of plastic begins underground, where oil and gas are extracted from deep below the surface of the planet. These fossil fuels are then refined in facilities, using extreme temperatures and significant amount of water and energy, where they are transformed into pellets that are eventually melted and molded
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s behavior toward women, long a source of flashpoints in his political career, now faces a new level of scrutiny: a trial in a lawsuit accusing him of rape. Jury selection is set to start Tuesday in the case filed by former advice
Continue Reading By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The campaign for Greece’s May 21 national election has officially opened with the dissolution of the parliament that was elected in July 2019. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou to propose the dissolution on Saturday and she accepted it. Mitsotakis said that with
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — El colibrí rufo es mágico. La garganta iridiscente del macho brilla más que un centavo de cobre brillante y, como la mayoría de los colibríes, zumba por el aire con curiosidad, flotando justo en frente de los humanos que los contemplan. La primera vez que Mike Parr, presidente de American Bird
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Seventeen apartment buildings were evacuated Saturday in a Russian city near the Ukrainian border after an explosive device was found at the site where a bomb accidentally dropped by a Russian warplane caused a powerful blast this week, authorities said. The bomb blast late Thursday rocked part of Belgorod, leaving a
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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing will change for now. That’s what the Supreme Court said Friday evening about access to a widely used abortion pill. A court case that began in Texas has sought to roll back Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug, mifepristone. Lower courts
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing will change for now. That’s what the Supreme Court said Friday evening about access to a widely used abortion pill. A court case that began in Texas has sought to roll back Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug, mifepristone. Lower courts
Continue Reading By LAÍS MARTINS and COLLIN BINKLEY SAO PAULO About two weeks after a man killed four children in a Brazilian daycare center, authorities already have rounded up some 300 adults and minors nationwide accused of spreading hate speech or stoking school violence. Little has been revealed about the unprecedented crackdown, which risks judicial overreach, but
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The populist leaders of Serbia and Hungary are observing a Serbian military exercise. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Serbia on Saturday for a previously unannounced visit. He was greeted by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who said “Serbian-Hungarian relations are at the highest level in the history of our countries.”
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now that Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News ended in a $787 million settlement, what will be the impact on media outlets that appeal to conservatives? Some experts suggest there won’t be much. But the settlement could make organizations less willing to be
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now that Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News ended in a $787 million settlement, what will be the impact on media outlets that appeal to conservatives? Some experts suggest there won’t be much. But the settlement could make organizations less willing to be
Continue Reading Sol Amaya Esta cobertura terminó por el día de hoy. Lee más noticias sobre la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania aquí. Artilleros de la brigada de asalto aerotransportada separada 80 de Ucrania disparan desde un lanzacohetes múltiple BM-21 Grad hacia posiciones rusas en la línea del frente cerca de Bakhmut en la región de Donetsk,
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Three Jewish congregations, resolute in their defiance of the hatred that tried to destroy them, are still waiting for justice. But united in their horror and grief, they haven’t been standing still as the criminal case for the massacre that changed everything has crawled through the federal
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now that Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News ended in a $787 million settlement, what will be the impact on media outlets that appeal to conservatives? Some experts suggest there won’t be much. But the the settlement could make organizations less willing to
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