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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA finally has counted up all the asteroid samples returned by a spacecraft last fall — and it’s double the rubble return goal. Officials reported Thursday that the Osiris-Rex spacecraft collected 121.6 grams (4.29 ounces) of dust and pebbles from asteroid Bennu. That’s just
Continue ReadingBy Amber Noggle Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WKOW) — Audrey Doering’s life began in an orphanage in China. “I was adopted in August of 2007,” said Doering, who is now 17. “So, I was around 15-16 months old.” Wausau couple Jennifer and Tom Doering, already parents to three boys, took
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The management team of Brian Wilson has petitioned to place him in a conservatorship because of his mental decline and the recent death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, who managed his daily life. The 81-year-old Beach Boys co-founder and mastermind has a “major neurocognitive
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The management team of Brian Wilson has petitioned to place him in a conservatorship because of his mental decline and the recent death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, who managed his daily life. The 81-year-old Beach Boys co-founder and mastermind has a “major neurocognitive
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By Ashley R. Williams and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — The deadly mass shooting that unfolded Wednesday following a Super Bowl celebration rally in Kansas City – a city that recorded its deadliest-ever year in 2023 – occurred in a state known to have some of the weakest gun laws in the country. The gunfire
Continue ReadingBy Grace Ulch Click here for updates on this story EVANSVILLE, Wisconsin (WKOW) — It’s been one week since historic tornadoes moved through south central Wisconsin. One touched down in Rock County, the other in Green County, and people are still working to help those impacted. Rock County’s Emergency Management and Sheriff’s Office are connecting
Continue ReadingWKOW, WISN, CNN By Grace Ulch Click here for updates on this story EVANSVILLE, Wisconsin (WKOW) — It’s been one week since historic tornadoes moved through south central Wisconsin. One touched down in Rock County, the other in Green County, and people are still working to help those impacted. Rock County’s Emergency Management and Sheriff’s
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Imagine if you could drive at night with your high beams on all the time, bathing the road ahead in bright light but without ever blinding other drivers. In Europe and Asia, many cars offer adaptive driving beam headlights that can do this. ADB is a lighting technology that
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. Some take a fatal plunge from an open window. Over the years, Kremlin political
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old man in the deaths of a mother and daughter from Chicago who were fatally struck by a Jeep after leaving a Drake concert. Monte Henderson of suburban St. Louis was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of armed
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — A small group of bipartisan House lawmakers has unveiled their own plan to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and crack down on illegal crossings at the southern border, an effort to put additional pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to act on Ukraine aid even as House lawmakers recess
Continue ReadingHyundai is recalling more than 90,000 Genesis vehicles due to a fire risk and owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until a repair is completed. The recall includes certain 2015-2016 Genesis, 2017-2019 Genesis G80, Genesis G90, and 2019 Genesis G70 vehicles. A letter from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops in a strategic eastern city are under intense pressure as Russian forces tighten the noose around Avdiivka. Officials say the city’s defenders face ammunition shortages. The Kremlin is pushing for a battlefield win ahead of the second anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Radin Click here for updates on this story RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California (KCAL) — Ongoing land movement in Rancho Palos Verdes has led to the closure of a South Bay landmark, the Lloyd Wright-designed Wayfarers Chapel. The Chapel announced the closure on its website Thursday. “Effective immediately, we are extremely devastated to announce
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of consumer sentiment ticked higher this month, after soaring in December and January, underscoring that Americans are starting to feel better about the economy after years of gloom. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index. released Friday, ticked up to 79.6 in February, from
Continue ReadingDOHA, Qatar (AP) — The United States held off Hungary 8-7 on Friday to capture the women’s water polo title for the fifth time in the last six championships and eighth time overall. Rachel Fattal scored three goals and goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson made 10 saves to lead the Americans, who are three-time reigning Olympic champions.
Continue ReadingBy Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN (CNN) — Records turned over to Congress this month reveal how top officials at the US Coast Guard engaged in a calculated plan to conceal the damning findings of an investigation into decades of sexual assault cases at the agency’s academy, going so far as to create a
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An Army reservist responsible for Maine’s deadliest mass shooting told state police in New York before his hospitalization last summer that fellow soldiers were worried about him because he was “gonna friggin’ do something.” Robert Card told troopers who escorted him to a hospital that people kept talking about him behind
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — After a winter barrage of award shows — the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys — the grandaddy of them all, the Academy Awards, are around the corner. The 96th Oscars may be a coronation for “Oppenheimer,” which comes in with a leading 13 nominations, though other films, including “Barbie,” “Killers
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — After a winter barrage of award shows — the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys — the grandaddy of them all, the Academy Awards, are around the corner. The 96th Oscars may be a coronation for “Oppenheimer,” which comes in with a leading 13 nominations, though other films, including “Barbie,” “Killers
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