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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Due to budget constraints, NASA is rethinking its original plan to return rare samples from Mars to Earth. The Perseverance rover has been gathering specimens since 2021 to help scientists better understand whether life ever existed on the red planet. Now, the space agency is soliciting proposals for
Continue ReadingBy Donovan Maess Click here for updates on this story REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN (CTV Network) — Michael Gordon Jackson, the man on trial after being charged with contravention of a custody order for allegedly abducting his daughter in late 2021 to prevent her from getting a COVID-19 vaccine, called himself to the stand Monday. Jackson, 53,
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los arrecifes de coral de todo el mundo están experimentando un blanqueamiento masivo a medida que la crisis climática impulsa un calor oceánico récord, según anunciaron el lunes dos organismos científicos, y algunos expertos advierten de que éste podría convertirse en el peor periodo de blanqueamiento de la historia. Según un
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Chiefs coach Andy Reid says wide receiver Rashee Rice will participate in the team’s voluntary offseason program beginning this week. Rice is facing one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury as the result of a sports
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is leaving uncertain his plan for advancing wartime aid for Ukraine. It put the future of the funding in doubt as lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday for a crucial week of foreign policy work. Iran’s missile and drone strike
Continue ReadingBy David Schuman Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A unique option for the afterlife is helping give back to the environment. Families are spreading their loved ones’ ashes in Washington County’s St. Croix Valley Forest to be closer to nature. Better Place Forests offers the alternative to a traditional cemetery
Continue ReadingWCCO, FAMILY PHOTOS, CNN By David Schuman Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A unique option for the afterlife is helping give back to the environment. Families are spreading their loved ones’ ashes in Washington County’s St. Croix Valley Forest to be closer to nature. Better Place Forests offers the alternative
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The historic hush-money trial of Donald Trump got underway Monday with the arduous process of selecting a jury to hear the case charging the former president with falsifying business records in order to stifle stories about his sex life. The
Continue ReadingBy Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — A pilot and his dog swam safely to shore after their small plane crashed off the Rancho Palos Verdes coast on Sunday afternoon. The crash was reported at around 5:20 p.m. near Ocean Trails Drive, which runs adjacent to the
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Four members of a rural Iowa family have pleaded not guilty in the abduction and abuse of an 18-year-old relative who had allegedly showed up at a hospital so badly beaten that his brain was bleeding and so malnourished that he weighed just 70 pounds
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Stahl and Brad Nau Click here for updates on this story CHERRY HILL, New Jersey (KYW) — April is Autism Acceptance Month, and a South Jersey hospital does that every day by providing people with autism with new opportunities. “We want to try to make them feel happy and make them feel comfortable,”
Continue ReadingBy Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — The founder of a charity that’s raised half a million dollars to provide prosthetic legs to fellow amputees will be taking part in Monday’s marathon. Steve Chamberland has made it his life’s mission to serve and provide as many kids and adults
Continue ReadingWBZ, 50 LEGS, CNN By Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — The founder of a charity that’s raised half a million dollars to provide prosthetic legs to fellow amputees will be taking part in Monday’s marathon. Steve Chamberland has made it his life’s mission to serve and provide as
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Paris Hilton joined California state lawmakers Monday to push for legislation aimed at cracking down on the industry that cares for troubled teens by requiring more transparency from youth treatment facilities. The bill supported by the Hilton Hotel heiress and media personality aims to pry open
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — NASA is seeking innovative methods that could help retrieve samples collected by the Perseverance rover on Mars in the future. The rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021, has been gathering specimens from Jezero Crater, where an ancient lake and river delta once existed on the red planet.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called on the House to immediately take up the Senate-passed supplemental legislation for Ukraine and Israel funding on Monday as he hosted Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala in the Oval Office. Biden aimed to highlight the efforts other nations are making to support Ukraine. His comments followed the Czech
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Queen Bey is giving Levi’s brand a lift. Beyoncé’s hit country album “Act II: Cowboy Carter,” which features the song “Levii’s Jeans” with rapper Post Malone, has lyrics like “denim on denim on denim on denim.” And at the same time, she posted an image on Instagram of her wearing a
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Over a breathless two days in late 2020, Paul McLister, 76, learned the family he’d grown up with had kept a massive secret from him all his life. He also found answers to questions he’d pondered since childhood, and gained a
Continue ReadingBy Laura He and Anna Cooban, CNN Hong Kong/London (CNN) — US stocks were rocked by hot economic data and worries about an escalation of tensions in the Middle East, with the Dow swinging through 600 points Monday. The Dow fell 248 points, or 0.7%, giving up earlier gains. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped after higher yields in the bond market cranked up the pressure on Wall Street. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1.8%. Stocks had been up earlier in the day, rising
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