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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the United States government agency that conducts research into space. There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Timeline October 4, 1957 – The Soviets launch Sputnik 1,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at NASA’s Space Shuttle Program which ended in 2011 after 135 missions. Facts The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and other cargo into orbit

CNN, KABC By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A massive fire burning across both California and Nevada is generating extreme fire behavior, spawning “fire whirls” and creating dangerous conditions for firefighters, authorities said. The fire, dubbed the York Fire, which is California’s largest fire of the year, has consumed 80,000 acres as of Tuesday morning.

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — In the continuing investigation of Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann, authorities have scoured his New York home, leaving a chaotic scene for his family to return to, according to Heuermann’s wife and her attorney. It’s been three weeks since Heuermann was arrested and charged

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN (CNN) — Northwestern University announced Tuesday an independent review of the school’s accountability mechanisms and athletics department culture, as the university faces several lawsuits alleging hazing within its football program. The review, which will be led by former US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, will “examine the culture of Northwestern Athletics to

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A lawsuit filed Monday in Oklahoma is seeking to block the state’s support for the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school. The lawsuit, filed by the Oklahoma Parent Legislative Action Committee, is asking a judge to stop the sponsorship, funding and opening of the St. Isidore of Seville

By Sabrina Souza, Nicki Brown and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The jury in the trial of Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers and wounded six others at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, began deliberations Tuesday morning on whether to sentence him to death. A decision to sentence the gunman to death must

By Konstantin Toropin, Eric Levenson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Chad Daybell, the stepfather of two children who have been missing since last year, was charged with destroying evidence Wednesday as prosecutors said two children’s remains were found on his Idaho property. The children of Lori Vallow, Daybell’s wife, have not been seen since

By Konstantin Toropin, CNN (CNN) — Lori Vallow, the Idaho woman charged in connection with the disappearance of her children, is now accused of two counts of conspiring to destroy, alter or conceal evidence of their buried bodies. Vallow’s children, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua “J.J.” Vallow, disappeared last September. Their remains were found

By Konstantin Toropin and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho judge ruled Tuesday that the case against Chad Daybell, the stepfather of two children whose remains were found on his property, can proceed to trial. Daybell is charged with two felony counts of conspiracy to commit destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence and two

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Rising temperatures have sucked more than 10 trillion gallons of water out of the Colorado River Basin between 2000 and 2021 – a volume about the size of Lake Mead – according to a recent study. Researchers at UCLA found the human-caused climate crisis is contributing significantly to the

By Konstantin Toropin and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Phoenix police officials are reviewing the investigation into the death of Joseph Ryan, Lori Vallow’s third husband, a spokeswoman for the department told CNN on Friday. Vallow and her fifth husband, Chad Daybell, are both in jail in Idaho, awaiting trials on charges connected to the

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury in Idaho on Tuesday indicted Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow on murder charges in connection with the deaths of Vallow’s two children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. Daybell also is charged with murder in the case of his ex-wife, Tammy, who died in her sleep a

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Chad Daybell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the murder and conspiracy charges he faces in connection with the deaths of his first wife and the two children of his current wife, Lori Vallow. Idaho 7th Judicial District Magistrate Judge Steven W. Boyce said that a scheduling conference would take

By Amir Vera, Dave Alsup and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho woman who is accused of killing her two children has been charged in the death of her former husband. Lori Vallow was charged by an Arizona grand jury with one felony count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, the Maricopa County Attorney’s

By Madeline Holcombe and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Details of the investigation leading to the charges against Lori Vallow in the death of her former husband show he feared for their children’s safety​, police say, citing a mental health petition Charles Vallow filed. Arizona police released a probable cause statement Thursday with information on

By Mallika Kallingal and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors in Idaho are planning to seek the death penalty in the murder case against Chad Daybell, according to a court document filed Thursday. Daybell is accused of conspiring with his current wife, Lori Vallow, to kill two of her children and his first wife. He

By Jenn Selva, Andy Rose and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho judge ruled Monday that Lori Vallow is mentally fit to stand trial on charges related to the deaths of her two children, according to court documents. Vallow is “restored to competency and is fit to proceed,” Judge Steven W. Boyce said in

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The trial of Lori Vallow – who is charged with murdering her two children, hiding their bodies and then reporting them missing – is delayed again after the defense renewed its claim that Vallow is not competent to stand trial. Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, were indicted for