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Photo taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center BACC in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2020 shows the ascender of Chang’e-5 spacecraft flying above the lunar surface. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — China is set to launch the first-ever mission, known as Chang’e 6, on Friday to collect rock and soil samples from the […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Commission on Presidential Debates is pushing back against suggestions from the Trump campaign that it move its general debate calendar up — standing firm in its decision to hold the first broadcast on Sept. 16, 2024. In a statement released on Wednesday, a day after Trump senior campaign advisers […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the protests antisemitic and said they […]
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Maternal mortality rates in the United States fell in 2022 after at least three years of continuous increases, new federal data shows. In 2022, 817 women in the U.S. died of maternal causes with a rate of 22.3 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, according to the report published […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve decided to hold its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, postponing highly anticipated rate cuts as elevated inflation continues to burden U.S. households. The announcement arrives days after new government data showed that the economy is cooling off. The slowdown has coincided with a months-long stretch of […]
S. Martinelli & Co. (NEW YORK) — Martinelli’s has voluntarily recalled a single lot of its apple juice that was distributed to five major retailers after it tested for arsenic levels higher than U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards. S. Martinelli & Co. stated in a recall notice dated April 16, 2024, that the recall […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of bipartisan members of Congress are demanding answers from Formula 1 owner Liberty Media over why a U.S.-based team backed by racing legend Mario Andretti was excluded from the most prestigious motor racing series in the world. The FIA, which is Formula 1’s governing body, initially accepted Andretti […]
Getty Images – STOCK (MT. HOREB, Wis.) — A 14-year-old suspect is dead following a confrontation with police Wednesday after an active shooter was reported outside a Wisconsin middle school, sources told ABC News. The teen had approached Mount Horeb Middle School with what appeared to be a long gun, the sources said. A vehicle […]
Prince Harry, duke of Sussex, attends the Invictus Games One Year To Go Winter Training Camp at Hillcrest Community Centre on Feb. 16, 2024 in Vancouver, Canada. (Karwai Tang/WireImage) (LONDON) — Prince Harry, the duke of Sussex, is heading back to the United Kingdom for a cause close to his heart. Harry, who now lives […]
andresr/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Breast cancer screening guidelines have been finalized by a major task force, bringing the recommended age to 40 for most women of average risk in a report published Tuesday. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a major task force consisting of expert physicians providing recommendations in the primary care setting […]
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