SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control
After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening, but fell short of the main objectives…
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Minnesota lawmakers unlikely to finish budget ahead of window for worker layoff notices
After plowing through two deadlines — one constitutionally required for session adjournment and another for an aspirational pre-Memorial Day finish…
RFK Jr. says COVID shots no longer recommended for kids, pregnant women
The CDC is removing recommendations that children and pregnant people get the COVID vaccine. Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/Media News Group/Getty…
Japan to use slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima on flowerbeds at prime minister’s office
TOKYO — Japan said Tuesday it plans to use some slightly radioactive soil stored near the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant…
Corporate America’s retreat from DEI has eliminated thousands of jobs
Candace Byrdsong Williams has been a manager, a director, and a "global head" of diversity for large and small employers,…
Scientists date the oldest known tools made from whale bones to 20,000 years ago
NEW YORK — Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone. The bones, fashioned…
Trump calls Putin ‘absolutely crazy’ following Russia’s latest barrage on Ukraine
President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., on Sunday, May…
Trump cuts could hurt after-school programs that serve low-income students
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NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House
NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol…
Nets and high-tech hijackings: Anti-drone systems offer new ways to counter rising threats
WASHINGTON — Drones have harassed airports and bedeviled local police. They have trespassed over nuclear plants and prisons. On the…