Two NASA astronauts floating outside the International Space Station carried out a bit of orbital surgery Tuesday, successfully replacing a broken 200-pound “wrist” joint near the end of the lab’s 58-foot-long robot arm. “That is a good install, you guys. I know that was tough. Wonderful work,” Canadian astronaut Jenni Gibbons called up from mission…
7/21: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Storms bring flash flooding across Northeast in “dangerous and life-threatening situation”; RFK Jr. says cyclosporiasis outbreak is “under control.” Source link
New video may show Nolan Wells on party boat shortly before death – CBS News Watch CBS News New footage obtained by TMZ appears to show the back of Nolan Wells’ head as he partied on a boat shortly before his July Fourth disappearance. Skyler Henry reports. Source link
Former sheriff Mark Lamb pulled off a win in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District Republican primary on Tuesday, the Associated Press projects, despite allegations of sexual misconduct that Lamb has denied. The win sets up Lamb to replace outgoing GOP Rep. Andy Biggs in the deep-red district after the November election. Biggs, who has served five…
While the three astronauts of Apollo 11 received the bulk of the attention for landing on the moon in 1969, 400,000 people worked behind the scenes to make it happen. Randall Pinkston reported on one of those important people back in 2009. Source link
An Australia woman registered a one-in-fifteen-million achievement, giving birth to identical, naturally conceived quadruplets. Mark Strassmann has the story. Source link
Quinn Brown, a 19-year-old with a passion for selling items online, hit the jackpot when he purchased an original 1972 NBA warm-up jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain at a Goodwill store for just over $3. Tony Dokoupil has the story. Source link
Washington — The House on Tuesday approved a short-term extension to fund the government until Dec. 4, hoping to punt the annual funding fight past the November midterm elections. The funding patch, known as a continuing resolution, passed in a 220 to 205 vote. Six Democrats voted with all but one Republican in favor. “The…
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his first public comment on the growing cyclosporiasis outbreak on Tuesday, declaring it under control and denying that cutbacks to monitoring activities have hurt U.S. food safety. Carter Evans reports. Source link
Jenitar Na’amoana and her husband, Jortham, thought their family was complete after welcoming four children. Then came an unexpected surprise: four naturally conceived, identical daughters. Na’amoana, 34, gave birth to Emily, Harriet, Catherine and Alexa last week. “The fact that we’ve got four beautiful, healthy babies born at 28 weeks and four days is…
