Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, apologized to the state’s Jewish Democratic Caucus on Saturday for comments he made after an attack on a synagogue in March, which he tied to Israel’s actions in the Middle East. “My comments may have been misconstrued to justify something I did not mean to…
NASA‘s newest telescope blasted off Sunday on a five-year mission to explore the secrets of dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly after daybreak from Kennedy Space Center. Roman blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles away that’s home to the Webb Space…
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sailed past Singapore early on Sunday as it headed home after a grueling deployment in the Middle East. It’s expected to stop in Thailand for a port visit. Associated Press journalists on the Indonesian island of Batam, across the Singapore Strait, spotted the massive vessel as it transited…
A football player for William Jewell College in Missouri died Saturday after experiencing a medical emergency during the team’s season opener, according to school officials. The school identified the player as William Jewell running back MicahJo Barnett, a junior majoring in business administration. The incident occurred at Greene Stadium in Liberty, Missouri, during a…
Ontario’s head of government on Saturday erected a sign by Lake Ontario that reads “Lake Ontario – Now and Always” and criticized President Trump after he signed an executive order to rename the body of water that connects the Canadian province and the state of New York. “I’m here on the shores of beautiful Lake…
Using a donated Hubble-class mirror originally built for a spy satellite, NASA‘s Roman Space Telescope is poised for launch Sunday on a $4.3 billion mission to open a new window on the universe, taking wide-angle, ultra-sharp images that would require a half million 4K TVs to show in full. Put another way, officials say a…
A Dutch drug addiction and mental health institute warned users on Friday about potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped to look like the head of President Trump. The respected Trimbos Institute said that several of the pills have been handed in recently at a network of centers that test drugs for users before they take them. …
When marathoner Jamie Shinneman gears up for his long runs, he’ll scarf down a carb-heavy breakfast, lace up his shoes and leave home with the one thing that most runners don’t have — a teammate. For training runs as long as 20 miles in Noblesville, Indiana, the 53-year-old runs while pushing his wife, Amy Shinneman,…
While walking along a path in Austin, Texas, earlier this year, Jasper Steinmetz spotted a man with something both familiar and out of place. “I saw the Indiana University athletic backpack, and since I had just graduated from Indiana, we had that commonality. And I figured, you know, why not talk to him?” Steinmetz told…
A federal judge on Friday once again spurned President Trump’s effort to erase his hush money conviction, rejecting the president’s bid to move the state court case to federal court and have it dismissed on presidential immunity grounds. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said Mr. Trump’s reasons for renewing his request were “neither new…
