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Blue Origin is a central player in NASA’s moon project, but those plans took a big hit Thursday night when one of Jeff Bezos’ rockets catastrophically exploded into a giant mushroom cloud on its Cape Canaveral, Florida, launch pad. It’s …

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah judge is set to decide Monday whether to bar reporters and the public from parts of a key upcoming hearing in the case of the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk. Tyler Robinson’s defense …

By ANITA SNOW TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Carol Ross can’t stop smiling at dance practice as she shouts out the steps of a routine to members of her tap and jazz troupe for women age 50 and older. “I’ve been …

Secretary of State for Defence John Healey prepares to mark 15 years since the Iraq War (Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire) A member of the British Army died in a training accident in northern Iraq. The death was announced by Defence …

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page With other political parties seeming to grab mainstream media attention a lot more easily than the …

Mount Rainier’s snow-covered slopes hide one of the biggest volcanic hazards in the entire US (Picture: Getty Images) Mount Rainier looks like the sort of mountain that belongs on a postcard. Standing more than 14,000 feet tall in Washington state, …

President Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during the George W. Bush administration, warned the current Trump administration against unfreezing Iran’s assets. As seen below on Bloomberg This Weekend, …

A man was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting and strangling a woman in the LaBagh Woods on the Northwest Side last week. Detectives with the Forest Preserves of Cook County Police arrested John G. Lang, 45, for the assault. …

Nearly one-third of California rentals offer discounts, though landlord generosity – or desperation, depending on one’s view – is higher elsewhere in the nation. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a report from real estate tracker Zillow that examined rent pricing patterns …

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of youths in Kenya’s central town of Nanyuki on Monday demonstrated against the establishment at the Laikipia Air Base of an Ebola quarantine center for American citizens exposed to the virus. The …

By BASSEM MROUE, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and NATALIE MELZER BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s government ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, a day after its ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon in 26 years and as …

By Kevin Kirkland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Joe Negri couldn’t hammer a nail straight, but the guitarist known as Handyman Negri on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” spent nearly a century building a musical and personal legacy like no other. “He is literally world class, …

New albums from Lizzo and Death Cab for Cutie, and the streaming service debut of animated hit “Hoppers” are some of the new television, films, music, and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth …

As you may recall from a previous column, I am on a quest to fix old electronics that have been waiting for some TLC. I started with a really cool Wards Airline wood radio as described back in April, followed …

Happy election eve, voters! Tuesday, June 2, is the final day to cast those ballots that have been sitting on the counter for the past month. Voters can do so in multiple ways: return their ballot in one of the …

By SAMY MAGDY CAIRO (AP) — A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Sunday at a concrete barrier separating the occupied West Bank from Jerusalem, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The ministry identified him as 26-year-old …

Journalists are pouring through the Mandelson files (Picture: AP) Peter Mandelson said the government would ‘never regret’ appointing him and denied he had ‘close contacts’ with foreign nationals, the newly released Mandelson files show. The government has released more than …

M/V Hondius has been deep-cleaned following the hantavirus outbreak (Picture: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Shutterstock) The cruise ship at the centre of a rat virus outbreak that terrified the world will take to the seas again this month. MV Hondius triggered a global …

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) responded to a report about Iran proposing its own amendments to a potential agreement with the United States after President Trump suggested changes to the current draft. Based on reports from Iran’s news agency Tasnim, …

SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers’ drive for legislation intended to keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois stalled out late Saturday with barely a day left in Springfield’s legislative session, as a key Senate negotiator conceded his chamber’s caucus won’t support the property-tax …