Ever wonder what it’s like to live on Mars? Now, you could try out life on the Red Planet – in a simulation run by NASA. The space agency is looking for participants to live on a fake Mars for a full year to help them prepare for human exploration of the planet. This is the second of three missions, …
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The People’s Choice Awards were held in Los Angeles on Sunday night and the fan-voted awards show had its fair share of powerful and surprising moments. Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie took home big wins, as did Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Here are the top moments from the night. 1. Simu Liu hosts, with opening skit that pays homage to …
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Actor Michael J. Fox received a rousing standing ovation during a surprise appearance at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday. Fox, who has Parkinson’s disease, was presenting the award for best film and was introduced by BAFTAs host David Tennant as a “true legend of cinema.” As the “Back to the Future” star was taken to the stage in …
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A cougar attacked a group of five cyclists on a trail in Washington on Saturday afternoon, sending a woman to the hospital, officials said. The bikers were on a trail northeast of Fall City, located about 25 miles east of Seattle, when they were attacked around 12:50 p.m. local time, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said. Officers with …
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Two young citizen-soldiers who became close friends after enlisting in the Army Reserve were remembered at funerals in southeast Georgia on Saturday, nearly three weeks after they died in a drone attack in January while deployed to the Middle East. The soldiers — 24-year-old Sgt. Kennedy Sanders and 23-year-old Sgt. Breonna Moffett — were among three members of their Army …
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The body of a missing eastern Tennessee deputy sheriff was found on Thursday evening, officials said. Hamilton County Sheriff’s office said the body of Meigs County Deputy Robert “R.J.” Leonard had been recovered and was being escorted to the Knoxville Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. Video footage showed numerous law enforcement motorcycles and vehicles with their lights driving down a darkened …
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One firefighter was killed and 11 other firefighters and two civilians were injured in a massive home explosion in Northern Virginia‘s Loudoun County on Friday night, officials said. In a news briefing Saturday morning, Keith Johnson, the chief of Loudon County’s Combined Fire and Rescue System, said 911 operators received a call about a gas odor in the area of …
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Most say they see challenges in talking about race today. Many — including most Black and White Americans — worry that speaking their minds on race draws criticism, not encouragement. But there are different reasons why Americans think it draws criticism. For some it’s that they need to be careful not to offend; for others, it’s that they feel others …
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The chief medical officer for the Customs and Border Protection agency repeatedly asked staff members to order fentanyl lollipops for him to take on a helicopter mission to the United Nations in New York City in Sept. 2023, according to a whistleblower report by the Government Accountability Project. The report was shared with Congress on Friday morning, and stated that …
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Black Americans see more opportunity today than past generations but feel more still needs to be done. Americans generally agree racism remains a problem, but differences over its extent and what should be done still bring some division. Black Americans believe their opportunities to succeed in life are better than those in their parents’ generation, but most feel efforts to …
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