NASA's mightiest rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo NASA's new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard early Wednesday, bringing the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago. Science and Tech 16 Nov, 2022
The heat stays on: Earth hits 6th warmest year on record Earth simmered to the sixth hottest year on record in 2021, according to several newly released temperature measurements. World 14 Jan, 2022
'Nimblewill Nomad,' 83, is oldest to hike Appalachian Trail An 83-year-old from Alabama started walking when he retired more than a quarter-century ago — and never stopped. M.J. "Sunny" Eberhart strode into the record books Sunday as the oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail. World 08 Nov, 2021
Bezos says Blue Origin will take the first woman to moon's surface Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon's surface, the billionaire said on Friday as NASA nears a decision to pick its first privately built lunar landers capable of sending astronauts to the moon by 2024. "This... Mobile & Apps 06 Dec, 2020
Space Camp in danger of closing permanently due to pandemic BIRMINGHAM: Space Camp, an educational program attended by nearly 1 million people, including a dozen who went on to become astronauts or cosmonauts, said Tuesday it's in danger of closing without a cash infusion because of the coronavirus... Mobile & Apps 29 Jul, 2020
3 dead as suspected twisters, other storms batter the South Three people are confirmed dead and a dozen more injured as a powerful storm front packing suspected tornadoes smashed into buildings, downed trees and left a trail of destruction around the Deep South on Monday, authorities said. One person was... Women 17 Dec, 2019
Parts of South and Midwest grapple with dangerous heat wave BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA: Forecasters are warning about days of scorching, dangerous heat gripping a wide swath of the US South and Midwest, where the heat index on Monday eclipsed 120 degrees (48.9 Celsius) in one town and climbed nearly that high in... Women 13 Aug, 2019
Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later CAPE CANAVERAL, FlORIDA: Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the spotlight to himself this time — Armstrong has been gone... Mobile & Apps 17 Jul, 2019
Tornadoes hit Kansas, Pennsylvania as storms sweep across US KANSAS CITY: A vicious storm tore through the western outskirts of Kansas City on Tuesday, spawning one or more tornadoes that downed trees and power lines, damaged homes and injured at least 12 people in the latest barrage of severe weather that saw... Women 29 May, 2019
Hundreds protest Alabama abortion ban: 'My body, my choice!' MONTGOMERY: Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the Alabama Capitol on Sunday to protest the state's newly approved abortion ban, chanting "my body, my choice!" and "vote them out!" The demonstration came days after Governor Kay Ivey signed the... Women 20 May, 2019
Alabama governor signs near-total abortion ban into law MONTGOMERY: Alabama’s Republican governor signed the most stringent abortion legislation in the nation Wednesday, making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases. “To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a... Women 16 May, 2019
Texas executes man for murdering daughters in killings wife heard on phone AUSTIN: A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls' mother listened on the phone and heard the fatal gunshots and her children's screams, was executed in Texas on Thursday, prisons officials... Women 02 Feb, 2018
