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China launches new crew to its space station as it seeks to expand exploration
JIUQUAN, China (AP) — China declared a “complete success” after it launched a new three-person crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday as the country seeks to expand its exploration of outer space with missions to the moon and beyond. The Shenzhou-19 spaceship...
China says it's ready to launch the next crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday
JIUQUAN, China (AP) — China said all systems are ready to launch the next crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday, the latest mission to make the country a major space power. The two men and one woman will replace the astronauts who've lived on the Tiangong space station...
A pizza shop owner is sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for threatening workers with deportation
BOSTON (AP) — The owner of two Boston-area pizza shops convicted of forced labor for using physical violence and threats of reprisal or deportation against employees living in the country illegally has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. Stavros Papantoniadis, 49,...
Four things to know from Kamala Harris' latest podcast interviews
WASHINGTON (AP) — In today’s fragmented media environment, podcasts have become prized venues for politicians to reach voters. Kamala Harris recently conducted two interviews that were released this week. One was with Shannon Sharpe, a former NFL player who hosts “Club Shay Shay” and the...
USWNT comes from behind for 3-1 win over Iceland
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lynn Williams and Lindsey Horan scored minutes apart in the second half and the United States rallied to beat Iceland 3-1 on Sunday. Forward Emma Sears made her debut for the United States as a second-half substitute and scored in stoppage time. She also...
Today in History: October 27, 11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Today is Sunday, Oct. 27, the 301st day of 2024. There are 65 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S....
Thousands were adopted to the US but not made citizens. Decades later, they risk being deported
The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families. But along the way it left thousands of them without citizenship, through a bureaucratic loophole that the government has been aware of for decades, and hasn’t fixed. Some...
Red-cockaded woodpeckers' recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened
WASHINGTON (AP) — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday. "The downlisting of the...
