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NASA taps George Mason U. to lead space mission that could help find another habitable planet 06/10/2024 09:07pm • The answer to some of life's most fascinating questions could eventually be answered with help from a NASA mission that George Mason University has been tapped to lead. The Fairfax County, Virginia, college will build and launch an "artificial star" into orbit. The small satellite will be equippe Soldiers in Malawi search for missing military plane carrying vice president and former first lady 06/10/2024 08:51pm • BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) ��� Soldiers are searching mountainous forests near a city in northern Malawi after a military plane carrying the country's vice president and a former first lady went missing in the area Monday, President Lazarus Chakwera said. The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Sau A dog helped his owner get rescued after a car crash in a remote, steep ravine in Oregon 06/10/2024 08:11pm • BAKER COUNTY, Ore. (AP) ��� A dog has helped his owner get rescued after a car crash in a steep ravine in mountainous northeastern Oregon, authorities said. A man was driving with his four dogs on a remote U.S. Forest Service road on June 2 when he crashed into a ravine below, the Baker County Sheri 13 Orlando Theme Parks Everyone Should Visit Once 06/10/2024 08:00pm • If your family is begging for a theme park getaway, look no further than a trip to Orlando, Florida. Choose from a variety of parks to suit all tastes, from the classic rides and characters at Walt Disney World Resort to the heart-pounding thrills of Universal Orlando Resort. (And take note: these r Here's how you can improve your health by stopping negativity and embracing optimism 06/10/2024 06:53pm • Prince Bhojwani never thought of himself as a negative person, until three trips to the hospital in one month forced him to reconsider. Before May 2018, he was a healthy but chronically worried start-up founder who regularly did 20-mile (32-kilometer) bike rides. When he suddenly became barely able 4 hospitalized after small plane crashes in suburban Denver yard after trying to land on street 06/10/2024 06:28pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Four people were hospitalized in serious to critical condition after a small plane crashed into the front yard of a suburban Denver home after trying to land in the street, authorities said. The plane burst into flames after crashing, and the injuries to the plane's four passengers i District attorney who prosecuted Barry Morphew faces disciplinary hearing 06/10/2024 06:19pm • DENVER (AP) ��� A district attorney who brought charges that were ultimately dismissed against a Colorado man accused of killing his wife faced a discipline hearing Monday that could lead to her disbarment. A lawyer for Colorado���s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel described 11th Judicial Distr Electronic voting worries security experts. Nevada touts safeguards as it expands it to tribes 06/10/2024 04:43pm • SCHURZ, Nevada (AP) ��� Members of the Walker River Paiute Tribe have watched the boundaries of their land recede over time along with the waters of the lake that are central to their identity, threatening the cultural symbol that gave the tribe its name ��� Agai Dicutta, or Trout Eaters. Not wantin Missouri governor turns down clemency for inmate facing execution on Tuesday 06/10/2024 04:18pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday turned down a clemency request for condemned inmate David Hosier, a move that likely clears the way for his execution. Hosier, 69, faces lethal injection Tuesday for the 2009 deaths of a Jefferson City couple, Angela and Rodney Gilpin. Randy Dam An explosion and a fire at an armaments plant in Poland kills 1 person and injures another 06/10/2024 03:56pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� An explosion at an armaments plant in Poland on Monday caused a fire that killed a 59-year-old man who worked there and injured another person, officials said. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that there was no reason to assume that an ���external force��� was behind Monday��� Florida man pleads not guilty to kidnapping his estranged wife from her apartment in Spain 06/10/2024 03:49pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� A Florida businessman accused in the February disappearance of his estranged wife in Spain pleaded not guilty on Monday after federal prosecutors questioned his sale of several properties shortly before she disappeared, saying millions in proceeds would allow him to flee if he were re 2 teens are killed when a bedroom wall collapses after heavy rains on an island in El Salvador 06/10/2024 03:19pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) ��� Two teenagers were killed by a landslide during heavy rains early on Monday, when their bedroom wall collapsed on an island in El Salvador, authorities said. The landslide took place on the Meanguera del Golfo island in the Gulf of Fonseca. The deaths were confirme Protesters graffiti messages of Palestinian support outside the White House 06/10/2024 12:34pm • Cleanup is underway after graffiti and vandalism were left behind following a protest in D.C. outside the White House calling for a stop to U.S. support of Israel and a cease-fire in Gaza. Faded graffiti was seen smeared throughout Lafayette Park from Saturday's protest. "Unfortunately, the pa Paris Olympics: What to know, who to watch during the surfing competition 06/10/2024 09:59am • A roadmap to follow for the surfing competition at the Paris Olympics: Athletes to Watch ���Carissa Moore, United States: The Olympic and five-time world champion has announced she's stepping away from top-tier competitive surfing after the Paris Games. She won the first Olympic gold medal awarded i Ukraine's air force may keep some F-16 warplanes abroad to protect them from Russian strikes 06/10/2024 08:19am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukraine may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets it's set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes, a senior Ukrainian military officer said Monday. Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have committed to providing Ukraine w