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NASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the crater on the moon’s near side in May 2024 soon after it was forme…
Speaker Johnson faces tough choices on partial government shutdown and debate over ICE
Democrats are demanding restraints on ICE that go beyond $20 million for body cameras that already is in the bill and want to require that federal immigration agents unmask and identify themselves and are pressing …
Trump administration to create a strategic reserve for rare earth elements
China represents about 70% of the world’s rare earths mining and 90% of global rare earths processing. That gave it a chokehold on the sector that has caused the U.S. to nurture alternative sources of the elements,…
Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, forecasting 6 more weeks of wintry weather
The Punxsutawney club says that when Phil is deemed to have not seen his shadow, that means there will be an early spring. When he does see it, it’s six more w…
Powerful storm threatens East Coast including parts unaccustomed to heavy snow
About 240 million people were under cold weather advisories and winter storm warnings Saturday as a powerful system threatened to bring howling winds, flooding…
Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comedian of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'SCTV' fame, dies at 71
O’Hara’s career was launched at the Second City in Toronto in the in 1970s. It was there that she first worked with Eugene Levy, who would become a lifelong co…
Justice Department says it's releasing 3 million pages from its Jeffrey Epstein files
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department was releasing more than 3 million pages of documents in the latest Epstein disclosure, as well as more…
Senate moves to pass government funding deal despite GOP backlash
Trump said he didn't want a government shutdown and encouraged members of both parties to cast a “much needed Bipartisan ‘YES’ vote."
Tens of thousands enter 6th day without power as Carolinas and Virginia prep for a winter storm
In Mississippi’s Lafayette County, where about 12,000 people were still without electricity mid-day Friday, emergency management agency spokesperson Beau Moore…
Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest
Lemon was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, where he had been covering the Grammy Awards, his attorney Abbe Lowell said. It is unclear what charge or charges Lemon and the others are facing in the Jan. 18 …
Trump's border czar suggests a possible drawdown in Minnesota, but only after ‘cooperation’
Homan emphasized that the administration isn't relenting on its immigration crackdown and warned that protesters could face consequences if they interfere with…
New cold snap adds urgency to winter storm recovery across the South
Harriet Wallace, who works for a Nashville social services agency, said police and firefighters had been visiting homes to check on elderly people whose relati…
US life expectancy hit an all-time high in 2024, CDC says
It was relatively flat for several years before plunging as the COVID-19 pandemic killed more than 1.2 million Americans. In 2021, life expectancy fell to just under 76 1/2 years. It has been rebounding since.
Trump signals interest in easing tensions, but Minneapolis sees little change on the streets
A group of protesters blew whistles and pointed out federal officers in a vehicle on a north Minneapolis street. When the officers’ vehicle moved, a small conv…
Mississippi sending 135 snowplows to help clear ice and snow from traffic-clogged highways
Traffic remained snarled on the two interstates in northern Mississippi at mid-day Wednesday, many hours after problems began when plunging temperatures Tuesda…
Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged even as Trump continues to insist they be lowered
With the economy growing at a healthy pace and no signs of deterioration in hiring, Fed officials likely see little reason to rush any further rate cuts. While most policymakers do expect to reduce borrowing costs …