Africa’s oldest human burial and 5 other top space and science stories this week
Welcome to Wonder Theory, your weekly space and science digest. Each day, we’re weaving the story that will remain once we’re gone. These…
Continue ReadingWelcome to Wonder Theory, your weekly space and science digest. Each day, we’re weaving the story that will remain once we’re gone. These…
Continue ReadingPope Francis has backed growing calls for a patents waiver for Covid-19 vaccines in a video message for a “Vax Live” benefit concert…
Continue ReadingAt least 205 people were injured at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque after Israeli police in riot gear clashed with Palestinians following evening…
Continue ReadingThe joy of snow days is no more for New York City public school students. Instead of building snowmen and finding little hills to sled down, students…
Continue ReadingA Southern California air quality board voted Friday to require large warehouses to drastically cut diesel emissions in an apparent first-of-its-kind…
Continue ReadingA man who allegedly held five people captive during an eight-hour standoff at a Wells Fargo bank in St. Cloud, Minnesota, wanted a “big…
Continue ReadingA Georgia woman was shocked to find a swarm of at least 100,000 bees living in her house — for the second time. Lisa Ohrmundt has been living…
Continue ReadingPaul Van Doren, the co-founder of Vans sneaker and clothing company, has died at age 90, the company announced Friday. “It’s with a heavy…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — While the majority of Canadians will roll up…
Continue ReadingFor young people who are experiencing social isolation and loss during the pandemic, the mental health effects have been taxing. Research shows that…
Continue ReadingA TikTok video has led to fresh leads in the case of Sofia Juarez, who was abducted one day before her fifth birthday in 2003 as she walked near her…
Continue ReadingThere are only about 200 California condors in the wild in California, but for some reason, 15 to 20 of the massive birds decided to congregate in…
Continue ReadingAs India’s coronavirus catastrophe worsens, new waves of infections are fast engulfing a growing number of nations across South and Southeast…
Continue ReadingMontana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday that prohibits transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports in schools, according to…
Continue ReadingIt’s the little chopper that could. After four historic flights, the Ingenuity Mars helicopter successfully flew to a new destination. The…
Continue ReadingAsian American and Pacific Islanders in New York City have the highest rate of vaccination among adult residents with at least one Covid-19 shot,…
Continue ReadingThe FBI in San Francisco is implementing new strategies to combat hate crimes after two Asian women were stabbed at a bus stop in the city earlier…
Continue ReadingA California school district has apologized after an attempt to support students in the wake of the Derek Chauvin trial backfired when an assistant…
Continue ReadingThe Kentucky Attorney General has announced the 18 members of a task force to review how search warrants are executed and if any improvements should…
Continue ReadingIn a 4-1 decision announced on Thursday, Utah’s Supreme Court expanded transgender rights in the state by siding with two trans petitioners…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It may seem unimaginable: having a major heart operation and…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A Missouri nurse who just moved to New York City for a new job…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE (WFOR) — A Pennsylvania tourist says he is considering a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingA judge in North Carolina has issued a written order to allow the immediate family of Andrew Brown Jr. to see the videos of his fatal encounter with…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NORWOOD, Boston (WBZ) — He’s 96 now, but the fall of 1944 still burns brightly…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OCEAN CITY, Maryland (WJZ) — The fight for women to go topless in Maryland’s…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FRESNO COUNTY, California (KFSN) — California Highway Patrol officers are…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — A Fresno business owner just can’t catch a break…
Continue ReadingThe bodies of New York City coronavirus victims are still being stored in refrigerated trailers converted into makeshift morgues during the height of…
Continue ReadingA judge in North Carolina has issued a written order to allow the immediate family of Andrew Brown Jr. to see the videos of his fatal encounter with…
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s population fell in 2020 for the first time since the state population estimates started being recorded due to Covid-19 deaths, a…
Continue ReadingJury selection will begin October 18 for the state trial of three men facing charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia last year, according…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A wedding in the works is abruptly over after a drag racer…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — The Colorado Medical Board has ordered a man to stop using a fake…
Continue ReadingIt takes 13 weeks to complete boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, where young recruits become hardened US Marines. The three-month…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — The Beverly Hills Police Department Thursday announced…
Continue ReadingThe first time I felt someone making assumptions based on my ethnicity, I was no older than 7, standing outside my ballet class in Foster City,…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HILLSIDE, Illinois (WBBM) — For 23 years, the gravesite of an 11-year-old girl sat…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A 43-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl…
Continue ReadingThe family of a Black 16-year-old is demanding accountability and transparency after authorities announced an investigation into the teenager’s…
Continue ReadingJury selection will begin October 18 for the state trial of three men facing charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia last year, according…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Albuquerque police say a cellphone was mistaken…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Fifty-five people have been killed this year in…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — California’s drought is impacting more than how you water…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SOUTH SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — The aftermath of a paintball hit can be breathtaking…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SAN JOSE, California (KPIX) — Workers at a COVID vaccination clinic in San Jose…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Omaha police get a major upgrade: moving to a stronger,…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HAYWARD, California (KPIX) — A couple living in Hayward claims the city wants them…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A Sacramento police officer has been arrested and…
Continue ReadingNearly three years before Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than 9 minutes, the former Minneapolis police officer…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story GRINNELL, Iowa (KCCI) — The Grinnell Police Department and Grinnell-Newberg…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WABC) — Police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a…
Continue ReadingThe mother of a Latino man who died in police custody in Alameda, California, after being restrained for about five minutes says her son asked the…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story GILBERT, Arizona (KPHO KTVK) — As we enter triple digit territory, people in…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WNEM) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced two men…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story INDIANAPOIS (WISH) — As Nurse’s Week is underway, News 8 is getting to know one…
Continue ReadingA suspect who held five people captive during an eight-hour standoff at a Wells Fargo bank in St. Cloud, Minnesota, has been arrested and will be…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story GRANGER, Indiana (WBND) — A new 20-megawatt solar farm, the size of 30 football…
Continue ReadingScientists were in for a shock when they encountered a “real life river monster” — a giant fish believed to be more than 100 years…
Continue ReadingHalima Cisse, a 25-year-old Malian woman who gave birth to nine babies in Morocco on Tuesday, is in good health. Her nonuplets, five girls and four…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story South Bend, Indiana (WBND) — Downtown South Bend and the Civic Theatre are hosting…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — Judges with the Texas Court of Appeals sided with Houston…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — A man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly talking to an…
Continue ReadingA urologic surgery resident in Pennsylvania is raising money to help India as it battles a horrific Covid-19 outbreak. Ruchika Talwar, a 28-year-old…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DECATUR, Georgia (WGCL) — A nearly 100-year-old man was found shot to death inside…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia (WGCL) — A Sandy Springs mother woke up Thursday morning to…
Continue ReadingIt’s the little chopper that could. After four historic flights, the Ingenuity Mars helicopter is ready to fly to a new destination. The…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Las Vegas police are investigating a report of a missing…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Ahead of Mother’s Day, there is a push to get Black mothers…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PASADENA, California (KABC) — Pasadena’s Kidspace Museum reopened its doors…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The Venice boardwalk is now a huge homeless encampment. There…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story STAMFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Three women from Connecticut will be featured on…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — A gun control bill is on Governor Kate Brown’s desk…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — A new state bill announced on Thursday would require…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LEE’S SUMMIT, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — Lee’s Summit school parents could find…
Continue ReadingA federal grand jury has indicted four former Minneapolis police officers in connection with the death of George Floyd, alleging the officers…
Continue ReadingIf you have been making a concerted effort to improve your sleep by turning on your gadget’s blue light-reducing features, a new study may provide…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 3 million lives, an almost unfathomable human toll. Now, new figures suggest that the true global…
Continue ReadingKidde is voluntarily recalling about 226,000 smoke alarms and combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms over concerns that they can fail to alert…
Continue ReadingBefore you swat a stinging wasp away from your next picnic, pause to consider the delicate and beautiful hammer orchid. The Australian flowers…
Continue ReadingOne of my family’s favorite activities is sitting around the firepit under a clear night sky, equipped with blankets and all the fixings for…
Continue ReadingOne of my family’s favorite activities is sitting around the firepit under a clear night sky, equipped with blankets and all the fixings for…
Continue ReadingThe world’s most famous electronic stock market can’t compete with the stubbornness of a 90-year-old billionaire. For decades, Warren…
Continue ReadingAmnesty International has reversed its decision to strip the jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny of his “prisoner of conscience” status,…
Continue ReadingRomanian authorities are investigating after one of Europe’s largest brown bears was allegedly shot and killed by a prince from Liechtenstein.…
Continue ReadingA judge has issued a written order to allow the immediate family of Andrew Brown Jr. to see the videos of his fatal encounter with law enforcement.…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Andrea Brooks is on two feet instead of two wheels after…
Continue ReadingThe kidnappers of at least 20 students abducted in Nigeria have threatened to kill the remaining hostages if their ransom demands are not met, the…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DAPHNE, Alabama (WALA) — The agreement between Medstar and Daphne to station an…
Continue ReadingChina’s annual emissions exceeded those of all developed nations combined in 2019, the first time this has happened since national greenhouse…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — More racial allegations against the Burlington Area…
Continue ReadingLouisiana State University has hired the first African American president in the Southeastern Conference. William Tate IV will begin in July, LSU…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — Two Sheboygan teenagers died in a…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story GREAT FALLS, Montana (Billings Gazette) — Pat Sponheim, Montana’s legendary…
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As the medical officer of health for a region in…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic is devastating lives and families in India. Hospitals are scrambling for supplies, medical staff are in shortage and health…
Continue ReadingSteel prices have tripled since plummeting at the beginning of the pandemic. That sounds like good news, but analysts warn it could be a bubble just…
Continue ReadingWashington, DC, police are searching for a suspect in a possible hate crime following the assault of an Asian store owner on Tuesday that was…
Continue ReadingWhen Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte live-streamed himself receiving a first dose of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine on Monday, it was…
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic is devastating lives and families in India. Hospitals are scrambling for supplies, medical staff are in shortage and health…
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