The Summary A NASA spacecraft brought samples from the asteroid Bennu back to Earth in 2023. The first in-depth analyses of that material have revealed organic molecules, including building blocks of life. The results bolster the theory that asteroids that crashed into Earth may have delivered the ingredients for life. In samples taken from a...
DOJ Pride, an LGBTQ employee resource group at the Department of Justice, has shut down more than a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to root out all diversity, equity and inclusion measures from the federal government. The group “ceased to operate effective immediately,” the group’s board said in an email...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an immigration detention measure into law, marking his first legislative win days after he took office as the Republican-led Congress angles to execute his agenda. The House gave its final approval of the bill in a 263-156 vote Wednesday, with 46 Democrats joining all Republicans in favor. The measure...
A woman who strangled her boyfriend and was featured in Netflix’s “I Am A Killer” series for the 2015 crime walked back a chilling confession that was included on the show, as she asked a Montana parole board for clemency Wednesday. Lindsay Haugen, 41, pleaded guilty to strangling her 25-year-old boyfriend, Robert Mast, while the...
The Justice Department on Wednesday moved to drop its appeal of a federal court order dismissing the criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s former co-defendants in the classified documents case, which would effectively end the case. Then-U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland had cited the pending appeal as the reason why he would not publicly release...
JERUSALEM — As Ahmed al-Qudra set off to see what — if anything — remained of his family’s home in the village of al-Qarara, he believed the long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza had begun. So at around 9 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, he began walking north through the city of Khan Younis with his seven...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday rescinded a widespread freeze most federal grants and loans just one day after it was issued amidst significant criticism. The order, which sparked chaos and confusion across Washington, was temporarily halted by a federal district judge Tuesday evening.
Venezuelans in the U.S. will lose approximately one year of temporary protection from deportation. On Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem canceled the latest extension of Temporary Protected Status issued earlier this month by former President Joe Biden, which allowed eligible Venezuelans to stay legally and work through Oct. 2, 2026. Venezuelans who have had...
Detroit rapper Dank Demoss is suing the ride-share company Lyft claiming she wasn’t allowed to enter a car she ordered due to her weight. Demoss, whose legal name is Dajua Blanding, had shared video on Instagram on Jan. 19 capturing an interaction with an alleged Lyft driver who denied her a ride. “I’m sorry. I...
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul whose sexual misconduct helped fuel the #MeToo movement, will face retrial in New York on rape charges on April 15, a judge announced Wednesday. Weinstein, 72, was convicted in 2020 in New York of the third-degree rape of one woman and a first-degree criminal sex act against another woman and sentenced...