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Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and water
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes overnight left over 100,000 households without power in northern Ukraine and cut off the water supply to a regional capital, Ukrainian authorities reported Saturday, while civilian casualties rose sharply in the country’s embattled east. The northern Sumy region, which borders Russia, was...
Volunteers who lived in NASA’s Mars simulation for over a year will finally emerge today
After 378 days inside a mock Mars habitat, the four volunteers for NASA’s yearlong simulation of a stay on the red planet are coming home. The crew — Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones — is scheduled to exit the 3D-printed habitat in Houston this evening. You can watch the livestream of their return on NASA TV (below) starting at 5PM ET.
Caitlin Clark And Sabrina Ionescu's Pregame Exchange Is Turning Heads
The Indiana Fever welcomed the New York Liberty on Saturday for a matchup at 1 p.m. ET. Caitlin Clark headlined the stars on the court in Indiana. There were five players that will be heading to WNBA All-Star weekend, including Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu. Clark was seen embracing Ionescu ...
Larson leads the way for qualifying in 'The Windy City'
CHICAGO — It was another Kyle Larson pole on Saturday afternoon. For the fifth time this season, the No. 5 entry was on top of the scoring pylon to end qualifying. Larson's lap time of 1:27.836 narrowly bested Ty Gibb's final run of 1:27.846 to claim the top spot. The pole position is the 21st for Larson individually and the 252nd time a driver from Hendrick Motorsports has qualified in the top spot.
Ten Russian wrestlers reject invitations to Paris Olympics
Ten Russian wrestlers who were invited to compete at the Paris Olympics as neutral athletes will not take part after some of the leading wrestlers were left off the invitation list, the Russian Wrestling Federation said Saturday. Two-time gold medalist Abdulrashid Sadulaev and 2023 world champion Zaurbek Sidakov were among...
Amtrak services between New York and Boston resume after suspension
All Amtrak services between New York Penn Station and Boston South Station resumed Saturday night after they were suspended earlier in the day because of power issues. Service between the two Northeastern cities was disrupted for hours Saturday after a "malfunctioning circuit breaker" caused a widespread power outage on all of its tracks stretching between Penn Station and New Haven Union Station in Connecticut, Amtrak said.
North Dakota tribe goes back to its roots with a massive greenhouse operation
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Native American tribe in North Dakota will soon grow lettuce in a giant greenhouse complex that when fully completed will be among the country’s largest, enabling the tribe to grow much of its own food decades after a federal dam flooded the land where they had cultivated corn, beans and other crops for millennia.
Travis Kelce Joined by Patrick and Brittany Mahomes at Taylor Swift's Amsterdam Eras Tour Show
Watch: Travis Kelce Reveals How He Ended Up Joining Taylor Swift on Eras Tour Stage. This weekend includes a special anniversary relating to Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's romance and the NFL star spent part of it with the person who helped make it happen. The Kansas City Chiefs tight...
Caitlin Clark rallies Fever past Liberty 83-78 with first triple-double by WNBA rookie
INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark posted the first triple-double by a rookie in WNBA history to help rally Indiana to an 83-78 victory over New York on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, snapping the Fever’s nine-game losing streak to the Liberty. Clark finished with 19 points, 13 assists and 12...
Rising French far right vies for power in runoff elections
At stake on Sunday’s runoff election is whether the far-right National Rally will win the majority that could allow it to name a prime minister and decide domestic policy or — the more likely outcome — if centrists and the left can keep them at bay, leaving France with a hung Parliament.
New U.K. prime minister says Rwanda deportation plan is "dead and buried"
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday on his first full day in office that he is scrapping a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda as he vowed to get change in motion, though he warned it will take time."The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started," Starmer said in his first news conference. "It's never acted as a deterrent. Almost the opposite."The announcement was widely expected because Starmer said he would ditch the plan that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars but never taken flight.The news conference followed his first Cabinet meeting as the new government takes on the...
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