When Apollo 17 astronauts returned from the moon in 1972, they visited NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, to thank staff for their contributions to the mission, saying “we stood on the shoulders of giants as we shot for the stars.”

More than 50 years later, NASA Langley researchers are making final preparations to do it ...Read more

With many federal officers wearing face coverings during an immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, the St. Paul City Council on Wednesday introduced an ordinance requiring law enforcement to be unmasked.

The city council has said they’re taking a phased approached to introducing a series of ordinances in response to the enforcement, and ...Read more

Could plastic byproducts and forever chemicals found in drinking water cause your body to attack your own nervous system? New research from Sweden links higher levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, with a higher risk for developing multiple sclerosis.

“We saw that several individual ...Read more

The Trump administration is asking a judge to lift his temporary restraining order prohibiting the arrest and detention of Minnesota’s refugees. Last week, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim prohibited the federal government from detaining any refugees who don’t have a green card and ordered the release of dozens of lawfully admitted refugees ...Read more

NEW YORK — A pivotal long-sought memo that shows New York City government officials were worried just a month after 9/11 that thousands of first responders and survivors could potentially suffer from “toxic exposure” at ground zero has finally surfaced — nearly a quarter century after it was written, the Daily News has learned.

The ...Read more

Idaho lawmakers could add more accountability measures for virtual public schools across the state after a report last year found gaps in oversight that led to families using public funds for costs such as Disney+ subscriptions and trampoline parks.

The bill, sponsored by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, seeks to fix some of the concerns ...Read more

Environmental groups and tribal communities submitted written comments to state water regulators this week reiterating that the proposed Bay-Delta water management plan weakens water protections and could open the door to ecosystem disaster.

During a three-day hearing last week, the tribal members warned that the plan would result in “...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge ordered the release of two Venezuelan men accused of assaulting a federal immigration officer last month outside a north Minneapolis duplex, concluding that they do not present a heightened flight risk.

But they never made it out of the St. Paul courthouse.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Recently arrested streamer Neo Langston appeared Wednesday in front of a Los Angeles grand jury in connection with the suspected murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose dismembered remains were found in singer D4vd’s impounded Tesla last year.

Langston was arrested in Montana last month on a warrant from the LAPD for failure ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County sheriff's homicide detectives are looking for possible links among the recent slayings of four homeless people in Willowbrook, including the killing of former NFL lineman Kevin Johnson, who was stabbed to death last month.

Johnson, 55, known in his playing days as "Big Kev," was found dead after sheriff's ...Read more

NEW YORK — City Council Speaker Julie Menin plans to bring outdoor dining back to the streets and sidewalks of New York City year-round, she said Wednesday.

The practice, which surged during the pandemic, but has been scaled back significantly under additional regulations put in place by the city, drew widespread praise but also complaints ...Read more

DENVER — A 3-year-old gray wolf died last week in northwestern Colorado after an attempt by state wildlife officers to capture it during a collaring operation.

The breeding male was part of the King Mountain Pack, one of four known wolf packs in the state, according to a news release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The pack formed last ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson held a South Side town hall Tuesday evening to again hammer the city budget, the latest score-settling between him and the City Council bloc that passed its own plan in December after rejecting key parts of his proposal.

The fiery meeting at the South Shore Cultural Center began with local Ald. Desmon Yancy, a ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado will pay $245,000 to a Muslim man who was forced to shave his beard in prison in violation of his religious beliefs, court records show.

Tajuddin Ashaheed brought the lawsuit against the Colorado Department of Corrections nearly a decade ago, after he was forced to shave his beard as he entered prison for a parole violation ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, an Indiana Democrat who went on to chair the 9/11 Commission and was one of his party’s foremost foreign policy mavens, has died at the age of 94.

First elected in 1964, Hamilton served 17 terms and went on to a busy retirement with his roles at, among other institutions and organizations, Indiana ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal judge has dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a veteran police misconduct investigator against the city and the former chief administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability who resigned last year.

The lawsuit brought by Matthew Haynam claimed that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that California this fall may use its new election map, which is expected to send five more Democrats to Congress.

With no dissents, the justices rejected emergency appeals from California Republicans and President Trump’s lawyers, who claimed the map was a racial gerrymander to benefit ...Read more

President Donald Trump sent a fresh warning to Iran’s leaders as U.S. military forces amass in the region, even as diplomatic talks between Washington and Tehran appeared to remain on track.

“I would say he should be very worried, yeah. He should be,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News on Wednesday, when asked about Iran’s ...Read more