NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed toward orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning of time. SpaceX launched the Spherex observatory from California, putting it on course to fly over Earth’s poles. Tagging along were four suitcase-size satellites to study the sun. The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and...
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- NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
- Bills agree to sign edge rusher Joey Bosa to 1-year, $12.6 million contract, AP source says
- Yemen's Houthi rebels say 'any Israeli vessel' in nearby Mideast waterways again a target
- Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals after Ontario suspends electricity price hikes
- Education Department cuts half its staff as Trump vows to wind the agency down
- House passes bill to fund federal agencies through September, though prospects unclear in Senate
- White House pressures Columbia University as it seeks to deport pro-Palestinian activists
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- Tiger Woods says he ruptured his Achilles tendon, an injury that will keep him out of the Masters
- Wall Street falls in a manic day after briefly dropping more than 10% below its record
- US resumes military aid and intelligence sharing as Ukraine says it is open to a 30-day ceasefire
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- UK police arrest captain of cargo ship on suspicion of manslaughter over North Sea collision
- 4 charged in death of 5-year-old boy 'incinerated' in hyperbaric chamber explosion
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- QB Daniel Jones agrees to a 1-year, $14 million deal with the Colts, AP source says
- Philippine ex-leader Duterte is being flown to The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity
- 16 are dead and dozens are hurt after a bus flips on a highway in South Africa
- Trump says he'll buy a Tesla to show support for Musk as his company faces financial trouble
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- Arrested Philippine ex-President Duterte to face legacy of thousands killed in drug crackdown
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Mon, 10 Mar 2025
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- 'Nervous and rushed': Massive Fukushima plant cleanup exposes workers to high radiation and stress
- Ukraine will propose a limited ceasefire during talks with the US in Saudi Arabia, officials say
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- Trump warns that arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be 'first of many'
- Donald Trump is reviving the fortunes of governments and leaders that talk tough against him
- An office known for enforcing special education is now focused on Trump's political priorities
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- Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US in response to Trump's trade war
- Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency's programs gone
- Syria's government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast
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Sun, 09 Mar 2025
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- Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
- Tokyo was filled with charred corpses after US firebombing 80 years ago. Survivors want compensation
- Ex-central banker to replace Trudeau as Canada's prime minister after winning Liberal Party vote
- A single-engine plane crashes near a Pennsylvania airport and all 5 aboard are taken to hospitals
- Chaos in Romania's capital after far-right Calin Georgescu barred from presidential redo
- Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water
- Pope thanks volunteers for 'miracle of tenderness' as another Holy Year event passes without him
- 'Bloody Sunday' 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
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- Syria's worst violence in months reopens wounds of the civil war
- Trump downplays business concerns about uncertainty from his tariffs and prospect of higher prices
- How one small business is navigating Trumps on-again, off-again tariffs on Canadian goods
- Authorities: Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House while Trump out of town
- Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
- They were forced to scam others worldwide. Now thousands are held in detention on the Myanmar border
- Musk and DOGE try to slash government by cutting out those who answer to voters
- Russian forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian troops from the rear in Kursk
- Trump's transactional approach to diplomacy is a driving force on the world stage
- Consumer prices fell in China in February and remain flat in a sluggish economy
- Panama releases dozens of detained deportees from US into limbo following human rights criticism
- New Zealand bats first in Champions Trophy final against India
- Macron's diplomatic comeback: from France's domestic crisis to reshaping Europe's defense
- Facing competition from Big Tech, states dangle incentives and loosen laws to attract power plants
- China learned from Trump's first trade war and changed its tactics when tariffs came again
Sat, 08 Mar 2025
- New York governor declares state of emergency for wind-driven brush fire on Long Island
- Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh brace for upcoming food reductions as aid agencies cut funding
- 2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 people dead
- How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood
- Israel will send a delegation to Qatar to try to 'advance' ceasefire negotiations
- Russian strikes on Ukraine kill more than 20 as Polish prime minister warns against appeasement
- House Republicans unveil bill to avoid shutdown and they're daring Democrats to oppose it
- Pope Francis responding well to pneumonia therapy and showing 'gradual, slight improvement'
- Irans top leader rejects talks with the US over missile range, regional influence
- 12 people wounded by 3 men shooting randomly at Toronto pub customers, police say
- Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March
- House GOP campaign chairman says voters will 'reward us' for the Trump-Musk DOGE cuts
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- North Korea unveils nuclear-powered submarine for the first time
- From staff cuts to aid reductions, UN humanitarian agencies scramble in wake of US funding freeze
- Storm dumps heavy snow on northern Arizona, gridlocking Interstate 40
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- Hawks, butterflies and a song for her murdered son help Georgia mom reclaim joy after killings
- US economic worries mount as Trump implements tariffs, cuts workforce and freezes spending
Fri, 07 Mar 2025
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- Mystery solved? A submerged car from the 1950s may belong to a missing Oregon family
- A single day of Trump and Musk's cost-cutting campaign remakes huge sections of government
- A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
- Expert tells judge to drop charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams without letting them be refiled
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- West Texas reports nearly 200 measles cases. New Mexico is up to 30
- Canada to name a new leader while dealing with Trump trade war
- Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?
- Rantanen lands 8-year contract with Stars as Hurricanes agree to a trade, AP source says
- Panama to allow 112 migrants deported from the US to move about freely in the country
- States sue President Trumps administration over mass firings of probationary federal workers
- Trump wrote to Iran's leader about that country's nuclear program and expects results 'very soon'
- Russia attacks Ukraine's energy supplies as US cuts its access to satellite images
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- A boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane in Australia but was tackled by a former boxer
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- American Jews who fled Syria ask White House to lift sanctions so they can rebuild in Damascus
- Why should America worry about Trump? Try the price of eggs, say some Democrats
Thu, 06 Mar 2025
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- Trump changes course and delays some tariffs on Mexico and Canada
- SpaceX's latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion
- Trump casts doubt on NATO solidarity, despite it aiding the US after Sept. 11
- Adnan Syed to stay free after judge decides on time served for his murder sentence in 'Serial' case
- Wall Street tumbles as tariff whiplash and falling AI stocks drag Nasdaq 10% below its record
- Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south pole
- Life-saving avalanche forecasts could be hindered by Trump budget cuts
- A weak Pope Francis thanks people for their prayers 'from the bottom of my heart' in audio message
- Ukraine will struggle to strike targets inside Russia without US intelligence
- Women's tennis players now are eligible for paid maternity leave funded by Saudi Arabia's PIF
- A South Carolina man is set to become the first executed by firing squad in 15 years
- New Senate bill seeks to tackle the flow of fentanyl into the US from China and Mexico
- Trump envoy says Ukrainians 'brought it on themselves' after US pauses aid and intelligence sharing
- Toys are expected to cost more by fall due to new US tariffs on Chinese imports
- Hamas brushes off Trump's threat and says it will only free hostages in return for a lasting truce
- Second federal judge extends block preventing the Trump administration from freezing funding
- The House censures Democratic Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's joint address to Congress
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- An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
- Most Greenlanders are Lutheran, 300 years after a missionary brought the faith to the remote island
- A youth theater production rises from the ashes of the Los Angeles fires
- Women's rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says
- Trump has dropped a high-profile abortion case in Idaho. Here's what that means
- Veterans fired from federal jobs say they feel betrayed, including some who voted for Trump
Wed, 05 Mar 2025
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- Alex Ovechkin gets 885th career goal to move nine away from tying Wayne Gretzky's NHL record
- Scientists raise concerns as the US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide
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- Avalanche buries 3 skiers near Anchorage, Alaska officials say
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- As many top Democrats stay silent on Cuomo mayoral run, an accuser feels betrayed
- Appeals court allows removal of watchdog agency head as legal battle rages over Trump firing
- Divided Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid
- Vance promotes Trump's 'whole government' immigration crackdown during visit to US-Mexico border
- The Latest: Trump grants monthlong exemption for US automakers from new tariffs on imports
- Trump administration moves to drop Idaho emergency abortion case with national implications
- Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research
- Trump grants one-month exemption for US automakers from new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada
- Mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York defend 'sanctuary' policies in congressional hearing
- The pope has increased his physical therapy and marked the start of Lent in the hospital
- South Carolina Supreme Court rejects man's final appeal, clearing way for firing squad execution
- Powerful US storms create blizzard conditions and threaten to spawn more tornadoes
- Greenland's prime minister says island isn't for sale as Trump seeks control 'one way or the other'
- Kremlin says a 2022 Ukrainian decree bans Zelenskyy from talks with Putin
- Ancient humans made tools from animal bones 1.5 million years ago
- China sticks to an economic growth target of 'around 5%' despite a looming trade war with US
- Do you need fluoride treatment after a teeth cleaning? Dental experts weigh in
- Israels cutoff of supplies to Gaza sends prices soaring as aid stockpiles dwindle
- The Mets have spent more in Steve Cohen's 4 years than Marlins, Pirates and Rays over the past 21
- Army surrounds South Sudan vice president's home as his allies are arrested
- LeBron James becomes first to score 50,000 combined points in NBA regular season and playoffs
- Rep. Al Green shouts down Trump and may face censure by the House for the outburst
- Pritzker Prize goes to Liu Jiakun of China, an architect who celebrates lives of ordinary citizens
- Trump's address to Congress showed the country's stark partisan divide
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- Elissa Slotkin warns of potential recession as Democrats respond to Trump's speech
Tue, 04 Mar 2025
- Trump vows to press ahead on reshaping America in speech to Congress as Democrats register dissent
- Zelenskyy calls Oval Office spat with Trump 'regrettable,' says he's ready to work for Ukraine peace
- Powerful US storms kill 2 and bring threats from critical fire weather to blizzard conditions
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