Bills tackle Ed Oliver’s son has died, team announces
The Buffalo Bills are mourning the death of defensive tackle Ed Oliver’s 2-year-old son, the team announced Saturday.
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94
TOPEKA, Kan. — Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S.
Near-total lunar eclipse is coming up with the Americas in prime position
Now it’s the moon’s turn to pull a disappearing act.
After being shut out of this month’s total solar eclipse, the Americas will have the best seats in the celestial house when Earth’s shadow briefly envelops the moon.
Congo receives more than 16,000 doses of Ebola vaccine as it grapples with unprecedented outbreak
BUNIA, Congo — Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine as the country grapples with the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, the country’s health minister said.
Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax
A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over his false claims that one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history was a hoax.
A former child star’s death rattles Hollywood and U.S. debt balloons: The news quiz
A drug ring headquartered at a frat house, a world leader catfished, and a classroom pet blamed for arson.
How a decades-old logger blockade is shaping Troy Jackson’s pitch in Maine’s Senate race
Troy Jackson is trying to win over working class voters who have drifted away from Democrats. At least one of his fellow former protesters isn’t convinced.
Chinese humanoid robot ‘Lightning’ beats human 100m world record in test run
A humanoid robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, China’s state broadcaster reported on Saturday, beating the human world record held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt.
Russian and Ukrainian attacks kill 5 people a day after deadly shopping mall drone strike by Moscow
Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least three people overnight in Ukraine, officials said Saturday, while a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Krasnodar region killed two others, a day after a strike on a Ukrainian shopping center killed 16 people.
U.S., Iran keep up hostile rhetoric ahead of new sanctions
The United States and Iran exchanged defiant messages ahead of Monday’s scheduled announcement of new U.S. economic sanctions that could impact the Islamic Republic and Tehran’s most important trading partners including China.