By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (AP) — Virgin Galactic completed what is expected to be its final test flight Thursday before taking paying customers on brief trips to space, marking what the space tourism company described as a “fantastic achievement” in what has been a long road to commercial operations. Six of
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Senior judge Ioannis Sarmas has been sworn in as Greece’s caretaker Prime Minister who will head the country until new national elections are held in about a month. Sarmas, 66, took over Thursday from center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections on May 21 but
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Peruvian security forces carried out widespread attacks against protestors with “extrajudicial executions “and “widespread use of lethal ammunition” earlier this year, while trying to contain mass protests that started in December 2022, according to Amnesty International. The rights group researched the deaths of 25 people killed in the regions
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and IGNATIUS SSUNA Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda’s genocide, a man suspected of orchestrating the killing of more than 2,000 people, has been arrested in South Africa after 22 years on the run. A special tribunal set up by the United
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Calls for unity have dominated 60th anniversary celebrations for the continent-wide organization that preceded the African Union (AU). African leaders on Thursday celebrated Africa Day marking the founding of the AU’s precursor, the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Representing 55 member states, the AU is based in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian
Continue ReadingBy KATE MERRILL Click here for updates on this story BROOKLINE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Thirty years ago, Victoria Schnoes moved into public housing in Brookline. That’s when her mission started. “There is a really big need for food support and food resources for a lot of the greater metropolitan Boston area,” she told WBZ-TV. So
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — UMass Boston graduating seniors got a surprise they likely won’t forget during their commencement ceremony on Thursday. Speaker Rob Hale surprised all 2,523 graduates with two envelopes apiece. One of the envelopes included $500 as a gift to the outgoing students. The
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, Matias Grez and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — Embattled LaLiga president Javier Tebas repeated a racist slur used by fans towards Real Madrid star Vinícius Jr. when discussing the incident at a press conference on Thursday. Tebas was speaking to the media in the days after Vinícius suffered persistent racist abuse from
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Roma manager Jose Mourinho might prefer to call himself “the Sage One” now. The 60-year-old Mourinho considers himself a “better coach” and a “better person” now than when he led Porto to his first continental trophy two decades ago. Mourinho is aiming to go 6-for-6 in
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ty Ruhl and Tyson Neighbors combined for a two-hitter and Kansas State eliminated top-seeded Texas 6-0 in the Big 12 Tournament. Kansas State (34-23) plays in another elimination game on Friday. Texas (38-20) was the first team eliminated from the tournament. Dom Hughes went 3 for 4, including an RBI single
Continue ReadingBy Tom Lehman Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A 19-year-old baseball player from Harrisburg has died after a dugout he was helping to disassemble collapsed on him. The accident happened at the 7th and Radnor baseball fields on Monday afternoon. The Cumberland County coroner said Angel Mercado-Ocasio died late
Continue ReadingBy Marlei Martinez Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — It was a case that drew national attention in 1999. A brother and sister in Brevard County were sent to adult prison for killing their would-be stepmom. They were just 12 and 13 years old. That young woman was Catherine
Continue ReadingBy ASHLEY SHARP Click here for updates on this story DAVIS, California (KOVR) — For the first time since being released from the hospital two weeks ago, the only surviving victim in a series of serial stabbings in Davis shares her story. “Every time it comes out of my mouth, it’s weird to say. I
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, Holly Yan and John Miller, CNN Fairfax, Virginia (CNN) — The Florida man who allegedly told officers at CIA Headquarters he had a gun and was later arrested with an AK-47 on nearby preschool property will stay in jail, a Virginia judge decided Thursday. Eric Sandow, 32, of Gainesville, Florida, will remain
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN Business) — Virgin Galactic — the space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson — has returned its supersonic plane to the edge of space for the first time since 2021, when Branson made his own journey toward the cosmos. The company’s space plane, VSS Unity, carried two pilots
Continue ReadingBy Craig Anderson Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — A man carrying an AR-15 rifle while wearing a “red ninja jumpsuit” and a tactical vest in the area of the Mill Creek Greenway Wednesday was taken into custody for a mandatory psychological evaluation, according to Metro police. Metro police officers
Continue ReadingBy Claire Kopsky Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — After a challenging personal and health year, a Goodlettsville Middle School 8th grader’s classmates put on a parade for her while she continued to social distance after a kidney transplant. “I guess I never thought that, that that would happen. So
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Hundreds of people gathered at a London church on Thursday for the funeral of one of the last Black Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots to have fought in World War II. Flight Sergeant Peter Brown, born in Jamaica in 1926, was one of the so-called “Pilots of the
Continue ReadingBy Emily West Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — The parties in The Covenant School lawsuit had until midnight on Wednesday to explain what exceptions to public records laws that would allow them to withhold documents from the public. Those parties include the Metropolitan government, The Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian
Continue ReadingBy Samson Tamijani Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (KJRH) — On May 29, 2022, motorcyclist Michael Wade McKee was being pursued by Skiatook Police Officer Leianne Richards for suspicion of speeding. When the chase, which topped speeds of 100 miles per hour, appeared to come to an end, investigators say he
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