Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The future of Mars exploration is on the horizon and NASA is recruiting citizen volunteers to help make that future a reality. NASA is recruiting qualified individuals to participate in a yearlong mission on a simulated version of the Red Planet, the […]
Stella/Getty Images NEW YORK) — A judge ruled Thursday that the punishment faced by a Black high school student in Texas for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate the state’s CROWN Act, which prohibits race-based hair discrimination, according to ABC owned KTRK. Darryl George, 18, has been banned […]
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A suspect has been arrested in the death of Maleesa Mooney, an aspiring model who was found dead in her Los Angeles apartment last year, according to police. The 31-year-old’s body was discovered at her apartment on Sept. 12 after a welfare check had […]
(Cedar City, UT) — The Cedar City Chamber of Commerce hosted the Iron County economic review breakfast yesterday morning. Conversations remained positive as economics in the city has been on an upward trend. Both the Brian Head town manager and the Cedar City mayor said similar statements on how visitations […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would change the book banning process in Utah schools is going to Governor Cox’s desk. If signed into law, a book that has what is believed to be “objective sensitive material” would require two school districts or five charter schools banning it […]
drflet/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Yale University has announced a new “test-flexible” standardized testing policy set to go into effect for the 2024-25 admissions cycle, following fellow Ivy League school Dartmouth College in adjusting its COVID-era policies. The university will require standardized test scores for all applicants but is expanding […]
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A network disruption is affecting AT&T customers in the U.S. Thursday. In a statement to ABC News, the company confirmed the outage and advised customers to make calls over Wi-Fi. “Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning. We are working […]
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The record-breaking rain soaking the Southwest U.S. in recent weeks still won’t be enough to eliminate the megadrought status in the notoriously arid region completely, according to researchers. The extra precipitation fueled by several rounds of atmospheric rivers and […]
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Schools nationwide have been at the center of the country’s culture wars. Restrictions on education and programs relating to race, gender, and sexual orientation have been implemented in several states, while schools and libraries are facing increasing waves of book-banning attempts. In a new survey, […]
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News town hall at the Greenville Convention Center on Feb. 20, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The defendants in former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case have asked the judge to delay […]
