How Major League Baseball is tracking Covid-19 variants
To play during the pandemic, Major League Baseball has stepped up to the plate. The league is using coronavirus tests in a new way that allows them…
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Charlottesville can remove the Confederate statues at the center of a 2017 White nationalist rally, Virginia court rules
Two Confederate statues that sparked fiery protests and the fatal White nationalist rally in 2017 may soon come down in Charlottesville, Virginia.…
Continue Reading This is how the human heart adapts to space
When astronaut Scott Kelly spent nearly a year in space, his heart shrank despite the fact that he worked out six days a week over his 340-day stay,…
Continue ReadingHarris to move into Naval Observatory residence next week after renovations delay
Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will move into the vice president’s official residence next week after their move…
Continue ReadingIngenuity Mars helicopter to take flight and 5 other top space and science stories this week
Coming soon: Watch out for the upcoming launch of Wonder Theory, the first-ever CNN space and science newsletter. Subscribe here and be among the…
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Mission to clean up space junk with magnets set for launch
It’s invisible in the night sky, but above us there is a cloud of more than 9,000 tons of space junk — equivalent to the weight of 720…
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Arizona vaccination rate for COVID passes 30% of population
Arizona on Thursday reported 381 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and 10 more deaths as the number of people who have received at least one dose…
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The witnesses in Derek Chauvin’s trial describe their guilt and sadness after George Floyd’s death
The 19-year-old cashier who suspected George Floyd had handed him a counterfeit $20 bill said Wednesday he still feels guilt for Floyd’s death…
Continue Reading A woman’s brutal attack exposed a torrent of anti-Asian violence after the Atlanta shootings
The fear and outrage felt by Asian Americans after the Atlanta-area spa shootings hasn’t vanished and neither has the bias and violence that…
Continue Reading Astronauts relocated a spacecraft outside the International Space Station
The astronauts on the International Space Station have already conducted five spacewalks so far this year — and now they have relocated a…
Continue Reading Ingenuity Mars helicopter prepares for the first flight on another planet
Humanity’s first Wright Brothers moment on another planet will happen in April. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter will attempt the first powered…
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MLB opening day, Booker drops 45 & more
It has been 156 days since the final pitch of the 2020 World Series. All 30 MLB teams spending an offseason trying to build towards a world…
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Companies go green to tackle climate change
Climate change is on the Biden Administration’s agenda this week, but several companies are already taking the steps to combat the crisis.…
Continue Reading Latinx activists in an Illinois town oppose renaming Thomas Jefferson Middle School after the Obamas
Residents of one Chicago suburb are divided over how to rechristen a school named for a founding father who enslaved hundreds of Black people. A…
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WATCH NOW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom to get the COVID-19 vaccine
As the state expands vaccine eligibility to Californians 50+ today, Governor Gavin Newsom will receive the Johnson & Johnson…
Continue ReadingGeorgia House threatens Delta tax break after CEO slammed new voting restrictions
Georgia’s Republican-controlled House on Wednesday voted to revoke a major tax break for Delta Air Lines as punishment for its CEO’s…
Continue Reading Coca-Cola CEO wants Congress to act after Georgia’s voting law
Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey is escalating his criticism against recently passed voting laws in Georgia, saying he wants to be “crystal clear…
Continue ReadingLooking to 2024, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gets caught in GOP culture war over transgender athletes
A major fault-line within the Republican coalition over transgender student athletes has opened up, and one potential White House hopeful, South…
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Four people, including a child, were killed in a mass shooting at an office complex in Orange, California
Four people, including a child, were killed in a mass shooting at an office complex in Orange, California, on Wednesday, a police official said. A…
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George Floyd’s girlfriend tells Derek Chauvin trial that they struggled with opioid addiction
George Floyd’s girlfriend testified in Derek Chauvin’s criminal trial Thursday that he was a kind, caring, athletic man who struggled…
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