Month: April 2021
What going to the moon taught Michael Collins about Earth
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins died Wednesday after battling cancer. In 1969, he stayed in lunar orbit alone for over 20 hours while fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first landing on the moon. Collins said he
Read MoreDeath of California man who was pinned facedown by police draws comparisons to that of George Floyd – NBC News
Death of California man who was pinned facedown by police draws comparisons to that of George Floyd NBC News Man Dies After Alameda, Calif., Police Pin Him To Ground For Several Minutes NPR Deadly California arrest carries echoes of George Floyd case Yahoo
Read MoreJustice Department Charges 3 Men with Federal Hate Crimes in Death of Ahmaud Arbery
(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department announced federal hate crime charges Wednesday in the death of a Georgia man who was killed while out for a run last year. The criminal case charging the three men in connection with the death
Read MoreAhmaud Arbery case: DOJ announces federal hate crimes charges against 3 Georgia men – Fox News
Ahmaud Arbery case: DOJ announces federal hate crimes charges against 3 Georgia men Fox News DOJ Indicts Three Men on Federal Hate Crime Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Death Bloomberg Quicktake: Now Suspects in Ahmaud Arbery’s Shooting Charged With Hate Crime The New York
Read MoreDevin Nunes is caught up in Giuliani’s ‘Russian mob’ scandal: Trump impeachment prosecutor
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) has exposure in Rudy Giulian’s legal scandal, according to former prosecutor Daniel Goldman, who served as majority counsel in Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial. Goldman offered his analysis after The New York Times reported that FBI
Read MoreU.N. Syria envoy says there’s interest in stepped up diplomacy
The U.N. special envoy for Syria says key global players are interested in stepped-up international diplomacy to “unlock progress” toward ending the country’s 10-year war.
Read MoreRaif Badawi Is Still in Prison Over a Series of Blog Posts. The U.S. Has Given Saudi Arabia a Free Pass for Too Long
For years, successive U.S. administrations have given Saudi Arabia a free pass to harass, arrest and even execute those who do not accept the government’s official interpretation of Hanbali Sunni Islam. One such case is peaceful blogger Raif Badawi, who
Read MoreU.S. Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran
An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf.
Read MoreAstronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11 pilot, dies of cancer
While Collins traveled some 238,000 miles to the moon and came within 69 miles, he never set foot on the surface. Collins spent the eight-day mission piloting the command module, Columbia.
Read MoreRemembering Michael Collins, Apollo 11’s Third—and Essential—Man
Few people think about the time Michael Collins didn’t go to the moon. Collins, who died of cancer on April 28 at age 90, is best remembered as Apollo 11’s command module pilot—in some ways the unluckiest man on the
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