NASA officially has big plans for launching the Orion capsule spacecraft and the Space Launch System with the Artemis I mission. This is exciting progress for NASA and that launch marks a big day for further space exploration and understanding. This will be a project that involves a long journey around the moon that is expected to take longer than...

Ukraine's efforts to wrest back control of its eastern territories from Russia have made major strides in recent months. Four Russian-occupied towns in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson have been freed, according to CNN citing a military source in Ukraine. Their main "target," according to the source of this data, is the city of Kherson. White House communications...

More than 150,000 people in Mississippi's capital city of Jackson were left without clean water after recent rains further damaged the city's already failing water system. Failure to repair Jackson's outdated infrastructure has caused years of problems for the city's majority-Black population, including service outages, repeated boil-water advisories, and worries about lead and E. coli bacteria in the water...

In the United States, Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September. It is a day to honor workers and recognize their contributions to the country. Originally, the holiday was created to honor the contributions of trade union members, but it has since evolved to recognize all American workers. Labor Day also marks the end of summer...

Rory McIlroy won the FedEx Cup on 8/28/22 for the third time in his career despite a shaky start at the Tour Championship. Throughout 2022, playing golf has been the least of McIlroy's problems as he's taken on increasing tasks both on and off the course. As 2022 comes to a conclusion, it looks like all of his hard...

Over the past week, massive floods have caused extensive damage in Pakistan, killing over 1000 people and displacing millions more. The floods began after a period of heavy rains, and quickly swelled rivers and lakes across the country. In many areas, the water rose so rapidly that people had no time to escape to higher ground. In addition to...

Mikhail Gorbachev the former Soviet leader, who peacefully ended the Cold War, died this past Tuesday(8/30/22) at the age of 91. Mr. Gorbachev came to power in 1985 and instituted reforms and opened the Soviet Union to the outside world. However, he was unable to halt the gradual dissolution of the union, and most of the Russians blamed him...

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog team finally left on its long-awaited assignment to protect the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia atomic power facility at the epicenter of war in Ukraine on Monday(8/29/22). Since the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 spilled radiation throughout the region, startled the world, and bolstered a global drive away from nuclear energy, the stakes could not be higher for...

Late on Friday(8/26/22), Russia prevented agreement on the final draft of a review of the United Nations treaty seen as the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament. This was in response to criticism of Russia's activities in Ukraine. The 50-year-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was already delayed two years due to the Covid-19 outbreak, but the talks to update the treaty stalled...

China is currently experiencing a massive heat wave, with temperatures soaring to over 40 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country. The heat wave is expected to continue for the next week, and has already caused widespread disruption. Public transport systems have been strained, as people attempted to flee the heat. In addition, power demand has skyrocketed as...