Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lifts off from Florida in debut mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched its first New Glenn rocket early Thursday morning from Florida, an inaugural step into Earth’s orbit to rival SpaceX in the satellite launch market. (Reporting by Joey
Trump’s pick to oversee US public lands faces Senate hearing
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is due before a Senate committee Thursday as lawmakers consider the Republican’s nomination to be chief steward of U.S. public lands and waters. President-elect Donald Trump in November tapped Burgum to
Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have both been vocal supporters of an idea that’s been rapidly gaining
The Kellogg Foundation CEO shares her own life story to foster more racial healing
La June Montgomery Tabron believes many Americans have a desire for racial healing. They just don’t know how to start. “It may sound mysterious or challenging,” said Montgomery Tabron, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s first woman and first
Some immigrants are already leaving the US in ‘self-deportations’ as Trump’s threats loom
TRACY, Calif. (AP) — Michel Bérrios left the United States a few days before the new year, giving President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign for mass deportations a small victory before they even started. A former leader of a
Many colleges are settling antisemitism cases. Some Republicans blast ‘toothless’ agreements
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism on their campuses have been settling with federal civil rights investigators in the weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who urged a tougher response to campus
