NASA made a bet a few years ago that commercial companies could take scientific experiments to the moon on a lower budget than the agency could. Last year, that was a bad bet. The first NASA-financed spacecraft missed the moon entirely. The second landed but fell over. But this month, a robotic lander named Blue […]
The news … it’s not good. Arm after arm, it seems, has been felled by one injury or another. So it’s time to update the rankings. For some, like Gerrit Cole, they’re out for the year and it’s as simple as removing them from these one-year rankings. But others, like Brayan Bello, Tobias Myers or […]
These are the key developments on day 1,122 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is the roundup of key events on Saturday, March 22. Fighting Russian attacks killed two people late on Friday in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia and three more in the country’s north and east, officials said. Zaporizhia regional governor, Ivan Fedorov, […]
Disney knew that remaking “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” as a live-action musical would be treacherous. But the studio was feeling cocky. It was 2019, and Disney was minting money at the box office by “reimagining” animated classics like “Aladdin,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Jungle Book” as movies with real actors. The […]
After the first quarter, both SMU and Memphis assumed everything would calm down. Nine fouls in 10 minutes was a lot. But everyone, officials included, regroups after each quarter. Surely, someone in the three-member officiating squad would say: Let’s let them play. In the second quarter, the teams made it 90 seconds before the next […]
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks to staff at DHS headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28. Manuel Balce Ceneta/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/Pool/AFP via Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security is cutting jobs in the oversight divisions focused on civil rights as a part of a […]
Versha Sharma, the editor in chief of Teen Vogue, said she had started to pay close attention to Vivian Jenna Wilson, the 20-year-old daughter of Elon and Justine Musk, around the time of last fall’s presidential election. “The more that we started to learn about her from watching her TikToks, or just following her online, […]
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has withdrawn from the Brazil squad after sustaining a concussion during Thursday’s World Cup qualifier with Colombia. Alisson collided with Colombia defender Davinson Sánchez during Brazil’s 2-1 win, with both players forced off the pitch in the 78th minute. Liverpool have now confirmed that Alisson is set to fly back to […]
President Trump announced Friday that the Education Department would no longer manage the nation’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio or supervise “special needs” programs in a major shake-up of an agency he has sought to eliminate. Student loans will move under the Small Business Administration, while special education services, along with nutrition programs, will move […]
Mississippi’s Jaxson Dart is this NFL Draft cycle’s most divisive quarterback. Some evaluators think he’s a mid-round pick, while ESPN’s Mel Kiper mocked Dart going No. 9. Kiper may have been trying to be controversial for engagement, but Dart does have an intriguing skillset and one can see how an evaluator could be drawn to […]