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‘Disgusting’: MLK monument vandalized in Denver park during Black History Month

KMGH(DENVER) -- A monument honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., created by the nation's first African American NASA astronaut candidate, was vandalized in a Denver park this week by perpetrators who pried off a large bronze plaque and other pieces from the statue's pedestal, authorities said.The damage to the "I Have a Dream" monument in City Park occurred in the middle of Black History Month and was discovered Wednesday morning by a concerned citizen, according to Vern Howard, chairman […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024

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NASA seeks volunteers for a paid, yearlong simulated Mars mission

Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- The future of Mars exploration is on the horizon and NASA is recruiting citizen volunteers to help make that future a reality.NASA is recruiting qualified individuals to participate in a yearlong mission on a simulated version of the Red Planet, the agency announced this week.The volunteers will live and work at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, inside Mars Dune Alpha, a 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat."For the explorers, the adventurers, the people who love […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024

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Missing Virginia Tech student remains a mystery nearly 1 week on: ‘This is making sense to no one,’ his mom says

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office(BLACKSBURG, Va.) -- Nearly one week after Virginia Tech student Johnny Roop mysteriously vanished, his mother is desperate for answers, noting that the 20-year-old disappearing "is totally out of his nature."Authorities believe Roop left the Virginia Tech area on Feb. 16 on his own, and said there's no information leading them to believe he's in immediate danger."Our concern now is there's something that we're just not aware of, that mentally may have snapped. And I have no […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024

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2 more Alabama clinics pause IVF fertility treatment after court ruling

Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images(MOBILE, Ala.) -- Two Alabama fertility clinics announced they will stop providing in vitro fertilization treatment days after the state's Supreme Court issued a decision that said frozen embryos are considered children in the state.Alabama Fertility Specialists and the Center for Reproductive Medicine in Mobile, Alabama, have each decided to pause treatments, they announced Thursday."We have made the impossibly difficult decision to hold new IVF treatments due to the legal risk to our clinic and […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024

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School punishment for Black student’s hair is legal in CROWN Act lawsuit, judge rules

Stella/Getty ImagesNEW YORK) -- A judge ruled Thursday that the punishment faced by a Black high school student in Texas for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate the state's CROWN Act, which prohibits race-based hair discrimination, according to ABC owned KTRK.Darryl George, 18, has been banned by BHISD from attending regular classes at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu. He has been directed to in-school suspension and an off-site disciplinary program since Aug. 31, 2023, according to […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024

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Man arrested for grisly murder of aspiring model in Los Angeles: Police

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- A suspect has been arrested in the death of Maleesa Mooney, an aspiring model who was found dead in her Los Angeles apartment last year, according to police.The 31-year-old's body was discovered at her apartment on Sept. 12 after a welfare check had been requested for her residence, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Mooney was murdered inside her apartment, police said. Her body was found stuffed in a refrigerator with her arms and legs […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024

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AT&T outage impacting US customers, company says

Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A network disruption is affecting AT&T customers in the U.S. Thursday.In a statement to ABC News, the company confirmed the outage and advised customers to make calls over Wi-Fi.“Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning. We are working urgently to restore service to them. We encourage the use of Wi-Fi calling until service is restored," an AT&T spokesperson said.Later Thursday morning, AT&T issued an update saying 75% of its network had […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024

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Yale reintroduces standardized test requirement, but expands list of test options

drflet/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Yale University has announced a new "test-flexible" standardized testing policy set to go into effect for the 2024-25 admissions cycle, following fellow Ivy League school Dartmouth College in adjusting its COVID-era policies.The university will require standardized test scores for all applicants but is expanding the list of tests that fulfill the requirement to include Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) exams as well as the ACT and SAT tests."Our new policy is designed to help […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024

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Why extreme rain pouring into Southwest US hasn’t fully eliminated the region’s megadrought

Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- The record-breaking rain soaking the Southwest U.S. in recent weeks still won't be enough to eliminate the megadrought status in the notoriously arid region completely, according to researchers.The extra precipitation fueled by several rounds of atmospheric rivers and an El Niño event has improved parched conditions in the Southwest, which was previously suffering from a decadeslong megadrought. The U.S. Drought Monitor is currently indicating no drought throughout the state of […]

todayFebruary 22, 2024

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