Why Voyager 1 Matters — NASA Turned Off Part Of It

FILE - This illustration provided by NASA depicts Voyager 1. NASA/AP hide caption toggle caption NASA/AP Nearly half a century ago, a spacecraft roughly the size of a small car set off from the Florida coast atop a rocket to begin what was supposed to be a five-year journey. This week, NASA announced it had

North Korea launches ballistic missiles toward sea

FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits to observe the test launches of missiles at an undisclosed place in North Korea Sunday, April 12, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean

Coast Guard Spots Overturned Vessel Near Saipan

A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point flies over an overturned vessel offshore Saipan, Saturday, April 18, 2026, while searching for a missing vessel, the Mariana, that experienced an engine failure April 15. AP/U.S. Coast Guard/Air Station Bar hide caption toggle caption AP/U.S. Coast Guard/Air Station

Titanic survivor’s life jacket sells for £670,000

FILE - The Titanic leaves Southampton, England, April 10, 1912, on her maiden voyage. AP/AP hide caption toggle caption AP/AP LONDON — A life jacket worn by a passenger on RMS Titanic as she escaped the sinking steamship on a lifeboat sold at auction on Saturday for 670,00 pounds ($906,000). The flotation device was worn

Gunman Kills Six in Kyiv Before Police Shoot Him

Police officers are seen at the site where a gunman killed at least six people in the streets before being shot dead by police, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 18, 2026. Dan Bashakov/AP hide caption toggle caption Dan Bashakov/AP KYIV, Ukraine — A gunman wielding an automatic weapon killed six people and barricaded himself inside

Trump signs order fast tracking review of psychedelics for mental health disorders

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Saturday in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP President Trump has signed an executive order to make certain psychedelic drugs more available to treat mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety.

How the Israeli military targets the people who save lives

Skip links Skip to Content Live Navigation menu News Africa Asia US & Canada Latin America Europe Asia Pacific Middle East Explained Opinion Sport Video Features Economy Human Rights Climate Crisis Investigations Interactives In Pictures Science & Technology Podcasts Travel Live Navigation menu Israel attacks Lebanon Who was Haytham Ali Tabatabai? Why is Israel still

Born in South Lebanon, Grandmothers Recall Repeated Displacements

Mariam Allawiya, 60 (left), and Kafa Wehbe, 67, sit together in a vacant apartment building in central Beirut after they were displaced from southern Lebanon by Israel's current invasion. They both grew up in southern Lebanon, and Allawiya's son married Wehbe's daughter. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR BEIRUT, Lebanon — Mariam Allawiya

She invited her friends to come together to make her casket

MaddyChristine Hope Brokopp weaves the bottom of a burial tray. Brokopp enlisted her friends to weave her tray after a cancer diagnosis. Nic Neves hide caption toggle caption Nic Neves When MaddyChristine Hope Brokopp received her terminal cancer diagnosis, one thing she was sure about was that she wanted to make her own casket. Brokopp
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