NASA’s Mars helicopter soars higher, longer on 2nd flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s little Mars helicopter aced its second test flight Thursday, soaring even higher and longer than before.
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Lab director blames hospital for fertility clinic failure
<p>Three years after a malfunctioning storage tank destroyed thousands of frozen eggs and embryos at an Ohio fertility clinic, its former lab director is...
Psychiatrist’s testimony limited in newspaper shooting case
ANNAPOLS, Md. — A psychiatrist at a detention center where the man who killed five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper has been held...
Georgia park honoring confederacy gets first Black chair
<p>ATLANTA — The board overseeing an Atlanta area park that has centuries-old ties to the Ku Klux Klan and contains the largest Confederate monument...
Prototype of first US dollar coins going up for auction
A piece of copper that was struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia in 1794 and was a prototype for the fledgling nation’s money...
Expedition hauls tons of plastic out of remote Hawaii atolls
<p>HONOLULU — A crew returned from the northernmost islands in the Hawaiian archipelago this week with a boatload of marine plastic and abandoned fishing...
Italy investigates no-work hospital employee who earned 538K
ROME — Authorities have placed a half-dozen public hospital employees in southern Italy under investigation for abuse of office after they allegedly allowed a...
COVID-19 hospitalizations tumble among US senior citizens
WASHINGTON — COVID-19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged 80% since the start of the year, dramatic proof the vaccination campaign is working. Now...
‘He was guilty.’ Extra juror in favor of Chauvin conviction
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — An alternate juror at the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-trial-key-moments-d0704d545734235c4a8009d9e126dd66">trial of Derek Chauvin </a> said she agreed with the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-trial-live-updates-04-20-2021-955a78df9a7a51835ad63afb8ce9b5c1">jury's decision to convict him</a>...
Search for Indonesia submarine focuses on oil slick off Bali
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The search for a missing Indonesian submarine on Thursday focused around an oil slick north of the resort island of Bali...