Artemis II toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward the moon

MARCIA DUNN 04/05/2026

HOUSTON (AP) — Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. On the downside, their toilet is on…

Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Strait of Hormuz 

04/05/2026

TEL AVIV, Israel — The American military searched for a second day for a pilot shot down over a remote area in Iran, while U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday again threatened Tehran over his Monday deadline to open…

Luka Doncic’s injury could mean he’s out of the NBA award race

04/04/2026

Luka Doncic is almost certainly going to win the NBA scoring title this season. And it’s now very possible that he doesn’t make the All-NBA team. That’s rare, but it might be this season’s reality. The roster of award-caliber…

Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession

04/04/2026

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope…

NBA: Luka Doncic hurts left hamstring in Lakers’ blowout loss

04/03/2026

OKLAHOMA CITY — Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic injured his left hamstring on Thursday night and coach JJ Redick said the NBA scoring leader will have an MRI on Friday. Redick said Doncic had an issue…

Ancient rites and processions: Good Friday around the world

Giovanna Dell'Orto 04/02/2026

MIAMI (AP) — Good Friday is a unique — and uniquely solemn — day in the Christian calendar. It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus, ahead of what’s a central tenet of faith for believers —…

Groups urge YouTube: Protect kids from ‘AI slop’ videos

Kaitlyn Huamani 04/01/2026

Advocacy groups and experts condemned YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children. In a letter to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and Sundar Pichai, children’s advocacy group Fairplay expresses “serious concern”…

NASA is shooting for the moon: A guide to the Artemis II mission

MARCIA DUNN 04/01/2026

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — It’s humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They’ll hurtle several thousand miles beyond…

Can you use a typewriter? College instructor turns to it to curb AI-written work

Jocelyn Gecker 03/31/2026

The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line. Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instructor at Cornell University,…

NASA begins countdown for humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years

03/31/2026

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA began the countdown Monday for humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years. The 32-story Space Launch System rocket is poised to blast off Wednesday evening with four astronauts. After a day in orbit…

Artemis vs Apollo: What to know about NASA’s return to the moon

03/30/2026

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA’s Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons between…

Aryna Sabalenka completes Sunshine Double by beating Coco Gauff

Marc Berman 03/29/2026

Aryna Sabalenka beat Coco Gauff in the Miami Open women’s singles final 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 on Saturday, March 28.…

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