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NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:05:06 GMT

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey.In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of military land, as the mothership set off after another asteroid.“We have touchdown!” Mission Recovery Operations announced, immediately repeating the news since the landing occurred three minutes before anticipated. Officials later said the orange striped parachute opened four times higher than anticipated — around 20,000 feet (6,100 meters) — which led to the early touchdown.Forty minutes later, the recovery team confirmed that the capsule was intact and had not been breached.“It's like ‘Wow!’” said NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who happened to be in Utah training for her own space capsule mission. “This is just amazing. It can go from the movies, but this is reality.”Scientists e...

5 people found overdosed in Long Beach residence

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:05:06 GMT

A total of five people were hospitalized after it was discovered that they all overdosed on drugs.Officers with the Long Beach Police Department responded to a home in the 800 block of Grand Avenue shortly after 2:50 a.m. Sunday morning to assist Long Beach Fire Department paramedics with “multiple patients in full arrest,” LBPD said in a statement.  1 dead, 2 wounded in shooting outside home in Wilmington The hospitalized individuals were not identified but were listed as four men and one woman. Their conditions, and the substance or substances they ingested, are unknown.An investigation is underway. 

Major League Baseball and Oakland are talking, and it’s not good

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:05:06 GMT

With the Athletics’ proposed move to Las Vegas looming ever closer, the finger-pointing and animosity is only intensifying between Oakland officials and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred.In a story published Friday by the San Francisco Chronicle, Manfred said the account of events being put forth by Oakland mayor Sheng Thao is “all about covering your ass at this point.”Thao’s chief of staff, Leigh Hanson, replied: “We will leave it to the fans to decide who’s telling the truth, Mayor Thao or Manfred. At this point, their reputations speak for themselves.”The back and forth came in a series of interviews conducted by John Shea, the Chronicle’s national baseball writer.“I know everyone wants to pile on the A’s and pile on MLB,” Manfred told Shea. “But I do think, in fairness, people have to look at what Mayor Thao has done and not done. She’s great on ‘MLB ‘did this wrong’ and ‘John Fisher ‘did that wrong.’ Did she really handle this well? Don’t think so.”He ...

Cremated remains card found in Marin during coastal cleanup

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:05:06 GMT

A card associated with someone’s cremated remains was found in Marin during the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day, according to the California Coastal Commission.The card identified the person as being from North Carolina, and organizers speculated the card may have ended up in Marin after the person’s ashes were spread along the California Coast.The cremation card was among the most unusual items found during the annual cleanup, which also included a small floppy disk. The volunteer who discovered the card earned a $100 prize.Related ArticlesEnvironment | ‘This Earth, it’s all we have’: California Coastal Cleanup brings thousands of volunteers to shorelines Environment | Beach bounce back? California’s largest volunteer event seeks to restore former glory after COVID downturn The annual cleanup brought tens of thousands of volunteers to the coast and inland shoreline, collecting over 67 tons of trash and recyclable materials.

Pirates overcome 9-run deficit for first time since team started in 1882, beat Reds 13-12

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:05:06 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — A surprise in 2023 following a 100-loss season, the Cincinnati Reds and their beleaguered bullpen were dealt a staggering blow by the Pittsburgh Pirates.The Pirates overcame a nine-run deficit for the first time since the franchise started play in 1882 and Alfonso Rivas tied a career-high with five RBIs in a 13-12 victory on Saturday night.“There’s really not a whole lot to say,” Reds manager David Bell said. “Our players have given absolutely every ounce of energy from day one of spring training. That continued tonight, it is going to continue to the last pitch of the season.”Cincinnati, which dropped 2 1/2 games back for the NL’s last wild-card berth, opened a 9-0 lead with three runs in the first, five in the second and one in the third, then allowed 13 unanswered runs. The Reds attempted to rally but stranded the potential tying run at third base in the ninth.“This time of the year, everybody is battling some stuff, but it’s meaningful basebal...

Space capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples lands in Utah desert

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:05:06 GMT

DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah (AP) — Space capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples lands in Utah desert.Source

Nagorno-Karabakh exodus grows as Armenia warns of ‘ethnic cleansing’

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:05:06 GMT

KORNIDZOR, Armenia — The first convoys of civilians have left Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia on Sunday following an Azerbaijani military offensive amid growing warnings that a mass exodus could be on the cards.Humanitarian organizations and the Armenian government said that dozens of people had been evacuated after Azerbaijan agreed to open the Lachin Corridor that links the breakaway territory to the country. According to the Ministry of Health, the Red Cross escorted 23 ambulances carrying “seriously and very seriously wounded citizens of Nagorno-Karabakh.”Meanwhile, other civilians say they had begged the Russian peacekeepers to take them across, after Karabakh Armenian leaders on Tuesday accepted a surrender agreement following just 24 hours of fierce fighting and shelling.At a checkpoint near the village of Kornidzor, on the border with Azerbaijan, a steady stream of civilian cars is now crossing over — many laden down with bags or filled with loose bedding and other ...

15-year-old fatally shot in Brockton, 17-year-old arrested

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:05:06 GMT

Jason Green, 15, was shot and killed in Brockton on Friday, and a 17-year-old has been arrested on a firearm charge, according to Plymouth DA Tim Cruz.“(Massachusetts State Police) and (Brockton police) are investigating the fatal shooting of a 15 year-old male that occurred yesterday at 3:23 pm at 131 Lynn Road in Brockton,” Cruz said in a tweet Saturday. “A 17-year-old male has been arrested and charged with possession of a firearm.”The victim was later identified as Jason Green.Green’s life was “cut short due to gun violence by someone he believed was his friend,” family and friends wrote in a GoFundMe page dedicated to funeral expenses.“Jason was an amazing, funny, smart, uplifting, pure and genuine young man,” the page states. “He was a great big brother to his baby brother. A wonderful son.”The high school sophomore loved “playing sports, dancing, rapping, singing, and playing on his playstation with his f...

Juvenile ejected in I-8 crash; driver arrested for suspected DUI

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:05:06 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a crash on Interstate 8 sent five juveniles to the hospital, authorities said. The incident, which involved one vehicle, occurred around 6:30 p.m. Saturday near the Qualcomm Way onramp, California Highway Patrol confirmed to FOX 5. Motorcyclist killed in SR-94 crash Authorities say one male juvenile ejected from the vehicle and was transported to Rady Children's Hospital with major injuries. Four other juveniles were also transported to the hospital with various injuries. According to CHP, a 26-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI in relation to this crash.There are no further details surrounding the incident at this time.

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for the 3rd day in a row as West Bank violence intensifies

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:05:06 GMT

NOUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli airstrikes struck militant sites in Gaza on Sunday for the third straight day, the Israeli military said, after Palestinian militants near the border fence launched incendiary balloons into Israel and threw an explosive at soldiers. The strike came on the heels of an Israeli military raid in the northern West Bank that Palestinian health officials said killed two Palestinians. It was the latest bloodshed in a surge of violence during a sensitive Jewish holiday period. A series of violent escalations on the border between Israel and Gaza over the past week has raised the specter of an escalation for the first time since a brief round of conflict last May between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group. It comes at a fraught time. Jews are set to mark Yom Kippur, the holiest day on their calendar, on Sunday night followed by the weeklong Sukkot festival later in the month.There were no reported casualties from the strik...