Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, has died at the age of 89.
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There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the drone explosion in a courtyard at the naval headquarters in the city of Sevastopol.
One winning ticket won the mammoth Mega Millions lottery jackpot Friday after matching all six numbers to win the top prize of $1.337 billion.
A respected Polish scientific institute has classified domestic cats as an “invasive alien species.” Some cat lovers have reacted emotionally to this month’s decision and put the key scientist behind it on the defensive.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced J. Alexander Kueng to three years in prison and Tou Thao to 3½ years.
A massive Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers Tuesday night and won the top prize.
Yuri Borisov said during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that Russia will fulfill its obligations to its partners before it leaves.
Numerous record highs were expected to be tied or broken in the Northeast, the weather service said.
“The floodgates have opened,” said Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., regarding the next phase of its investigation.
Long-range missiles destroyed a docked Ukrainian warship and a warehouse holding Harpoon anti-ship missiles supplied by the U.S.
The move to bypass some environmental review could cut years off the normal approval process required to cut smaller trees in national forests and use intentionally lit low-intensity fires to reduce dense brush that has helped fuel raging wildfires that have killed up to 20 percent of all large sequoias over the past two years.
He faces up to two years in a federal lockup when he’s sentenced. Each count carries a minimum sentence of 30 days in jail.
Three people were killed in a shooting at a state park in eastern Iowa Friday morning and the suspected gunman is also dead, police said.
Officials said the Rockland County resident is an unvaccinated adult, but they did not detail the person’s condition.
The jackpot for Friday night’s drawing has grown so large because there hasn’t been a winner in three months.