Just hours after NASA expressed concern about the Kepler space telescope and declared a spacecraft emergency, NASA engineers say the craft has now recovered and they’re working to figure out what happened, NPR reports. Soaring through space nearly 75 million miles away from Earth, the spacecraft placed itself in EmergencyMode sometime in the middle of last week....
Immigrant children living in the US without legal status have been blocked from registering for school and accessing the educational services they need, according to a report on school districts in four states by Georgetown University Law Center researchers ... All children including those living in the US illegally must attend school through at least the 8th grade or until they turn 16 under compulsory education laws in all 50 states ... ....
DECLAN WALSH. CAIRO. Since KingSalman of Saudi Arabia arrived in Cairo on Thursday for a five-day visit, the leader of the oil-rich kingdom has lavished his Egyptian allies with promises of aid and investment. But this time, instead of writing a blank check with little more than a polite "thank you" to show for it, King Salman will return home Monday with something more substantial in return ... Mr ... After Mr ... For Mr ... ....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) A colonel from North Korea's military spy agency fled to South Korea last year in a rare senior-level defection, Seoul officials said Monday. The announcement came three days after Seoul revealed 13 North Koreans working at the same restaurant in a foreign country had defected to the South...South Korean media reported the restaurant is located in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo ... ....
Robert LewisDearJr... to send Planned Parenthood shooter to state mental hospitalMar 21.Colorado Supreme Court tells judge to reconsider Planned Parenthood shooting docsFeb 24.Planned Parenthood shooting suspect Robert Dear Jr.'s hearing delayedFeb 17.Judge tells court that Planned Parenthood shooting files should stay sealed. Robert Lewis Dear Jr....
An El Paso County jury on Monday convicted a 24-year-old man of first-degree murder in a November 2014 love-triangle shooting. Patrick James Orozco Jr. will serve life in prison without parole when he is sentenced April 29 in the shooting of Eugenio Solorio-Gomez in southeast Colorado Springs. A seven-man, five-woman panel deliberated for fewer than four hours before delivering its verdict at 11 a.m. Monday, capping a weeklong trial ... ....
Hillary Clinton and New York MayorBill de Blasio sparked controversy at an event on Saturday with a racially charged joke. Clinton and de Blasio were joined onstage by Leslie Odom Jr... time.” ... Clinton dryly replied, “Cautious politician time....
Ivanka and Eric Trump won’t be able to vote for their father in the New York primary next week, after failing to change their party affiliation in time ... Two of Trump’s children though will still be able to vote for the Republican frontrunner. His son DonaldJr is a registered Republican in New York and his daughter Tiffany is registered as a Republican in Pennsylvania where she is a student at the University of Pennsylvania ... ....
A 33-year-old man will be arraigned Tuesday morning on charges including attempted homicide stemming from a 2012 shooting in a Bethlehem Township hotel, township police and court documents confirm. The case came through the Northampton County Investigative Grand Jury and the paperwork was released Monday by county JudgeMichael Koury Jr., township police Sgt. RickBlake said. ... EARLIER. Hotel shooting victim identified ... ....
Maryland sophomore point guard Melo Trimble will declare for the NBA draft but not hire an agent, while freshman center DiamondStone also will declare and plans to hire an agent, the team announced Monday night. Trimble can return to the Terps next season if he does not sign with an agent. Maryland junior forward Robert CarterJr., like Stone, also plans to sign with an agent, which would void their eligibility for 2016-17 ... June 13....
NBA TV's telecast of the Golden State Warriors' 92-86 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night averaged 2.6 million viewers to become the network's most-viewed telecast of all time. The telecast — peaking with an average of 3.7 million total viewers from 8-8.15 p.m ... 25. ESPN expands gymnastics coverage ... U.S ... * HBO Sports will replay Manny Pacquiao's welterweight championship victory over Timothy BradleyJr. at 9 p.m....
SAN ANTONIO. Officer who body-slammed girl is fired. A San Antonio school district police officer caught on video body-slamming a middle school student was fired Monday by the district, which said the officer’s misstatements about what happened were revealed by the video ... SOUTHEAST TEXAS. Police. Remains belong to missing student ... PLANO. Police ... Police in the Dallas suburb of Plano said 19-year-old McCann Utu Jr ... ....
BOSTON -- In his entire career, Craig Kimbrel had never given up an Earl Weaver special. So it figures it was the Orioles -- and Chris Davis -- who finally showed Boston's new closer what it feels like to give up a three-run homer. The blast to straightaway center snapped a tie with two outs in the top of the ninth and handed the Red Sox a 9-7 loss in their home opener ...Center fielderJackieBradleyJr ... But he lost this one ... I missed ... ....