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Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: The Washington Post on the U.S. cutting aid to Africa The Trump administration’s sharp reduction in aid to Africa last year seemed likely to cause a continent-wide crisis of apocalyptic proportions. While there has been pain, particularly in health care, many African nations displayed remarkable …
April 7 (Reuters) – Rescue workers completed search operations five days after a large fire at a Russian petrochemical plant and the final death toll stood at 12, the company owning the plant said early on Tuesday. Sibur, which owns the sprawling Nizhnekamskneftekhim plant in central Russia’s Tatarstan region, offered condolences and posted the names …
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (AP) — Cedric Mullins, Jonathan Aranda and Junior Caminero homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Monday in their first game at Tropicana Field in 561 days. The Rays were back in their domed stadium after playing the 2025 season across the bay in Tampa at Steinbrenner …
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A U.S. Army staff sergeant is trying to halt his wife’s deportation after she was detained inside a Louisiana military base where the couple was planning to live together just days after their wedding. The effort to remove the soldier’s wife, who was born in Honduras and remained in a federal …
The Artemis II crew made history on Monday as they set the record for the farthest distance traveled from Earth. Kristin Fisher, daughter of two former NASA astronauts and founder of Endless Void Studios, joins CBS News to discuss the milestone.
The Artemis II crew proposed new names for two lunar craters on Monday as they continued their spaceflight. One of the names was Carroll, after the late wife of commander Reid Wiseman. Retired NASA astronaut Cady Coleman joins CBS News with her reaction.
Artemis II crew loses contact with Earth as they fly behind moon – CBS News Watch CBS News The Artemis II has entered its scheduled communications blackout as the crew loops around the far side of the moon. Former NASA astronaut Ron Garan joins CBS News to discuss.
Parents charged after wolf injures toddler at Pennsylvania zoo – CBS News Watch CBS News The parents of a toddler are facing child endangerment charges after the 17-month-old stuck his hand into a wolf enclosure and was injured at a zoo in Pennsylvania. CBS News correspondent Tom Hanson reports.
Artemis II prepares to loop around far side of moon after breaking distance record – CBS News Watch CBS News The Artemis II crew made history on Monday, breaking the record for traveling farther from Earth than any humans ever. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassman reports.
Astronomer discusses new details Artemis II crew revealed about far side of moon – CBS News Watch CBS News Astronauts aboard the Artemis II broke the record Monday for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth. Franklin Institute chief astronomer Derrick Pitts joins CBS News with analysis.