Crew on board as SpaceX, NASA to try again for landmark launch of two astronauts
The two-man crew entered the capsule that will take them to the International Space Station on Saturday, as Elon Musk’s private rocket company SpaceX was set for a repeat attempt at launching the Americans into orbit for a mission that would be the fir…
Civil unrest flares in U.S. cities over Minneapolis killing
The full Minnesota National Guard was activated for the first time since World War Two after four nights of sometimes violent protests that have spread to other U.S. cities following the killing of a black man by a white Minneapolis police officer who …
Trump says protesters would have met ‘vicious dogs’ if White House fence breached
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said demonstrators protesting the death of a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck would have been “greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen.”
Drugs standards group nixes plan to kick pharma’s crab blood habit
Horseshoe crabs’ icy-blue blood will remain the drug industry’s standard for safety tests after a powerful U.S. group ditched a plan to give equal status to a synthetic substitute pushed by Swiss biotech Lonza and animal welfare groups.
Protests flare around the United States over Minneapolis killing
Violent protests flared overnight in several U.S. cities as demonstrators vented their anger over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis this week after a white police officer knelt on his neck.
Protests flare around U.S. over Minneapolis killing
Protests flared late into the night in many cities in the United States over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died this week after being pinned down by the neck by a white police officer in Minneapolis.
SpaceX, NASA to try again for landmark launch of two astronauts from Florida
Elon Musk’s private rocket company SpaceX was set for a repeat attempt at launching two Americans into orbit on Saturday from Florida for a mission that would mark the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years.
Unrest flares in U.S. cities despite arrest of Minneapolis policeman
The white former Minneapolis police officer shown in video footage using his knee to pin an unarmed black man’s neck to the street was charged with murder on Friday in the man’s death, an incident that has unleashed four nights of violent protests.
U.S. high court rejects church challenges to state pandemic rules
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected challenges on Friday to curbs on religious services in California and Illinois during the coronavirus pandemic.
Protests flare across America, arrest of Minneapolis police officer fails to appease
The white former Minneapolis police officer shown in video footage using his knee to pin an unarmed black man’s neck to the street was charged with murder on Friday in the man’s death, an incident that has unleashed four nights of violent protests.
