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(NEW YORK) -- Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, has called "rapidly reusable, reliable rockets" the key to humans becoming a multiplanetary society. And when it comes to his company's Falcon 9, SpaceX has shown that a rocket can do all those things.The Falcon 9 has now completed 542 missions, 497 landings and 464 reflights, according to the SpaceX website.But to reach the Moon and Mars and establish […]

Michael Heiman/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) - Five people were injured and rushed to hospitals after a helicopter crashed in Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday.The helicopter came down around 2 p.m. local time in a beach parking lot between Twin Dolphins Drive and Beach Boulevard, according to city officials.Videos taken by bystanders showed the wreckage lodged in palm trees near a hotel.Two people were pulled from the helicopter wreckage and three […]

(LELAND, Miss.) -- Two more people have died from injuries they suffered in a shooting that erupted Friday night in Leland, Mississippi, bringing the death toll to six, authorities said on Sunday morning.At least 10 other people were injured in the mass shooting in the small town's downtown area, officials said.Leland Mayor John Lee, speaking at a Saturday evening news conference, said the city was experiencing a "great loss" and […]

(NEW YORK) -- At least four people were killed and 20 injured early Sunday in a shooting at a bar in St. Helena Island, South Carolina, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.The shooting unfolded around 1 a.m. at Willie’s Bar and Grill, 7 Dr. Martin Luther Drive on St. Helena Island, located about an hour north of Savannah, Ga., according to the sheriff's office.When deputies arrived at the scene, […]

(MCEWEN, Tenn.) --  Multiple people are dead following a "devastating blast" at an explosives manufacturing plant in Tennessee on Friday, according to authorities.The explosion occurred Friday morning at Accurate Energetic Systems in McEwen, located about 50 miles west of Nashville.Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis confirmed there are "some" fatalities, though he did not provide a specific number. Nineteen people are unaccounted for in the blast, he said."It's probably been one of […]

(TAMPA, Fla.) -- Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday the arrest of a man who allegedly sent a letter with death threats targeting right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson in the days after the assassination of Charlie Kirk.Bondi held a news conference in Tampa, Florida, to make the announcement."Benny is a well-known media personality carrying a message very similar to Charlie's, grounded largely in faith and love of country," Bondi said during a news conference in Tampa, Florida.Kirk, 31, the […]

Stock image of police lights. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (KATY, Texas) -- A Marine Corps veteran was arrested after allegedly threatening to open fire on a Texas high school and zoo after leading police on a high-speed chase, officials said.Joshua Finney, 38, is accused of sending Facebook messages to relative threatening to shoot up Morton Ranch High School in Katy, Texas, and the Houston Zoo. The relative said he also sent […]

(UVALDE, Texas) -- Three and a half years after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the community honored the 21 victims killed in the tragedy at the "bittersweet" opening of a new school."Today, as we open the doors of this beautiful elementary school, we do so with reverence for the precious lives lost and with resolute confidence in the legacy we will build within it," Ashley Chohlis, […]

(MCEWEN, Tenn.) -- Multiple people are dead following a "devastating blast" at an explosives manufacturing plant in Tennessee on Friday, according to authorities.The explosion occurred Friday morning at Accurate Energetic Systems in McEwen, located about 50 miles west of Tennessee.Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis confirmed to reporters there are "some" fatalities and several people missing in the blast, though he did not give specific numbers.At least 13 people are unaccounted […]