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(Merritt Island, Fla.) -- After several postponed launches, Axiom Space's four private astronauts are finally on their way to the International Space Station (ISS).The multinational crew lifted off successfully aboard a SpaceX Dragon launched by a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida early Wednesday at 2:31 a.m. EDT. The Dragon will dock with the ISS at approximately 7 a.m. EDT on Thursday.In the […]

(PALM SPRINGS, Calif.) -- The man charged earlier this month with conspiring to assist the suspected California fertility clinic bomber has died in federal custody, according to a statement from the Bureau of Prisons.Daniel Park was found unresponsive on Tuesday at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, the federal law enforcement agency said."Responding employees initiated life-saving measures. Emergency medical services (EMS) were requested while life-saving efforts continued," the statement […]

(NEW YORK) -- A life-threatening heat wave has enveloped the East Coast, hitting cities with the worst of the high temperatures on Tuesday before relief moves in later in the week.This is the first major heat wave of the season, with extreme heat warnings and heat advisories in effect for over 150 million Americans from Texas to Maine, including the entire Interstate 95 corridor.Extreme heat warnings are in effect across the Northeast, […]

(BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas) -- Paleontologists have found fossilized remains of a giant possum-like mammal that lived 60 million years ago.The fossils, found at Big Bend National Park in Texas, belong to a group of ancient near-marsupials from the Paleocene period that scientists call Swaindelphys, according to a paper published last week in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.The prehistoric species, called Swaindelphys solastella, was "gigantic" compared to other Swaindelphys at […]

Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The FBI is planning to reallocate potentially thousands of agents away from immigration enforcement to focus on cyber threats and counterterrorism efforts, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News Tuesday.The shift in resources was prompted in part by the U.S. strikes in Iran over the weekend, the sources said.The FBI has discussed shifting at least a couple thousand agents away from immigration work to help protect against […]

A man in Washington state was rescued after falling from a tree and spending four to five days in the woods, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office. Kitsap County Sheriff's Office (POULSBO, Wash.) -- A Washington state man who was "stuck in the woods for days" after falling from a tree was rescued and is now recovering, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office.The man was found on Saturday […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Fourth of July holiday is fast approaching -- and it's going to be a busy one.A record high of 72.2 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home over the July Fourth holiday period (from June 28 to July 6), according to AAA. This is 1.7 million more people than last year and 7 million more than in 2019, according to AAA.Here's […]

(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Marshals in Florida have led a missing child operation this month that “resulted in the recovery or safe location of 60 critically missing children,” across the state, officials said.The U.S. Marshals Service Middle District of Florida -- working with a number of law enforcement partners -- launched Operation DRAGON EYE, a two-week initiative geared to “recover or safely locate the most critically missing youth” that […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A decade of planning and complex deception tactics made last weekend's historic B-2 bomber strike on Iran possible, according to retired Gen. Robert Spalding, who said he helped develop the original mission plans.The operation, named "Operation Midnight Hammer," marked the U.S. military's largest-ever deployment of B-2 stealth bombers and first use of 30,000 pound bunker-buster bombs in combat, Pentagon officials said. The 30-hour precision strike targeted three Iranian […]