From 2016: NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after nearly 1 year in space

On March 2, 2016, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly touched down on Earth after spending 340 days aboard the International Space Station, then the longest spaceflight ever by an American, as part of a mission to study the health impacts of extended space travel. Watch CBS News’ coverage of Kelly’s return. Source link

Saving the snow for next year: Ski resorts try ‘snow farming’ as temperatures rise

Amid the West’s worst snow drought in modern history, several ski areas are attempting a novel approach: Storing up artificial snow and preserving it until next ski season. Known as “snow farming,” the practice involves making snow when conditions are ideal — in cold, dry weather— and piling it two to three stories high, then … Read more

A year after Trump’s DOGE cuts, workers whose lives were upended question what was saved

WASHINGTON — Thea Price anticipated changes under the second Trump administration, but she never expected her life to be thrown into such disarray. Along with the 300 other employees of the United States Institute of Peace, Price was fired, rehired and then fired again as part of President Donald Trump’s crusade to shrink the federal … Read more

Mountain gorilla twins born in national park for 2nd time this year:

In a rare occurrence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, twin mountain gorillas were recently born in the Virunga National Park, renowned for its biodiversity but threatened by conflict. “The twins, believed to be a female and a male, are approximately two weeks old and are being closely monitored by field teams,” the park … Read more

March Madness is missing Cinderella this year — and she may never come back

In 2010, the Butler Bulldogs gave Duke the fight of its life in the national championship game, losing only after Gordon Heyward’s halfcourt heave bounced off the rim as time expired. In 2013 and 2014, the Wichita State Shockers looked like a new men’s basketball powerhouse, following up a Final Four appearance by securing a … Read more

American Dennis Coyle lands in Texas after over a year in Taliban captivity

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dennis Coyle, an American man held by the Taliban for more than a year without charges, landed Wednesday on American soil following his release Monday from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan. Video and images showed the 64-year-old walking off a plane at a base in San Antonio, Texas. … Read more

Wife of Hawaii doctor takes stand exactly one year after he allegedly tried to kill her

Arielle Konig took the stand on Tuesday to testify against her husband, anesthesiologist Gerhardt Konig, exactly one year after he allegedly tried to kill her by pushing her off a cliff during a hike. “I walked up to him, he grabbed me really forcibly by my upper arms and he said, ‘I’m so f****** sick … Read more

Afghanistan frees US citizen Dennis Coyle over a year after Taliban arrest

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An American man held by the Taliban for more than a year without charges has been released and is on his way home, Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler told Fox News. Dennis Coyle, 64, an academic who spent nearly two decades working in Afghanistan, was … Read more

Taliban says it is releasing U.S. citizen Dennis Coyle over a year after he was detained

Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Tuesday announced that it was releasing a U.S. national who had been detained since January 2025. The foreign ministry said in a statement it agreed to the release after a letter from his family that Dennis Coyle “would be pardoned and released” for Eid. A Taliban senior official involved in prisoner negotiations … Read more