Oct 08 WATCH: Four astronauts return to Earth after 8 months aboard International Space Station By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, France’s Sophie Adenot and Russia’s Andrey Fedyaev departed the orbiting lab on Wednesday, eager to reunite with their families after a lengthy separation. Continue reading
Oct 08 How El Niño is playing a role in Hurricane Isaias By John Raby, Associated Press One of the strongest El Niño years on record meant a quiet first four months of the Atlantic hurricane season, but that's no longer the case. Continue reading
Oct 08 WATCH: Trump awards Elon Musk the National Medal of Science, among other awards for tech execs By Associated Press The president gave the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su, CEO of the semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch 5:31 News Wrap: Lawyer says Christa Pike 'angry and confused' following botched execution In our news wrap Wednesday, Christa Pike's lawyers say she is "angry and confused" after regaining consciousness following her botched execution, a congressional candidate in Arizona says she was raped while trying to repair campaign signs and Tropical Storm Isaias… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 10:36 The evidence suggesting GLP-1s can curb drug and alcohol cravings By William Brangham, Mike Fritz A growing body of evidence suggests that GLP-1 drugs are not only helping millions with their diabetes and weight loss, but they’re also proving effective at curbing people’s desire for drugs and alcohol. William Brangham reports on the researchers who… Continue watching
Oct 07 Tropical storm threat churns planning for Georgia-Alabama game with Trump set to attend By Maura Carey, Associated Press Tropical Storm Isaias could make landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane this weekend, hours before No. 2 Georgia plays at No. 6 Alabama in a major college football game on Saturday night that President Donald Trump is… Continue reading
Oct 07 Russia keeps tight lid on lab worker's death as global concerns mount By Associated Press Russian state TV and other national state-controlled media have steered clear of the subject. Continue reading
Oct 07 LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Isaias By Dave Collins, Gerald Herbert, Associated Press Intensifying winds whipped palm trees along the beaches of the Florida Panhandle and Alabama on Friday as Hurricane Isaias swirled just offshore, charging toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. Continue reading
Oct 06 WATCH: Kagan and Soai win Nobel Prize in chemistry for illuminating mirror-image molecules By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Kostya Manenkov, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs and transformed modern medicine. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch 8:48 High cost of GLP-1s drives some to seek cheaper, unregulated versions By Stephanie Sy, Sam Lane, Mike Fritz Despite some recent improvements, millions of Americans still face significant barriers in affording GLP-1s. At the same time, many patients have found alternative, cheaper paths to get their hands on unregulated versions. Stephanie Sy reports for our series, GLP-1s: Reshaping… Continue watching