Jul 21 1,800 firefighters battle wildfires in central Portugal By Associated Press About 1,800 firefighters were struggling to contain wildfires in central Portugal that have already injured 20 people, including eight firefighters, authorities said Sunday. Continue reading
Jul 21 Mark Bittman’s recipe for McBitty’s Bean Burgers By Mark Bittman, Megan Thompson, Melanie Saltzman McBitty’s Bean Burger is tasty, easy to make and there’s no meat involved. Continue reading
Jul 21 Heat, humidity grips East Coast as central US sees reprieve By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press The East Coast on Sunday sweated through another day of heat and humidity in a stretch of weather so oppressive that a New Jersey drawbridge got stuck and suburban Boston police jokingly asked criminals to take it easy. Continue reading
Jul 21 Female suicide bomber strikes hospital in Pakistan, 9 killed By Ishtiaq Mahsud, Associated Press A female suicide bomber struck outside a hospital in Pakistan on Sunday as the wounded were being brought in from an earlier shooting against police, in a complex assault claimed by the Pakistani Taliban that killed a total of nine… Continue reading
Jul 21 Audio shows UK navy trying to thwart Iran from seizing ship By Aya Batrawy, Gregory Katz, Associated Press In an audio recording released Sunday, a British naval officer insists that a British-flagged oil tanker must be allowed to sail through the Strait of Hormuz as Iranian paramilitary forces demand that the vessel change course before commandeering it. Continue reading
Jul 21 Japan’s ruling coalition secures upper house majority By Mari Yamaguchi, Kaori Hitomi, Associated Press Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition secured a majority in Japan’s upper house of parliament in elections Sunday, with exit polls indicating Abe could have secure enough of a super-majority needed to propose constitutional revisions. Continue reading
Jul 21 Hong Kong residents deface Chinese emblem in latest protest By Alice Fung, Yanan Wang, Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, with some of the marchers defacing a national Chinese emblem in their latest expression of protest against mainland authorities. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 10:25 NASA looks to return astronauts to the moon By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo Fifty years ago today, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the surface of the moon. Now, for the first time since the Apollo program ended in 1972, NASA is planning an ambitious launch in 2024 to… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 4:04 NASA opens a new collection of moon rocks to researchers By Hari Sreenivasan, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo Johnson Space Center in Houston houses more than 2,000 samples collected over six Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972 from various parts of the moon. The collection includes rocks, core samples, pebbles and dust that scientists are still learning from… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 2:39 This retired astronaut captured hundreds of images in space Retired astronaut Scott Kelly spent a record-setting 340 days on the International Space Station. And while he was there, he took hundreds of photographs that he compiled into a book: "Infinite Wonder: An Astronaut’s Photographs From A Year In Space."… Continue watching