Solar eclipse 2024: When is the solar eclipse going to happen?
The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse on April 8. The peak spectacle will last up to 4 minutes, 28 seconds in the path of total darkness, twice as long as the total solar eclipse that...
Solar eclipse 2024: How to make a pinhole viewer
Here are instructions to create a pinhole viewer that will project an image of the April 8, 2024, eclipse. Materials • Cardboard box • Scissors • Aluminum foil • Pencil • Thumbtack • Tape • White sheet of paper Instructions • Trace a short end of the box on the...
Pennsylvania State Police to expedite body camera rollout after Philadelphia officials excessive force claim
After a Philadelphia city official accused a state trooper of excessive force, the head of the Pennsylvania State Police told lawmakers on Monday that the agency would step up deployment of body cameras. State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris told members of the state House Appropriations Committee that a full investigation...
Princess of Wales to appear in June for royal ceremony, first confirmed official duty since surgery
LONDON — British officials said Tuesday that Kate, the Princess of Wales, will attend a Trooping the Color ceremony in June. It is her first confirmed major official duty since the royal underwent abdominal surgery. Kate, Prince William’s wife, has been out of the public eye since January, when palace...
Small plane crashes near Nashville interstate, 5 people aboard were killed, police say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A single-engine plane crashed near a highway in Nashville, Tenn., just a few miles short of the airport it had tried to reach for an emergency landing, killing five people aboard, authorities said. The pilot made an emergency call to John C. Tune Airport around 7:40 p.m....
Regulator proposes capping credit card late fees at $8, latest in Biden’s campaign against junk fees
NEW YORK — The Biden administration announced a rule Tuesday to cap all credit card late fees, the latest effort in the White House push to end what it has called junk fees and a move that regulators say will save Americans up to $10 billion a year. The Consumer...
Alabama lawmakers advance legislation to protect IVF providers, with final approval still ahead
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers facing public pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state advanced legislation Tuesday to shield providers from the fallout of a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Committees in the state Senate and House approved nearly identical bills that would...
Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine claimed Tuesday it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones as Kyiv’s forces continue to take aim at targets deep behind the war’s front line. Russian authorities did not confirm the claim. The Ukrainian military intelligence agency said a special...
Coast-to-coast Super Tuesday contests poised to move Biden and Trump closer to November rematch
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to move much closer to winning their party’s nominations during the biggest day of the primary campaign on Tuesday, setting up a historic rematch that many voters would rather not endure. Super Tuesday elections are being held...
Donald Trump wins North Dakota Republican caucuses, adding to victories going into Super Tuesday
BISMARCK, N.D. — Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses on Monday, adding to his string of victories heading into Super Tuesday. The former president finished first in voting conducted at 12 caucus sites, ahead of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. The result puts Trump back on the...
Trillions of gallons leak from aging drinking water systems, further stressing shrinking U.S. citiesVideo
Trillions of gallons are lost from aging drinking water systems across the U.S., underscoring an economic and public health reckoning after decades of deferred maintenance and disinvestment that leave some communities struggling to provide reliable service. The problem is especially acute in older industrial and rural areas in the eastern...
Teenager dead, 4 other people wounded in shooting at Philadelphia bus stop, police sayVideo
PHILADELPHIA — A teenager was killed and four other people were injured in a shooting on Monday afternoon at a north Philadelphia bus stop, police said. The city’s police commissioner, Kevin Bethel, said about 15 to 20 students were at a bus stop in the city’s Ogontz neighborhood around 3:45...
Updated covid-19 shot expected to come this fall, CDC director says
WASHINGTON — Americans should expect yet another update of the covid-19 vaccine this fall at about the same time as flu shots are available, the top U.S. public health official said Monday. Researchers are working on selecting a strain for the upcoming version, and will probably wait until May to...
Air Force employee charged with sharing classified info on Russia’s war with Ukraine on dating site
WASHINGTON — A civilian U.S. Air Force employee has been charged in federal court in Nebraska with transmitting classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform, the Justice Department said Monday. David Franklin Slater, 63, who authorities say retired as an Army lieutenant colonel and...
Pitt boosts police patrols after reported rape near Oakland campus
The University of Pittsburgh has stepped up police patrols following a reported rape Sunday near the Oakland campus. Pittsburgh police said the victim reported being sexually assaulted by a man wearing a black ski mask who displayed a knife, hit her in the face and took her cellphone. The incident...
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ plan to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration. The high court on Monday blocked Texas’ immigration law from going into effect until March 13 and asked the state...
Pennsylvania court rules electronic voting data is not subject to release under public records law
HARRISBURG — Spreadsheets of raw data associated with every ballot cast are not subject to public scrutiny, a Pennsylvania court ruled Monday in a case that began with a request for the “cast vote records” by an election researcher whose work has fueled right-wing attacks on voting procedures. Commonwealth Court...
South Dakota Sen. John Thune jumps into race to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate leader
WASHINGTON — South Dakota Sen. John Thune is entering the race to be the next Republican leader of the U.S. Senate once Sen. Mitch McConnell steps away from the post in November. Thune, currently the No. 2 Senate Republican, told local news outlets that he is interested in the job....
Philadelphia LGBTQ leaders arrested in traffic stop the mayor calls ‘concerning’Video
PHILADELPHIA — The arrest of two of Philadelphia’s LGBTQ leaders by a state trooper during a fraught highway traffic stop is “very concerning,” the city’s mayor said after a video showing some of what happened circulated on social media. Celena Morrison leads the city’s Office of LGBT Affairs and is...
Woman dead, dozen injured in Mississippi club mass shootingVideo
A 20-year-old woman was killed and up to a dozen others injured in a mass shooting Sunday at a Mississippi club, prompting a dire warning. “I think you’re taking a chance on your life right now if you go to these large events,” Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott told WTVA-TV...
U.N. envoy says ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe Hamas committed sexual violence on Oct. 7
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict said in a new report Monday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape, “sexualized torture,” and other cruel and inhumane treatment of women during its surprise attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7. There are...
Masked shooters kill 4 people and wound 7 at an outdoor party in California, police say
KING CITY, Calif. — A group of men in masks opened fire at an outdoor party in central California, killing four people and wounding seven others, police said. Police responded to a reported shooting around 6 p.m. Sunday in King City and found three men with gunshot wounds who were...
Rescue of truck driver dangling from bridge was a team effort, firefighter says
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky firefighter who rappelled off a bridge to rescue the driver of a tractor-trailer as it dangled precariously over the Ohio River says he played just a small part of the successful rescue. Louisville firefighter Bryce Carden credited teamwork as he talked about the rescue on...
Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers
MADISON, Wis. — Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months...
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attackVideo
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to hold the Republican former president accountable for the Capitol riot. The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states, without action from Congress first, cannot invoke a post-Civil...
