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One American, two Russians ride Russian capsule to the International Space Station

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:19 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — One American and two Russians made a quick trip Friday to the International Space aboard a Russian capsule.NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and docked at the station three hours later. O’Hara will spend six months there while Kononenko and Chub will spend a year.The trio was supposed to fly to the space station last spring, but their original capsule was needed as a replacement for another crew. That crew — also two Russians and an American — will ride it home later this month. Their stay was extended from six months to a year when their Soyuz capsule developed a coolant leak while parked at the station.It’s the first spaceflight for O’Hara and Chub, while mission commander Kononenko is on his fifth trip to the orbiting outpost.They join seven station residents from U.S., Russia, Denmark and Japan.By the end of his yearlong stay, Kononenko will set a new rec...

Bears will have a change in playcalling for Bucs' game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:19 GMT

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — There will be someone else calling the defensive plays for the Bears on Sunday in their second game of the 2023 season. On Friday, the team announced that coordinator Alan Williams will miss the game against the Buccaneers in Tampa due to personal reasons. Because of this, head coach Matt Eberflus will fill in for him and make the defensive calls for the team, doing so for the first time since he joined the Bears before the 2022 season. A bad Bears’ streak continues into 2023 "It's more about the operation of the game management side of it," said Eberflus of the added play calling duties this week. "When offense is up, it will be normal business, with throwing challenge flags and being right there with (offensive coordinator) Luke (Getsy) and the offense. When the defense is up, I'll be making the calls and when we're off the field to make the corrections pretty quick."The guys on the sideline are going to help me do that with the players and really, from ther...

Peso Pluma's Chicago concert postponed after singer reportedly threatened by cartel in Tijuana

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:19 GMT

CHICAGO — An upcoming show for singer Peso Pluma that was set to take place in Chicago has been rescheduled after he was reportedly threatened by members of the Jalisco cartel.The Rosemont Theater made the announcement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday afternoon. Aerosmith postpones Chicago stop on farewell tour According to the theater, the show, which was set to take place on Friday, Sept. 15, has been rescheduled to Oct. 29. Organizers say all of the tickets sold for the previous date will be honored.The announcement comes days after the Los Angeles Times and El Sol De Tijuana reported that three banners with threats written on them appeared in Tijuana on Tuesday, where the singer was set to make a stop on Oct. 14. Several other stops on the artist's tour have also been rescheduled following the reported threats. The return of ‘Riot Fest’ highlights ‘Dean’s Weekender’ Peso Pluma, who is currently on his “Doble P México Tour,” performed at the MTV Video...

Special counsel warned Trump could 'precipitate violence' if told of Twitter search warrant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:19 GMT

Newly unsealed court records indicate special counsel Jack Smith’s team warned that former President Trump could "precipitate violence" unless the court shielded its efforts to obtain information on his Twitter account. The records show Smith's office obtained a total of 32 direct messages from Trump’s account as part of its investigation, with a copy of the warrant also unsealed Friday showing the breadth of the information prosecutors sought. The 71-page filing from prosecutors, submitted to the court in April but unsealed Friday, offers new details about why Smith’s team feared alerting Trump to the matter.The secret battle to obtain the records was revealed in an opinion unsealed in August, showing that Twitter, now known as X, was fined $350,000 for not complying with a court order to turn over the records.Earlier unsealed court records showed the special counsel was concerned that if Trump knew about the warrant to access his account he could disclose it to the public, so...

Roberto Clemente Day: Family and friends explain what made him so special

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:19 GMT

Pittsburgh, Pa. (WTAJ) - On Sept. 15, Americans remember Roberto Clemente as a selfless humanitarian and one of the greatest players to ever live, but to his son, he was simply "dad.""He was a lot of other things that people don't know. Dad spent a lot of time playing the harmonica, playing the organ, making ceramics. He was a poet," said Roberto Jr. in a recent interview with Nexstar's WTAJ. Clemente was born on Aug. 18, 1934, in Puerto Rico. Unable to afford a glove or bat, Roberto Jr. says that didn't stop his dad from playing ball. (Roberto Clemente Museum)(Roberto Clemente Museum)(Roberto Clemente Museum)"At the time you would get cardboard or anything to make a glove...tree branches for bats, cans for balls, so you used anything in your imagination to play the game. He truly believed that God put him on Earth to play baseball."Clemente's love and dedication to the game would get him signed to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955. With unmatched talent, you'd think he'd be an immedia...

Stockton farmworker turned astronaut inspires Amazon Prime movie

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:19 GMT

(FOX40.COM) -- Outer space may reach a million miles away and beyond, but the story of José Moreno Hernández, a Stockton farmworker who went on to become an astronaut with NASA and made the trip into outer space will be on screens here on Earth at the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. "I've coined the phase that it's going to become an instant inspirational classic," Hernández told FOX40.com in a recent interview. "I'm hoping that my words come to fruition." A Million Miles Away Premiers Sept. 15/Amazon PrimeHernández said he is a first-generation American whose family immigrated from Mexico. He spent his childhood working in the fields in San Joaquin County alongside his family, but he always dreamed of reaching the stars. A movie inspired by Hernández's life and journey to space called "A Million Miles Away" premieres on Amazon Prime, on Friday."When I was 10 years old I saw the very last Apollo mission - Apollo 17, and I was mesmerized," Hernández said. "I saw astronaut Gene Cern...

Abundant sunshine and temps in the upper 70s make for a spectacular Friday in Chicago. Summer-like warmth in sight next week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:19 GMT

 Average temperature departures from normalNear/slightly below normal temperatures expected when the high and low temperature are averaged out the next 5 days, but strong warming follows! DAYS 1-5 TEMP DEPARTURE FORECASTDEPARTURE FORECASTDAYS 6-10 TEMP DEPARTURE FORECASTDAYS 11-15 TEMP DEPARTURE FORECASTChicago Weekend PrecipitationFar from a total washout, and not everyone will see rain, but there is a chance for at least some showers (embedded thunder) to come and go both Saturday and into part of Sunday before drier weather settles in. Hurricane Lee Remains a ThreatHurricane Lee still generating maximum sustained winds of 85 mph and while a gradual weakening is forecast Friday night and  Saturday, Lee is still expected to remain a large and dangerous storm.  A Hurricane Watch Is In effect for:Stonington, Maine to the U.S. /Canada border.Mew Brinswick from the U.S. /Canada border to Point Lepreau, including Grand Manan Island.Nova Scotia from Dig...

Austin chosen to receive $4 million grant to create 'reuse warehouse'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:19 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The City of Austin was recently chosen, along with 24 other communities, to receive funding from the Environmental Protection Agency to support and improve recycling efforts. Austin will use the $4 million grant to create a reuse warehouse. According to a release, the warehouse will accept drop-off furniture donations and redistribute them to regional nonprofit organizations with a focus on furnishing homes for those transitioning out of homelessness. The city hopes to open the warehouse no later than 2026. The release also said innovative programming could expand in future years to accept deconstructed building materials and offer workforce training and development opportunities. According to the release, furniture has emerged as a problematic material stream, and it often takes up more floor space at resale stores and often sells slowly. This means unwanted furniture that is still usable sometimes ends up in the landfill. The goal of the warehouse is to provi...

BCBSTX, Huston-Tillotson announce collaboration for culturally-aligned maternal, infant healthcare in Texas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:19 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) along with Huston-Tillotson University started a program called "Boldly B.L.U.E." The goal of the program is to empower mothers in Texas.The “B.L.U.E.” stands for Birthing, Learning, Understanding and Empowering.The program is part of BCBSTX's expanded special beginnings initiative, which aims to increase the number of diverse doulas, midwives and certified lactation consultants in Central Texas.It also strives to create a maternal health research network to strengthen the practices of birth workers. For example, Huston-Tillotson said it would provide entrepreneurship workshops and mentoring for those in this line of work.All of this is in the hope of improving Texas maternal and infant health, particularly for marginalized groups.Dr. Amanda Masino, Huston-Tillotson’s chair of Natural Sciences, spoke on the statistics that led to the development of the program.“In Texas, Black birth givers are 2.3 times more likely to...

What’s happening to Minnesota’s mallards?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:04:19 GMT

BEMIDJI — For the first time in more than a half-century mallards were not the most common duck shot by Minnesota waterfowl hunters in 2022 — topped by both blue-winged teal and ring-necked ducks.Mallards had been the most-harvested duck in the state since at least the 1960s, said Steve Cordts, waterfowl specialist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and it remains unclear exactly why mallard harvest numbers in the state are dropping.“Mallards have been No.1 forever, at least since the 1940s and maybe 50s when scaup (bluebills) were the most commonly harvested duck here,” Cordts said, adding mallards had never before trailed teal or woodies.While wood duck harvest and teal harvest have generally been going up or been stable in recent years — and ring-necked ducks have always been a popular duck, especially in northern Minnesota — the number of mallards harvested has slowly moved down. Cordts had predicted several years ago that wood ducks likely would eventually top m...