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NASA's Orion Capsule Blazes Home From Test Flight to Moon 

Special Envoy Gives Details of Griner's Plane-Ride Home 

During the flight, the two-time Olympic gold medalist and Phoenix Mercury pro basketball star spoke about her time in the Russian penal colony and her months in captivity

Strong 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern Mexico 

The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake's epicenter was 2½ miles (4 kilometers) northwest of Corral Falso in the southern state of Guerrero

Scientists Lower Alert for Mauna Loa, Say Eruption Could End

US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says that eruption on mountain's northeast rift zone was continuing, but lava output and volcanic gas emissions were 'greatly reduced'

Free for a Month, Kherson Still Toils to Clear Russian Traps

Winter weather complicates demining efforts

US Keeps Eye on China's Space Activities for Potential Risks

China in 2003 became the third government to send an astronaut into orbit on its own after the former Soviet Union and the United States. Its program has advanced steadily since

Santa Visit Brings Joy to Frosty Alaska Inupiaq Village

Alaska Air National Guard cargo plane carried Santa and more than 1,400 pounds of gifts

Fight to Curb Food Waste Increasingly Turns to Science

One-armed Basketball Player for US College Scores First Points

A college basketball player who lost nearly all of his left arm in a childhood accident has scored his first points for Northwestern State in Louisiana

Oregon Lawsuit Spotlights Destruction Of Black Neighborhoods

Suit accuses officials of racist destruction of the homes and forced displacement

Kari Lake Challenges Her Defeat in Arizona Governor's Race

Republican asks court to throw out certified election results from the state's most populous county

Afghan Academic Rebuilds Her Life in Italy, Dreams of Returning

Professor of sexology fled the Taliban

For World Cup Visitors, A Peek Into Islamic Art, Heritage

Museum displays items spanning 3 continents and many centuries

Peru's New President Asks Cabinet to Take Anti-corruption Pledge

The 17 ministers picked by the new leader will be key to igniting or appeasing a country experiencing a seemingly endemic political crisis

Storm Brings High Winds, Heavy Snow to Northern California

The storm has triggered thousands of power outages in California, closed a mountain highway at Lake Tahoe, and prompted an avalanche warning in the backcountry

New Japan Law Aims at Unification Church Fundraising Abuses

Japan’s parliament has enacted a law to restrict malicious donation solicitations by religious and other groups, which mainly targets the Unification Church, whose fundraising tactics and cozy ties with the governing party caused public outrage

Morocco Reaches World Cup Semifinals, Tops Portugal, Ronaldo

Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal in the 42nd minute to continue Morocco's improbable run that has generated an outpouring of pride in the Arab world during the first World Cup to be staged in the Middle East

Federal Data: Kansas Oil Spill Biggest in Keystone History

The data shows it's the largest for an onshore crude pipeline in nine years, and the biggest in the system's history

Philippines Protesters Decry Alleged Injustices Under Marcos

The protesters, led by the rights groups alliance Karapatan, gathered at a public square on Saturday before marching toward the presidential palace in Manila to demand justice for victims

Nobel Peace Prize Winners Blast Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

Oleksandra Matviichuk of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties insisted during the award ceremony Saturday that Putin — and Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who provided his country's territory for the Russian troops to invade Ukraine — must face an international tribunal