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North Carolina man gets life behind bars for stabbing 6-year-old daughter in the heart
On August 31, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina reported that Seth Willis Pickering, 38, of Leicester, North Carolina, was ordered to serve life in […]
NASA launching ICESat-2, advanced laser will measure earth’s changing ice levels
This September, NASA will launch into space the most advanced laser instrument of its kind, beginning a mission to measure – in unprecedented detail – changes in the heights of […]
Journey to touch the sun: NASA launches Parker Solar Probe
While most of the U.S. was still asleep and hours before the rise of the very star it will study, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched from Florida in the early morning hours […]
CDC: Tips for preventing heat-related illness and death
From torrential downpours and flash floods on the United States’ east coast and record breaking heat temperatures on the west coast, weather related deaths are becoming a daily occurrence. According […]
MLB: Marlins and Rays suspend all ties with Papa John’s following Schnatter’s use of N-word
John Schnatter, the American businessman who founded Papa John’s Pizza and who used the N-word during a telephone conference call last May, resigned as Papa John’s CEO and then resigned […]
Kellogg recalls Honey Smacks cereal due to possible presence of Salmonella
On June 14, the Kellogg Company announced a voluntary recall of their 15.3 oz. and 23 oz. packages of Kellogg’s ® Honey Smacks ® cereal (with code dates listed below) […]
Increased Antarctic ice loss speeding up the rise of sea levels globally
On June 13, a new assessment released by NASA in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) revealed that ice losses in Antarctica have tripled since 2012, resulting in increased […]
Harford County names new Superintendent of Public Schools
On June 11, the Board of Education of Harford County appointed Sean Bulson, Ed.D. to a four-year term as Superintendent of Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) during its business meeting. […]
NASA ‘Planet Hunter’ has launched
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched yesterday on a first-of-its-kind mission to find worlds beyond our solar system, including some that could support life. TESS, expected to find thousands […]
1981 ‘Buckskin Girl’ murder victim identified thanks to DNA technology
Cold case murder solved with Arkansas woman being identified after more than 30 years. On April 24, 1981, the body of a female homicide victim was discovered on Greenlee Road, […]
