Director who led Marshall Space Flight Center during Challenger disaster dead at 102

William R. Lucas, who directed the Marshall Space Flight Center from a crucial time of expansion into one of its darkest hours, died Feb. 10, 2025, at his home in Huntsville. He was 102.

‘My dog is my medication’: Veterans with PTSD paired with service dogs

With the help of a therapist, the Top Dogg K9 Foundation in Georgia pairs veterans with available service dogs in-training based on their needs. The pair must attend weekly trainings for about eight months where dogs learn skills and veterans learn commands.

At least 9 people are dead, including 8 in Kentucky, in latest blast of winter weather

At least nine people have died in the most recent round of harsh weather to pummel the U.S., including eight people in Kentucky who died as creeks swelled from heavy rain and water covered roads.

Coast Guard Cutter Waesche offloads $275 million of cocaine

The cocaine was captured in 11 separate drug smuggling vessel interdictions off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America in December through February.

Citing DOD order, Maryland National Guard to skip Frederick Douglass event

The Maryland National Guard has declined to participate in a parade to honor the life and legacy of abolitionist and Maryland native Frederick Douglass in his birthplace, citing recent Trump administration guidance.

Trump tours Boeing plane to highlight aircraft maker’s delay in delivering a new Air Force One

President Donald Trump toured a Boeing airplane to check out new hardware and technology features and highlight the aircraft maker’s delay in delivering updated versions of the Air Force One presidential aircraft, the White House said Saturday.

Dismissed earlier, nuclear bomb specialists may get called back to Energy Department

The NNSA is a semi-autonomous arm of the Energy Department responsible for producing and dismantling nuclear weapons, counter-terrorism, providing the Navy with nuclear reactors for submarines and responding to emergencies, among other duties. Between 300 and 400 workers were terminated.

Israel and Hamas complete their latest exchange as ceasefire’s first phase has just 2 weeks left

Israel and Hamas completed the sixth exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners on Saturday with just over two weeks remaining in their fragile Gaza ceasefire’s initial phase, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Israel to begin a Mideast tour.

After heavy rains, debris flows hit Southern California community scarred by fire

Residents of a Southern California mountain community near the Eaton Fire burn scar are digging out of roads submerged in sludge after the strongest storm of the year swept through the area, unleashing debris flows and muddy messes in several neighborhoods recently torched by wildfires.

Pentagon moves to take back troops discharged over COVID-19 vaccine refusals

The Defense Department has told the military services to reach out once again to service members who were forced out or voluntarily left the military because they refused to get the COVID vaccine and see if they want to reenlist.