Last Updated Mar 11, 2018 3:43 PM EDT NEW YORK — Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, says the company is planning to launch a spacecraft to Mars and return it to Earth as soon as early 2019. “I can tell you what I know currently is the […]
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How to watch March Madness’ Selection Sunday
March Madness is officially here. Selection Sunday kicks off tonight to reveal the upcoming NCAA men’s basketball matchups and the road to the Final Four. TBS is hosting the show for the first time. Coverage begins Sunday evening at 6 p.m. ET (9 p.m. PT). How to watch Selection Sunday: […]
Trump to seek to “harden” schools against shootings
President Trump’s plan to combat school shootings will include a call on states to increase the minimum age for purchasing assault weapons and an effort to “harden” schools so they’re less vulnerable to attacks. White House spokesman Raj Shah says the president will not advocate “universal” background checks, but will […]
Private jet crashes in Iran, killing 11
TEHRAN, Iran — A Turkish private jet flying from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul carrying a group of young women crashed Sunday night in a mountainous region of Iran during a heavy rain, killing all 11 people on board, authorities said. The doomed aircraft days earlier carried a bachelorette […]
Private jet crashes into mountain, killing 11
TEHRAN, Iran — A Turkish private jet flying from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul carrying a group of young women crashed Sunday night in a mountainous region of Iran during a heavy rain, killing all 11 people on board, authorities said. The doomed aircraft days earlier carried a bachelorette […]
GOP senator: North Korea should honor nuke agreements before talks
Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, says that North Korea should be required to honor decades-old denuclearization agreements before President Trump meets with leader Kim Jong Un. Gardner told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the administration should insist the country take more concrete steps to fulfill the terms of existing pacts before […]
CIA chief on North Korea talks: “This administration has its eyes wide open”
CIA Director Mike Pompeo says the Trump administration has its eyes “wide open” to the North Korean regime’s history of empty promises after President Trump accepted an invitation for talks with leader Kim Jong Un. South Korean officials have said Kim agreed to pause nuclear and missile testing ahead of […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: “I’m not running for president in 2020”
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts says she has no intention of running for president in 2020, but she also is leaving herself room to reconsider. Warren also did not explicitly pledge to complete a second six-year Senate term if she’s re-elected in November. “I am not running for president […]
China makes historic move to allow Xi to rule indefinitely
BEIJING — China’s rubber-stamp lawmakers on Sunday passed a historic constitutional amendment abolishing a presidential two-term limit that will enable Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. The amendment upends a system enacted by former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1982 to prevent a return to the bloody excesses of a lifelong […]
Traces of nerve agent found in poisoning of Russian ex-spy
LONDON — British media reported Sunday that traces of the nerve agent used to attack a Russian ex-spy and his daughter have been found in Salisbury where the two were poisoned. BBC News said its sources say traces were found at a restaurant where Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia […]