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Organizers with the People’s Patrol talk to immigrant kids in Hanover Park, a suburb of Chicago, on October 10, 2025. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPR hide caption toggle caption Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPR HANOVER PARK, Ill. — Nearly a dozen kids come around the block, some running and others riding their bikes. They are heading straight to the gap between the grocery store and the …

No. 15 Tennessee is set to host No. 6 Georgia Saturday afternoon in a clash between two high-profile rivals with major implications for both the SEC and the national landscape. The Vols are 23-1 in their last 24 home games, but the one loss in that span came against Georgia in 2023. In fact, Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs remain an elusive …

As NASA’s Artemis program trundles onwards at the blazing pace of a disused and very rusty crawler-transporter, the next mission on the list is gradually coming into focus. This will be the first crewed mission — a flyby of the Moon following in the footsteps of 1968’s Apollo 8 mission. As part of this effort, NASA is looking for volunteers …

NASA seeks volunteers to passively track the Artemis II Orion spacecraft as the crewed mission travels to the Moon and back to Earth. The Artemis II test flight, a launch of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy …

Aug 10, 2025, 12:35 PM ET Tennessee basketball player Ruby Whitehorn has been charged with aggravated burglary and domestic assault after she was arrested Friday following a domestic dispute call to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, court records show. Whitehorn, who started 28 games for the Lady Vols last season, allegedly kicked in the front door and the bathroom door …

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 For over a year, four volunteers lived in a NASA simulation to test life on Mars, balancing scientific rigor with leisure activities. 🏠 The crew was confined in a 3D-printed habitat at the Johnson Space Center, simulating Martian conditions with limited resources and delayed communication. 🧠 A focus of the mission was on managing stress and …

Matthew Rafferty was scouring the flooded riverbanks of Texas Hill Country last weekend when he stumbled on a mud-soaked baby quilt. Rafferty, a Virginia firefighter who was deployed to hard-hit Kerr County to help with search and recovery efforts, folded it up and took it back to his hotel. He rinsed it off in the bathtub. He worried the drain …

Over 100 bat pups found under palm frond, rescued by volunteers  WINK News Source link

Rambo the cat thrashes in a cat trap near his home in Ingram, Texas on Thursday, July 10. Rambo had been missing for almost a week after the catastrophic flooding in central Texas. Kat Lonsdorf/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kat Lonsdorf/NPR INGRAM, TEXAS – Sherry Sweeney holds out a handful of cat food and calls after a small tabby prowling …