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Liftoff! NASA astronauts have launched on a historic journey to the moon

NASA's Artemis II mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Wednesday. The mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon on a roughly 10-day journey.

Typhoon Dolphin forces over 1 million people to evacuate on China's eastern coast

About 1.6 million people faced evacuation orders and thousands of flights were canceled as Typhoon Dolphin slammed into China's eastern coast.

In 2024, Washington voters approved Initiative 2066 that aimed to halt the state's push to end natural gas use in homes and buildings. On Thursday, the state Supreme Court found the measure unconstitutional. Shea White of Du Pont, Washington, pictured above, wrote in the number of signatures initially submitted for the measure in July 2024.

WA high court tosses natural gas measure approved by voters

Justices, in a 6-3 decision, found Initiative 2066 unconstitutional because it dealt with multiple unrelated subjects.

Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oath Keepers, is pictured in Forth Worth, Texas, on Feb. 28. A number of Oath Keepers members or associates are under investigation for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Who Are The Oath Keepers? Militia Group, Founder Scrutinized In Capitol Riot Probe

Stewart Rhodes founded the militia in 2009. Now it's one of the largest extremist anti-government groups in the country, and a focus of the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Why a DOJ prosecutor resigned, telling coworkers and bosses 'you serve no man'

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Murphy resigned from the Department of Justice, telling NPR, 'It just was not a Department of Justice that I any longer wanted to associate with.'"

Presidential historian weighs in the significance of Trump's indictment

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with presidential historian Tim Naftali about the significance of Trump's latest indictment for his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

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