The male Bornean orangutan, who was born earlier this month, will make his public debut this weekend after two weeks with his mother.
Author: Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY
Virgin Galactic launches first commercial spaceflight with 3 Italian specialists: Watch it live
Three specialists from Italy will board a space-bound rocket in the first commercial flight for billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company.
“Senseless act of hatred”: Former student targeted gender studies class in stabbing spree
Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, 24, is accused of stabbing three people Wednesday during a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
‘A place of freakish desecration’: Families sue Harvard over stolen body parts scandal
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Boston on behalf of three families whose loved ones donated their cadavers to Harvard for medical research.
‘Internet apocalypse’: How NASA’s solar-storm studies could help save the web
A solar storm portends the remote possibility that within the next decade, the people of Earth could be left without internet access for months.
‘We don’t feel it’s right’: Costco cracks down on card sharing among non-member shoppers
Shoppers at Costco who use the self-checkout lanes are now more frequently being asked to show proof of their membership before making their purchase.
Death of San Antonio airport worker ‘ingested’ into plane ruled a suicide
A Texas medical examiner’s office ruled that the 27-year-old man died by suicide when he was sucked into a Delta Air Lines plane’s engine on Friday.
“Largest bighead carp we’ve caught:” Commercial fisherman snags massive fish in Illinois
A commercial fisherman in Illinois caught a 109-pound bighead carp last week while fishing in the Illinois River’s backwaters.
An Iowa meteorologist’s climate change coverage led to a death threat. He’s now resigning.
Chris Gloninger, a veteran meteorologist who had been with Des Moines’ CBS affiliate KCCI for two years, announced his impending departure Wednesday.
Ohio man arrested after Amazon driver shot while leaving his property: Court records
Keith W. Grubb, 59, appeared Tuesday in an Ohio courtroom after he was charged with felonious assault in the shooting of an Amazon delivery driver.