US diplomat struck and killed by flatbed truck while riding bike

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK(BETHESDA, Md.) — A State Department employee was killed this week while riding her bike in Maryland.
The Montgomery County Police Department confirmed Sarah Joan Langenkamp, 42, was struck by a flatbed truck on the af…

Artemis 1 moon mission set for launch: What you need to know

Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — NASA on Monday will send an unmanned space capsule into the moon’s orbit, marking the initial launch in an ambitious plan to establish a long term presence on the moon for scientific d…

Distrust could delay identifying remains from Tulsa mass grave

KeithBinns/Getty Images/STOCK(TULSA, Okla.) — Descendants of the 1921 Tula Race Massacre are being urged to avoid submitting DNA samples to the city’s investigation project amid privacy concerns which would delay efforts to identify remains found in a…

Air travel complaints up 35% in June, DOT report shows

Greg Pease/Getty Images/STOCK(NEW YORK) — Air travel complaints were up nearly 35% in June compared to the month before, according to a report from the Department of Transportation released Friday. Nearly one-third of those complaints were about airli…

States banning the sale of new gas-powered vehicles

Grace Cary/Getty Images/STOCK(NEW YORK) — California became the first state in the nation this week to issue a phase-out of gas-powered vehicles — and other states are planning to follow in its footsteps.

After the California Air Resources Board app…