Porn and movies, not tech secrets, found on Chinese spy suspect's NASA laptop The Chinese national taken into custody on an airplane waiting to take off for home had pornography and illegally downloaded movies on his NASA computer, not government secrets, reports say. He is now set to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating NASA computer rules. More
One flight closer to space tourism Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California. More
U.S. plans to drop gray wolves from endangered list The planned ruling would eliminate protection for the top predators, but scientists and conservationists say the proposal is flawed. Federal authorities intend to remove endangered species protections for all gray wolves in the Lower 48 states, carving out an a exception for a small pocket of about 75 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico, according to a draft document obtained by The Times. More
Curiosity Rover Discovers Pure Sulfur on Mars: A Groundbreaking Find Redefining the Red Planet’s Geology NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock. This finding is considered a significant scientific breakthrough, as pure ... 12/28/2024 - 12:17 am | View Link
Curiosity rover explores martian butte NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image using its Right Navigation Camera on Dec. 16, 2024 at 00:22:16 UTC — sol 4394, or Martian day 4,394 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission. 12/18/2024 - 6:12 pm | View Link
NASA's Curiosity Rover Explores Mars' Texoli Butte Amid New Challenges NASA's Curiosity Rover explores Mars' Texoli Butte while adapting to new terrain challenges and conducting research ... 12/18/2024 - 2:59 am | View Link
Gigantic 'spiderwebs' on Mars are the next big target for NASA's Curiosity rover, agency reveals The zig-zagging rocks could also provide clues about whether Mars once harbored extraterrestrial life. The ever-reliable Curiosity rover is about to begin a new quest to study giant "spiderwebs ... 12/4/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
Q: Ira, how has Jimmy Butler’s role changed that he doesn’t fit anymore? That’s bad coaching, right? – Elliot.
A: First, an exhale, please. Because what transpired Thursday night, as much as it was cast that way by Jimmy Butler, had nothing to do with role or playing style or anything to do with Erik Spoelstra’s playbook.
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Ethics report details allegations of campaign violations by Cherfilus-McCormick
‘Coolest temperatures of the season’ should hit South Florida this weekend
Perfect restaurant inspections: Which 70 South Florida eateries earned flawless scores in December 2024?
Broward schools watchdog expected to start in early 2025
Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy among golfers in indoor, high-tech league playing in South Florida soon
Buddhist group sues to delay Everglades project, says Army Corps ignores impact on Weston retreat
‘A 28-year-old super hero’: Road ranger killed in New Year’s Day crash on I-95 identified
Randy Perkins, AshBritt disaster relief founder, dies at 60
Meat Market is having fashion-y La Piscine brunch Sundays at Renaissance Boca Raton Hotel
Miss Manners: I treated them to lunch, and they disparaged the restaurant I chose
GAINESVILLE — UF coach Todd Golden still wasn’t sure how good the Gators could be a week prior to Thanksgiving when college basketball operates in the shadows.
But his confidence was growing after their fourth 20-point win in six games, this time a 93-68 thumping of Southern Illinois on Nov. 22.
Few in Gator Nation might have noticed on the eve of Florida football’s upset of Ole Miss in the Swamp, but the pieces were quickly falling into place over at the O’Dome.
Florida head coach Todd Golden, left, signed guard Will Richard as part of the Gators’ first crop of transfers in 2022.
The latest Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress paints an alarming picture of a worsening homelessness crisis in the U. S.
On a single night last January, more than 771,000 people experienced homelessness, the highest number since data collection began. The 18% year-over-year increase reflects the mounting pressures of a housing shortage, inflation and the end of critical pandemic-era safety nets such as eviction moratoriums and expanded tax credits.
Today is Friday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2025. There are 362 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Jan. 3, 1920, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the contract of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, beginning a championship era for the Yankees and decades of heartache for Red Sox fans.
A report containing findings by the Office of Congressional Ethics, released Thursday, provides details of multiple campaign transactions and official government office activities by U. S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick that investigators said may have violated House rules and federal law.
The Broward-Palm Beach county Democrat, first elected in a January 2022 special election, has been under investigation for almost her entire time in Congress.