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See the “Worm” supermoon glow in the March sky this Sunday. The moon will be fullest at 2:48 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon, according to NASA. This will be the year’s first supermoon, meaning the moon is slightly closer to Earth and therefore appears bigger and brighter in the sky. The Worm supermoon is the

Two Confederate statues that sparked fiery protests and the fatal White nationalist rally in 2017 may soon come down in Charlottesville, Virginia. After years of thwarted attempts, Charlottesville can remove statues of Robert E. Lee and General “Stonewall” Jackson, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Efforts to remove both statues preceded the Unite the Right

When astronaut Scott Kelly spent nearly a year in space, his heart shrank despite the fact that he worked out six days a week over his 340-day stay, according to a new study. Surprisingly, researchers observed the same change in Benoît Lecomte after he completed his 159-day swim across the Pacific Ocean in 2018. The

Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON (KTRK) — Doctors and law enforcement will provide details Thursday morning of their findings of the first fentanyl-laced ecstasy tablets in Houston. According to a news release, the Houston Forensic Science Center (HFSC) recently found the first tainted ecstasy tablets, also known as XTC. A news conference

Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON (KTRK) — Ever since 5G boxes showed up in Houston, they have been blasted by homeowners who say the boxes are an eyesore. The boxes are probably here to stay, so why not make them more appealing? Cell phone companies call them “ground furniture,” and the boxes

Click here for updates on this story     SOUTH NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A South Nashville market is once again cleaning up after flood waters rushed in. This happened to Botan Market in 2010 and then again this past weekend. They had to throw out at least $200,000 worth of food. “It has been a very

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Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WLS) — Baseball returns to Wrigley Field Thursday as the Chicago Cubs take on the Pittsburgh Pirates and unlike last year, fans are back in the stadium to cheer on the home team. The Cubs are ready to begin a new year, hoping players like Kris Bryant

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Families held a rally to support saving the Portland Children’s Museum and Opal School from their upcoming closures. Last week, the museum’s board announced the permanent closure of both, set to happen June 30. The board said the decision was not made lightly and

The 19-year-old cashier who suspected George Floyd had handed him a counterfeit $20 bill said Wednesday he still feels guilt for Floyd’s death under the knee of a former Minneapolis police officer. Christopher Martin took the stand on the third day of the criminal trial of Derek Chauvin, echoing other witnesses who expressed helplessness and

The astronauts on the International Space Station have already conducted five spacewalks so far this year — and now they have relocated a spacecraft outside of the orbiting laboratory. Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, along with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, flew the Soyuz MS-17 capsule from its current port to another one on

Humanity’s first Wright Brothers moment on another planet will happen in April. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter will attempt the first powered flight on Mars no earlier than April 8, according to NASA. It’s fitting that the mission, an experimental companion to the Perseverance rover, is carrying a piece of history. A postage stamp-size piece of