CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA fueled its moon rocket Wednesday for humanity's first lunar trip in more than half a century, aiming for an evening liftoff with four astronauts. Tensions were high as hydrogen fuel started flowing into the rocket hours ahead of the planned launch. ...
While most of the excitement around today's planned launch of the Artemis II spacecraft is centered at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, there's some joy being felt for the first moon shot since 1972 in the Ohio Valley. Jackie Shia, director of Wheeling's Challenger ...
WHEELING — Officials in the city of Wheeling are moving forward with action to help a private real estate development venture bring much-needed in-fill housing to the historic East Wheeling neighborhood. Members of the Development Committee of Wheeling City Council, along with other council ...
LANSING, W.Va. – Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Tuesday he signed a bill repealing the controversial student transfer rule after high school sports regulators agreed to address the issue, but action remains on many other bills with a key deadline approaching. Morrisey said he signed House Bill 4425, repealing the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing athletic eligibility. HB 4425 repeals a section of State Code requiring the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to allow multiple transfers. Upon repeal, the SSAC, governed by ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters, a move that is sure to draw legal challenges as the president continues to demand further restrictions on voting ahead of this year's midterm elections. The order calls on the Department of Homeland Security, working in conjunction with the Social Security Administration, to make the list of eligible voters in each state, according to the White House. It also seeks to bar the U.S. Postal Service from sending absentee ballots to those not on each ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, two media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities. The operational impact of U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss' decision was not immediately clear — both because it will likely be appealed and because too much damage to the public-broadcasting system has already been done, both by the ...
