Russell Lewis

Major League Baseball and its Players Association have reached an agreement to play 60 games instead of 162, beginning July 23 or 24. They hope to finish before a second surge of COVID-19.

The helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others in January has highlighted a decades-old problem in aviation: pilots continuing flights into bad weather rather than landing.

Fifty years ago Saturday, Apollo 13 lifted off for the moon. After 55 hours, the mission was rocked by an explosion. The ensuing drama to return the crew safely captured the world's attention.

The top leaders of the U.S. organization say postponement from the planned July 24 opening is best, and international officials should ensure that conditions are safe and fair for all competitors.

He had one trip to the moon — not to tread the surface, but to orbit in the craft that would return the two moonwalkers to Earth. All three got in trouble later over the sale of space mementos.

The team announced that the second positive result came following tests for the traveling members of the team. The basketball league suspended play Wednesday.

Citing fears of spreading coronavirus, the NCAA has taken the unprecedented step of banning basketball fans from attending any of the men's or women's March Madness tournament games.

Johnson was one of NASA's human "computers" and wrote trajectory equations for missions in the space agency's early days. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.

The NBA star, his daughter and seven other people were killed last month. Investigators say the craft didn't have an engine failure. Determining the cause of the crash will take more time.

Federal investigators are trying to determine why a helicopter crashed in Calabasas, Cal., on Sunday killing Kobe Bryant and eight others. Bad weather is one area investigators are examining.

Clemson went in with a 29-game winning streak, but wasn't able to stand up to Louisiana's withering offensive led by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow.

Last year was one of the most difficult years in Boeing's history. A second crash of its 737 Max aircraft led to a worldwide grounding of the fleet, and the eventual firing of its CEO.

After Boeing's CEO faced withering criticism at a Senate hearing, he goes before a House committee as he tries to defend his company's safety protocols and reputation.

Investigators in Indonesia have released a scathing report that faults Boeing and Lion Air for last year's crash of a 737 Max. That crash killed 189 people.

Federal Aviation Administration officials faced more tough questions Wednesday from Congress on why it approved the Boeing 737 MAX and then didn't ground the plane after the first fatal crash.

Huntsville, Ala., was one of the key cities that helped NASA get to the moon in 1969. Fifty years later, Huntsville still plays a big role in NASA's present and future space exploration efforts.

One of the architect's of NASA's mission control has died at age 95. Chris Kraft was one of the original employees of the space task group and the agency's first flight director.

Kraft was among the earliest employees of NASA and designed mission control and other components of the program. He became head of the Johnson Space Center and oversaw the birth of the space shuttle.

They defeated the Netherlands 2-0 to win a record fourth Women's World Cup title. Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle both scored, helping the team to a perfect tournament.

The U.S. goes to its third straight finals after a hard-fought semifinal game.