NASA has taken another crack at fueling its giant moon rocket after leaks halted the initial dress rehearsal and delayed astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century. Launch teams on Thursday pumped more than 700,000 gallons of fuel into the rocket at Florida's Kennedy Spac… Read moreNASA conducts second rocket fueling test that will decide when Artemis astronauts head to the moon

Experts say a weekslong “snow drought” in Norther California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened. The new snow didn't bond to the earlier layer before the avalanche near Lake Tahoe kill… Read moreSnow drought helped set the stage for deadly California avalanche, leading to unstable conditions

The film academy says last year’s acting winners return as presenters at the next Oscars. On Thursday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña will hand out trophies. The ceremony takes place on March 15 with Conan … Read moreOscars will bring back last year's acting winners — Saldaña, Culkin, Madison and Brody — to present

The National Governors Association is pulling out of an annual meeting at the White House after President Donald Trump declined to invite two Democratic governors. The Republican president is still expected to meet with governors at the White House on Friday but the event won't be facilitate… Read moreTrump's refusal to invite all governors to a White House meeting prompts group to back out