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Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to reporters after the Senate classified briefing on the three unidentified objects shot down by the U.S. military over Alaska, Canada and Lake Huron, in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Senators downplay threats from unidentified objects, but call for more information

Many Democrats defended the Biden administration's cautious approach. But lawmakers of both parties urged the president to address the nation.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams visits the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 17. This week, he announced that officials will begin hospitalizing more homeless people by involuntarily providing care to those deemed to be in "psychiatric crisis."

NYC Mayor Adams faces backlash for move to involuntarily hospitalize homeless people

Mayor Eric Adams announced this week that officials will begin hospitalizing more homeless people by involuntarily providing care to those deemed to be in "psychiatric crisis."

Mourners left a makeshift memorial outside NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston after the Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003.

Twenty years after the Columbia disaster, a NASA official reflects on lessons learned

Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.

The tension between private thoughts and public personae, in a culture that forces consent to being constantly watched, feels like the guiding narrative of Yves Tumor's sonic and visual world.

Yves Tumor's disruptive pop-cultural synthesis

Rather than proclaiming the present sick on their fifth record, the sensitive Tennessean glam-punk wraps themselves up in its language — pop music.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a patriotic concert at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Wednesday.

Putinology: the art of analyzing the man in the Kremlin

They used to be called Kremlinologists — American experts on the Soviet Union. Now there's a new generation of Putinologists who seek to interpret Russia by analyzing its authoritarian leader.

Exterminator Nick Castro discovered 700 pounds of acorns hidden in the wall of a customer's home that had been stashed there by woodpeckers.

Woodpeckers went nuts, stashing 700 pounds of acorns in the wall of a California home

Exterminator Nick Castro found the massive stash of acorns after being called to a home with a worm problem. "Bird was a bit of a hoarder," he joked on social media.

Scholar Mike Davis was a public intellectual best known for his book <em>City of Quartz</em> and other searing critiques of capitalism, corruption and environmental degradation.

Writer, truck driver, meat cutter and prophet of compassion Mike Davis dies at 76

Davis was a public intellectual best known for his book City of Quartz and other searing critiques of capitalism, corruption and environmental degradation.

This Ukrainian hotline helps Russian soldiers surrender

A Ukrainian hotline that helps Russian soldiers sent to the frontline surrender has been used thousands of times. Its traffic increased after Russia announced a partial mobilization of civilians.

This screengrab from NASA TV shows NASA's Orion capsule, left, nearing the moon, right, on Monday. At center is Earth.

NASA's Orion capsule buzzes the moon in a last step before humans revisit lunar orbit

The close approach of 81 miles occurred as the crew capsule and its three wired-up dummies were on the far side of the moon. Astronauts will take Orion for a ride around the moon as early as 2024.

Bed Bath & Beyond has lost shoppers and money after a series of ineffective or mistimed turnaround attempts. It has also exhausted numerous financial lifelines. Shown here is a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Westbury, New York.

Homeware giant Bed Bath & Beyond has filed for bankruptcy

The retailer, which also owns the BuyBuy Baby chain, has lost shoppers and money after a series of ineffective or mistimed turnarounds. It plans to close stores.

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