The crew included Katy Perry, Amanda Nguyen, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sanchez. The flight lasted around 11 minutes and crossed the internationally recognised boundary of space. The last all female crew was a Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova’s. She completed a solo spaceflight in 1963. source
Top former college athlete among six dead in New York plane crash
A private plane carrying six people crashed in an open field in upstate New York on Saturday, killing all on board, authorities say. Among those on board were celebrated former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) football player Karenna Groff, her parents and her brother, according to a family statement. The US National Transportation Safety Board […]
McIlroy 'proud' as Masters play-off win seals career Grand Slam at last
Sunday’s round promised a thrilling sequel to McIlroy’s duel with DeChambeau at last year’s US Open. The American, who snatched a dramatic triumph at Pinehurst, was second after three rounds and looked poised to wreck the world number two’s hopes again. But after a promising start which saw him take the lead with a birdie […]
China urges US to 'completely cancel' tariffs
Chinese officials are calling on US President Donald Trump to “completely cancel” his so-called reciprocal tariffs, as a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies grinds on. This week, Trump announced a 90-day pause on a host of global tariffs he had planned, but increased levies on Chinese imports to 145%. “We urge the […]
Teen killed parents as part of Trump assassination plot, says FBI
A high school student from Wisconsin killed his parents as part of a larger plot to assassinate US President Donald Trump, the FBI has said. Nikita Casap, 17, has been charged with the killing of his mother, Tatiana Casap, 35, and his stepfather Donald Mayer, 51, who were found dead at their home on 28 […]
US coffee shops worried about bitter price hike after tariffs
Sakshi Venkatraman and Imogen James BBC News, Washington DC BBC Jorge Prudencio says the price of his Colombian-imported coffee is rising The price for a cup of coffee in the US is going up as tariffs put the squeeze on local café and bakery owners. Some US businesses say the queues for a morning latte […]