Four astronauts from 4 international locations
return to Earth after six months in orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts from 4 international locations caught a carry again to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to finish a half-year mission on the International Space Station. Their capsule streaked throughout the U.S. within the predawn darkness and splashed into the Gulf of Mexico close to the Florida Panhandle.

NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli, a Marine helicopter pilot, led the returning crew of Denmark’s Andreas Mogensen, Japan’s Satoshi Furukawa and Russia’s Konstantin Borisov. They moved into the area station final August. Their replacements arrived final week in their very own SpaceX capsule.

Director Roman Polanski is sued over extra allegations of sexual assault of a minor

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lady has sued director Roman Polanski in a Los Angeles court docket, saying the director raped her when she was a minor in 1973. The lady aired her allegations at a information convention Tuesday. She mentioned Polanski took her to dinner, gave her tequila, and raped her at his house afterward. The lady didn’t give her identify or her age. She first filed the lawsuit in June, however the legislation didn’t initially enable her to make use of Polanski’s identify. A decide since dominated she will be able to. Polanski, the Oscar-winning director of “Rosemary’s Baby,” has been residing in Europe since fleeing there after related allegations in 1978.

US lawmakers say TikTok received’t
be banned if it finds a brand new proprietor

U.S. lawmakers are threatening to ban TikTok but in addition say they’re giving its Chinese father or mother firm an opportunity to maintain it working. The premise of a bipartisan invoice headed for a vote within the U.S. House of Representatives is that TikTok followers within the U.S. can hold scrolling via their favourite social media app as long as Beijing-based ByteDance offers up on proudly owning it. But it’s not going to be so simple as lawmakers are making it sound, in keeping with consultants.

Michigan man who was shot in face with ghost gun sues producer, pal

(AP) A 19-year-old Michigan man who misplaced his proper eye after being shot with a firearm made out of a ghost gun equipment is suing his former finest pal who accidently shot him and the Pennsylvania firm that bought his pal the equipment. The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Washtenaw County Circuit Court, alleges that JSD Supply bought two ghost gun kits in April 2021 to Guy Boyd’s then-17-year-old pal with out verifying the teenager’s age or whether or not he might legally possess a pistol. Boyd was shot within the face lower than two months later. The lawsuit accuses JSD Supply and Boyd’s former pal of negligence. Ghost weapons are privately made firearms that don’t have serial numbers.

Massive explosion in Pittsburgh
space house kills man and lady

CRESCENT, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say an enormous explosion killed two individuals and destroyed a home within the Pittsburgh space close to the Ohio River. Allegheny County emergency dispatchers say the blast in Crescent Township within the northwest Pittsburgh suburbs was reported shortly earlier than 9 a.m. Tuesday. Aerial photographs from the scene present smoking ruins with the construction diminished to rubble and a few massive items lodged in bushes above. The Crescent Township hearth chief says a person and lady have been discovered useless on the scene. The county health worker’s workplace will verify their identities and decide the trigger and method of loss of life. The reason for the explosion is below investigation.

Man bitten by crocodile in Florida Everglades after capsizing sailboat

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a 68-year-old man fell off a sailboat within the Florida Everglades and was bitten by a crocodile whereas making an attempt to swim to shore. The National Park Service says the uncommon crocodile chunk occurred Sunday on the Flamingo Marina in Everglades National Park. Officials mentioned the park customer capsized whereas crusing and tried to swim to land together with his boat when witnesses noticed him go below water. Park rangers responded and handled a minimize on the person’s leg. He was taken to a hospital in secure situation. A wildlife official says Florida has about 2,000 grownup crocodiles and its final documented case of 1 biting a human occurred in 2014.

Russia says it killed 234 fighters whereas thwarting an incursion from Ukraine

(AP) Russian officers say Ukrainian long-range drones have smashed into two oil amenities deep inside Russia. At the identical time, an armed incursion claimed by Ukraine-based Russian opponents of the Kremlin unnerved a border area simply days earlier than Russia’s presidential election. The assault by waves of drones throughout eight areas of Russia displayed Kyiv’s increasing technological capability because the conflict extends into its third yr. The cross-border floor assault additionally weakened President Vladimir Putin’s argument that life in Russia has been unaffected by the conflict, although he stays all however sure to win one other six-year time period by a landslide. The Russian Defense Ministry mentioned that Moscow’s army and safety forces killed 234 fighters whereas thwarting the incursion.