Wally Funk, the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) – Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, Texas, Grapevine City Councilwoman Duff O’Dell said Thursday.

China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures the first stage of a rocket to reuse it

BEIJING (AP) – China successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch on Friday in a breakthrough for the country’s space program, state media said.

EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to materialize

WASHINGTON (AP) – Last December, after Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities that his agency would pursue, including protections against harmful chemicals and other health concerns.

Passengers pull back man partly sucked out of broken window

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) – Fellow passengers pulled back a man who was partially sucked out of a dislodged airplane window on Friday, a few minutes after takeoff on a flight from northern Greece to Germany. The plane subsequently returned to the airport in Greece.

Chronic illness and diarrhea surge in quake-hit Venezuelan communities

CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela (AP) – Victims of the powerful twin earthquakes that jolted Venezuela last month as well as people spared by the destruction on Thursday flooded relief services offered by nongovernmental organizations in the hardest-hit areas.

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Ebola death toll in Congo reaches 600, as new cases in unaffected provinces

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) – New suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, the government said Thursday, as the death toll in the country’s latest Ebola outbreak reached 600.

Tofu vendor delivers much more than healthy food

TOKYO (AP) – Akiko Sugaya wheels a cart through the alley-like streets of eastern Tokyo selling tofu, the protein-rich staple favored in much of Asia.

Artemis II astronauts reunite with their moonship 3 months after record-breaking flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The Artemis II astronauts reunited with their capsule Wednesday three months after flying around the moon and traveling deeper into space than anyone in history.