CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – With just a day to go, NASA’s InSight spacecraft is aiming for a bull’s-eye touchdown on Mars. The journey of six months and 300 million miles (482 million kilometers) comes to a precarious grand finale Monday afternoon. The robotic geologist named InSight must go from 12,300 mph (19,800 kilometers) to…… MORE
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida State University President John Thrasher is calling a fan’s social media post depicting football coach Willie Taggart getting lynched “ignorant and despicable.” FSU ended a disappointing first season under Taggart with a loss Saturday to in-state rival the University of Florida. Many fans took to social media, expressing their disappointment.…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – Restoration work on a Houston mural that was damaged during Hurricane Harvey have been put on hold because the building’s roof needs repairs. The Houston Chronicle reports that John Biggers’ “Contribution of Negro Women To American Life and Education” mural won’t be able to undergo a full professional restoration job until enough…… MORE
Mexico City (AP) – Mexico’s incoming Interior Minister insists there’s no deal with the United States regarding thousands of Central American migrants seeking asylum in the U.S.. The Washington Post had quoted Olga Sanchez as saying that the incoming administration of Mexico’s new President Andres Lopez Obrador had agreed to allow migrants to stay in…… MORE
DALLAS – (WFAA-TV) – A Dallas woman who experienced cardiac arrest and then slipped into a coma as plastic surgery began in Mexico has died. WFAA-TV reports 36-year old Laura Avila never recovered from the start of surgery, after doctors administered anesthesia. Medical tourism is increasingly popular with Americans seeking medical work, but trying to…… MORE