Denise Chow

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Priscilla Thompson |Denise Chow

Updated Katy Perry and five other celebrities are set to launch to space today on a short flight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket and capsule. Joining Perry as part of the all-female crew is Gayle King, co-host of “CBS Mornings”; Lauren Sánchez, a former journalist who is Jeff Bezos’ fiancée; Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist; Amanda Nguyen, a bioastronautics research scientist; and Kerianne Flynn, a movie producer.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Denise Chow

Baby, she’s a firework: Katy Perry is heading to space. The pop superstar is one of six celebrities scheduled to launch to the edge of space on Monday aboard a capsule and rocket developed by Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Denise Chow |Chase Cain

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to bolster the country’s declining coal industry, relaxing restrictions on coal mining, leasing and exports in what the White House said was an effort to meet the energy-intensive needs of artificial intelligence data centers. The executive orders were the latest moves by the Trump administration that clash with global aims to reduce coal power and cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions that fuel climate change.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Denise Chow

Two U.S. senators introduced a bill Tuesday that aims to minimize damage to homes and communities from floods, wildfires and other natural disasters through a federal tax credit. The legislation, from Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., would create a tax credit to reimburse people for retrofitting their homes with upgraded protections against major disasters, including hurricanes and wildfires.

2 weeks ago | telemundofresno.com | Denise Chow

Las autoridades de salud pública de California confirmaron las muertes de tres personas en la localidad de Mammoth Lakes a causa del hantavirus, el mismo que causó el fallecimiento de la esposa del actor Gene Hackman en febrero. En un comunicado emitido el jueves, las autoridades sanitarias del condado de Mono informaron de una tercera muerte por síndrome pulmonar por hantavirus en esta localidad rural de la región de la Sierra Oriental, calificando la situación de "trágica" y "alarmante".