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3 days ago | 
pal-item.com | Janet Loehrke
NASA's eight-rotor Dragonfly drone just finished a crucial test, which confirmed the spacecraft's design and will allow the project to move forward with full-scale fabrication of the spacecraft, according to Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, which manages the mission for NASA. The mission is expected to launch in 2028 to Titan, one of Saturn's moons. The Dragonfly mission has faced several delays and expense overruns. Dragonfly has a total lifecycle cost of $3.35 billion, NASA said.
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3 days ago | 
usatoday.com | Janet Loehrke
NASA's eight-rotor Dragonfly drone just finished a crucial test, which confirmed the spacecraft's design and will allow the project to move forward with full-scale fabrication of the spacecraft, according to Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, which manages the mission for NASA. The mission is expected to launch in 2028 to Titan, one of Saturn's moons. The Dragonfly mission has faced several delays and expense overruns. Dragonfly has a total lifecycle cost of $3.35 billion, NASA said.
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6 days ago | 
usatoday.com | Jim Sergent |George Petras |Janet Loehrke
Ever since Pope Francis died on April 21, Cardinal Pietro Parolin has been bettors' favorite as his successor. But, not surprisingly, what gamblers think and what 133 cardinals decide can be completely different. Parolin's probability of becoming the next pope based on online bets has risen as high as 40% in recent days, but the most probable cardinal wasn't the one selected a dozen years ago. On Wednesday, the cardinals began the papal conclave at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.
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6 days ago | 
flipboard.com | Jim Sergent |George Petras |Janet Loehrke
NowTrump confirms major trade deal with key American ally and more top headlinesGood morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here's what you need to know to start your day ... TOP 3 1. Trump confirms major trade deal with key American ally 2. Black smoke rises on day 2 of conclave 3.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Janet Loehrke |Ramon Padilla |Shawn Sullivan
1 day agoTwo sworn enemies, both nuclear-armed. A disputed region. A deadly attack on tourists. And now, retaliation. India launched military strikes against Pakistan May 7 as tensions between the two rival nations spiraled. "Anything can happen," a former top Pakistani security official told USA TODAY. India …
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1 week ago | 
usatoday.com | Janet Loehrke |Ramon Padilla |Shawn Sullivan
Pakistan and India — nuclear-armed rivals sharing a border in a flashpoint region — are trading artillery fire and threats of retaliation as tensions escalate after a May 7 Indian attack. India said it launched missiles targeting "terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the divided Himalayan territory that India also controls a section of. Pakistani officials said none of the six locations targeted in Pakistan were militant camps, according to Reuters.
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1 week ago | 
usatoday.com | George Petras |Janet Loehrke
You’ll learn about the choice of a new pope through your smartphone, computer, TV, or some other whiz-bang technology. But you won’t find out until the Catholic Church tells the world, with a simple smoke signal process it started using in 1417. The church’s papal conclave are sequestered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel to begin voting this week on the successor to Pope Francis, who died April 21.
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1 week ago | 
usatoday.com | George Petras |Janet Loehrke
On May 7, 133 cardinals from around the world will gather for a papal conclave in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel for a secret vote to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Behind a cloak of secrecy that would impress the CIA – even their meals are monitored – cardinals in the papal conclave will anoint one among themselves as the new pontiff who will guide the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church over the next decades.
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1 week ago | 
pal-item.com | George Petras |Janet Loehrke
On May 7, 133 cardinals from around the world will gather for a papal conclave in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel for a secret vote to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Behind a cloak of secrecy that would impress the CIA – even their meals are monitored – cardinals in the papal conclave will anoint one among themselves as the new pontiff who will guide the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church over the next decades.
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1 week ago | 
usatoday.com | Jim Sergent |George Petras |Janet Loehrke
Betting markets around the world suggest two cardinals, Pietro Parolin or Luis Antonio Tangle, have best chances of becoming the next pope. A betting expert, though, questions how much we can read into those wagers. On Wednesday, 132 cardinals will convene for a papal conclave at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel and begin the process of selecting a successor to Pope Francis, who died April 21.
