Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the coronavirus task force, and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, told reporters on Sunday that the federal and state governments agree on the necessary steps to reduce the rate of Covid-19 infections in the state. While Kentucky is currently a yellow zone, it has the potential …

NASA plans to launch its last mission to Mars this month, which aims to place the Perseverance rover on the planet’s surface in February 2021. It is the latest attempt to explore a planet that has spanned the popular imagination for centuries. Like the planetary scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson, author …

The New England Patriots have reached the 80-man threshold before training camp. As first reported by Jim McBride of the Boston Globe, New England quit seven undrafted rookies on Sunday. Those rookies include quarterbacks J’Mar Smith and Brian Lewerke, wide receivers Isaiah Zuber, Sean Riley and Will Hastings, defensive tackle …

The Israeli army says that one of its drones fell on Lebanese territory, following a reinforcement of its presence on its northern border, near Lebanon. The drone fell “during IDF operational activity” along the border, the army said in a statement Sunday. “There is no concern that any information has …

School No. 3 in Pripyat, the abandoned atomic city after the Chernobyl explosion. This photo was taken 30 years after the disaster, in 2016. Sean Gallup / Getty NASA plans to return to the moon in 2024 and potentially establish a permanent human presence there by the end of the …