Comet Neowise and a meteorite captured in Bluff, Utah, on July 20. Spaceweather.com/Paul Martini The best nights to see bright neowise kite They are likely behind us, but sky watchers should be looking for it this week while also watching the meteor showers coming their way. A bunch of meteor …

With ACC launching a new 10-game schedule for the upcoming 2020 season, it also allows for a non-conference game. Non-conference play must be in the home state of the school. The opponent will be one of the three teams that are not part of the conference that are already on …

Mercy Hospital, a historic medical center on the Near South Side, plans to close, CEO Carol Schneider announced today in a memo to employees. Mercy also plans to close its outpatient clinics and build a new one that can treat more than 50,000 patients a year. “We have worked hard …

Faced with an avalanche of complaints from unemployed Californians who have been unable to obtain unemployment benefits, Governor Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that he formed a “strike team” to address problems with the system and will streamline the process to resolve claims. The announcement came on the eve of a …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A 20-year-old Manhattan woman hospitalized with COVID-19 hopes her story will come home to young people who don’t take the virus seriously. Cecilia Erker first noticed a loss of taste in early July and did not give it much thought. However, when she woke up the …