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Maria Rivas holds photographs of her mother, Julia Medina, who died in 2012. Maria cared for Julia for six years at the end of her life.

A Daily Mother-Daughter Moment Documented Forever

Maria Rivas stepped in as caretaker when her aging mother, Julia Medina, began having health complications. After Julia's death, a nostalgic photo reminds Maria of their life together.

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a press conference following the opening of a new large scale COVID-19 vaccination site in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Newsom says the state will start setting aside 10% of its vaccine allotment for teachers, day care workers and other school employees.

California Will Begin Setting Aside 10% Of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses For Teachers

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the plan on Friday as part of an effort to accelerate in-person learning across the state.

The Cintas Center is located at 1625 Herald Avenue on Xavier University's campus.

Cintas Center Pop-Up Mass Vax Site Opens Thursday: What You Need To Know

On Thursday, the first doses of a mass COVID-19 vaccine pop-up site will be administered at the Cintas Center.

FBI: Lorain Man Charged With Hitting Officer During Jan. 6 Capitol Riot

Updated: 6:12 p.m., Wedensday, March 17, 2021 The FBI arrested a 20-year-old Lorain man Wednesday on charges that he attacked a Capitol Police officer while storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Authorities charged Clifford Mackrell with assaulting an officer, entering restricted grounds, obstruction of law enforcement and violent entry.

Viewing the Gemini 10 flight display in the Mission Control Center on July 18, 1966 are (from left) Mission Director William Schneider, Prime Flight Director Glynn Lunney, Flight Operations Director Christopher Kraft Jr. and Gemini Program Manager Charles Mathews.

Glynn Lunney, NASA Flight Director With A Key Role In Saving Apollo 13, Dies At 84

Lunney, who played an integral role in the agency's Apollo program, died Friday. He was credited for his quick decision-making during the race to save the lives of the Apollo 13 astronauts.

Jenny Choi (left) and Kristi You place flowers Wednesday at the entrance of Gold Spa, one of three locations where deadly shootings happened in the Atlanta area this week.

Opinion: The 8 We Lost

We learned more about the suspect in the Georgia shootings than the victims, possibly because the women who died may have been too busy working to leave long histories on social media.

Hundred-Dollar Laptop Draws Skeptics

Researchers at MIT have developed a laptop computer they say will cost $100 and could be used by millions of children in developing countries. Some critics, including Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates, say it's the wrong approach.

Army Hits Recruitment Goal; Others Lag

Recruitment for the National Guard and Army Reserve has again fallen short of its goals. Figures for July show a 20 percent shortfall for the Guard and a 16 percent shortfall for the Reserve. However, the active-duty Army reached its recruiting goals for the second straight month.

Sean Lennon in the studio, during production of the <em>Alter Egos</em> soundtrack.

For Sean Lennon, Music Is Not A Solo Act

Like his father, John, Lennon prefers collaboration. That spirit comes through in his two new albums — one improvisational and the other a film soundtrack. Long resistant to the idea, Lennon is becoming more like his parents in another way: He's taken up a cause.

Fossil remains of Australopithecus afarensi, known as "Lucy," were first discovered in Ethiopia and Tanzania in the 1970s.

Scientists Fight To Prove Humanity 'Born In Africa'

Anthropologists and archeologists long believed humans evolved in Asia. So when a set of hominid remains was discovered in Africa, it took a while for the find to stick. In Born in Africa, author Martin Meredith details the battles in the search for the origins of human life.

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