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For the last five months, it seemed very possible that a 46-year-old conversation had finally reached its end. Since its launch from Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 5, 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has diligently sent regular updates to Earth on the health of its systems and data collected from its onboard instruments. But in November, the craft went quiet. Voyager 1 is now some 15 billion miles away from Earth. Somewhere in the cold interstellar space between our sun and the closest stars, its flight data system stopped communicating with the part of the probe that allows it to send signals back to Earth. Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge could tell that Voyager 1 was getting its messages, but nothing was coming back. “We’re to the point where the hardware is starting to age,” said Linda Spilker, the project scientist for Voyager mission. “It’s like working on an antique car, from 15 billion miles away.” Week after week, engineers sent troubleshooting commands to the spacecraft, each time patiently waiting the 45 hours it takes to get a response here

Jorgeous, Roxxxy Andrews and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” (Diana Ramirez / De Los; Photographs by Pari Dukovic / World of Wonder / Paramount+) April 23, 2024 7:55 PM PT Keep your engines running, squirrel friends! Paramount+ and World of Wonder announced on Tuesday the drag queens competing in Season 9 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.” Among the eight returning contestants are Latina queens Jorgeous, Roxxxy Andrews and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo. The cast ruveal comes days after the Season 16 finale of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Latinidad was on full display in the latest iteration of the reality competition, which had five Latinas vying for the crown. The season also featured pop star Becky G and “Lopez vs. Lopez” series creator and actor Mayan Lopez as guest judges. For the first time in drag herstory, “All Stars” contestants will be competing for a chance to donate the $200,000 grand prize to the charity of the winner’s choosing, provided by the Palette Fund. Here’s a quick primer on the Latina queens that will be featured in Season 9 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars,”

A woman who went missing during a hike near the Angeles National Forest was found dead on Monday, a day after she was reported missing. Julia Li, 21,was last seen near Bailey Canyon Park in Sierra Madre at 4 p.m. Sunday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Li’s mother reported her missing after they were separated during a hike and Li didn’t meet her at their car at the agreed-upon time, according to KTLA-TV. Julia Li, 21, was last seen alive near Bailey Canyon Park in Sierra Madre on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. (LAPD) Early Monday morning, the Sheriff’s Department sent out an alert for Li, describing her as being 5 feet 2 and 110 pounds. Later that day, her body was found by the sheriff’s search and rescue personnel, the Sheriff’s Department said. The L.A. County coroner’s office listed Li’s cause of death as blunt trauma. The Sheriff’s Department said foul play is not suspected at this time. More to Read

The Cal Poly Humboldt campus in Northern California has closed after several student protesters occupied a building Monday night. The campus said it would be closed through Wednesday. Several pro-Palestinian student protesters entered Siemens Hall on Monday evening and have refused to leave. Local media reports say that chairs and other furniture have been stacked just inside of entrances to the building. All in-person classes and activities were changing to a remote version when possible, the campus said, and students were advised by the administration to check with their professors or other staff about the status of their classes and activities. The protest is similar to those happening at colleges across the country in response to Israel’s invasion of Gaza, which happened after Hamas conducted a surprise attack on Oct. 7, killing around 1,400 Israelis and taking hundreds of hostages. Since then, more than 33,000 Palestinians have died and tens of thousands have been injured. The student protesters are demanding that the university “disclose all holdings” with Israel, cut ties with Israeli universities, “divest from all ties” to Israel including companies involved “in the occupation

Authorities are seeking public help to find a missing Southern California woman. The at-risk woman, Mariya Alexandra Ioffe, 35, disappeared on April 21, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. On that day, she was last seen on the 1600 block of East 120th Street in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles at around 10 p.m. Ioffe is described as a white female standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing around 200 pounds. She has brown hair and green eyes. Her family said she has a mental health disorder. They have not heard from Ioffe since her disappearance and are concerned for her well-being. Mariya Alexandra Ioffe, 35, seen in a 2023 photo from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Anyone who knows the woman’s whereabouts or has information on the case is asked to call the LASD’s Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500.   Anonymous tips can be provided to OC Crime Stoppers at 1-855-847-6227 or online at occrimestoppers.org.

WASHINGTON —  After weeks of worrisome late-game blunders, there finally was redemption for the Dodgers bullpen Tuesday night. On a night their starting pitcher failed to complete five innings, and their lineup managed only one run before the final couple of frames, it was five other numbers that keyed a 4-1 Dodgers win over Washington at Nationals Park. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. As in, the five goose eggs the Dodgers’ once-struggling bullpen put on the scoreboard. “The bullpen,” manager Dave Roberts said, “was really good tonight.” Entering the night, the unit had been anything but lately, emerging as one of the biggest concerns during the Dodgers’ underwhelming 13-11 start to the season. The group was without injured right-handers Brusdar Graterol and Blake Treinen (the latter will begin a rehab assignment this week). It had compiled a 4.35 ERA through the opening month, the 10th-worst mark in the majors. And it had been a common culprit during a 3-6 homestand last week. But Tuesday against the rebuilding Nationals, relievers Michael Grove, Alex Vesia, Daniel Hudson and Evan Phillips helped the Dodgers overcome an early offensive lull

It’s tough enough when you first face a pitcher who throws submarine style, where the ball is released from just above the ground with lots of strange movement. But it could be double trouble hitting against Hart High, because the Indians have two submariners who come out of the bullpen with a different look. Right-hander Ian Edwards, a senior, is 5-1 with seven saves and an 0.84 ERA. Left-hander Tristan Purfoy, a junior, is 3-0 with three saves. Both pitched Tuesday to help Hart clinch at least a share of the Foothill League championship with a 9-4 win over Canyon Country Canyon. Ryan De La Maza hit two home runs. Both took up throwing submarine-style this season with help from coach Jim Ozella. Edwards has become a true closer and perhaps the MVP of the team. He has moved beyond just relying on a fastball. His slider is gaining in credibility and he’s figuring out how to elevate his pitches. “I love it,” Edwards said. He started throwing from the side a couple of weeks earlier than Purfoy after asking Ozella to teach him. “I

A 42-year-old homeless man has been arrested and charged for sexual assault of a teenage girl as she was walking home from school late last week in Burbank, authorities announced Tuesday.   The incident occurred at around 3:45 p.m. on April 19 as the victim, a 13-year-old, was approached by the suspect, who made sexually inappropriate comments to her before grabbing her under her shorts, according to a news release from the Burbank Police Department.   When officers responded, the teen provided officers with a description of the man and where she had last seen him.   Police were quickly able to find the suspect, identified as Tyrone Del Mar, just a short distance away and take him into custody.   He was booked for felony sexual battery on a child, authorities said.   After reviewing the case, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday charged the 42-year-old transient with one felony count of lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 and a misdemeanor count of child annoying.   ‘We did recover a live firearm’: Southern California school put on

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April 23, 2024 / 9:20 PM EDT / AP 4/23: CBS Morning News 20:32 Protesters chanted “Blood on your hands” at Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds, and bar parents and other teachers from knowing who was armed. The 68-28 vote in favor of the bill sent it to Republican Gov. Bill Lee for consideration. If he signs it into law, it would be the biggest expansion of gun access in the state since last year’s deadly shooting at a private elementary school in Nashville. Members of the public who oppose the bill harangued Republican lawmakers after the vote, leading House Speaker Cameron Sexton to order the galleries cleared. Emmie Wolf-Dubin, center, yells during a protest outside the Tennessee House chamber after legislation passed that would allow some teachers to be armed in schools during a legislative session on April 23, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. George Walker IV / AP Four House Republicans and all Democrats opposed the bill, which the state Senate previously passed. The