Monday, August 26, 2024
It is Monday, August 26, 2024. Here are today’s top stories.
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Astronauts stuck on ISS have to wait until February
NASA announced that the two astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for almost three months due to problems with their Boeing Starliner spacecraft will have to wait until around February 2025 to return home. NASA said they feel that the safest thing to do is to send a SpaceX Crew Dragon, which has been a reliable spacecraft for crewed missions since 2020, to bring Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore home. SpaceX planned to send a crew of four in February but will now send only two astronauts so there would be two empty seats for Suni and Butch’s return home. NASA said they will help out with tasks on the ISS. There are enough food and supplies for them up there.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/09/science/boeing-starliner-nasa-astronauts-spacex/index.html
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High school quarterback dies after head injury
In Alabama, a 16-year-old high school quarterback named Caden Tellier tragically passed away after sustaining a head injury during his school’s first football game of the season. He was hospitalized in critical condition on Friday night and his death was announced on Saturday. A school district official said Caden likely suffered a ruptured blood vessel in his brain after he was tackled and hit the ground. A school official said there are no words to describe how they feel as a school community and family. Tellier was an organ donor and others said he’s saving others’ lives through the donation of his organs. CNN said according to research, in 2023, three youth football players died from traumatic brain injuries, but generally, deaths during football games are rare.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/25/sport/alabama-high-school-football-player-dies-spt/index.html
https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-caden-telliers-memory
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Deadly ice cave collapse in Iceland
On Sunday, a group of 23 foreign tourists were exploring an ice cave in southern Iceland when a part of it collapsed. One person, who was an American man, died. This is in the Breidamerkurjokull glacier. NBC News said another person, who is an American woman, was seriously injured and airlifted to a hospital. Most of the tour group were outside of the cave when it collapsed. It was thought that there were two people missing and rescuers used chain saws to cut through ice during searches, but the search was called off when authorities realized that they overcounted the tour group by two.
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Russia launches missile attacks on Ukraine
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said Russia launched over 200 missiles and drones towards several areas in eastern Ukraine that targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Several people were killed and many were injured. Zelenskyy said he needs for there to be no restrictions on using weapons supplied by the U.S. and other European countries so they can strike back at Russia. “The Hill” explained that the U.S. currently restricts Ukraine from using American-made weapons to strike deep into Russian territory. Zelenskyy said he needs the U.S. and allies to make decisions to give them the power to stop terror.
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Telegram CEO arrested in France
The CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, was arrested on Saturday night in France after he landed on a private jet. Axios said the arrest appears tied to Telegram’s looser content moderation policies and the company’s unwillingness to cooperate with law enforcement. Axios said the arrest has raised questions about what liability risks social media executives have over the content users share on their platforms. Durov was born in Russia and has French citizenship. Telegram said in a statement that Durov has nothing to hide and that it is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform.
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/25/telegram-ceo-arrested-france
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That is all the top stories for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light.