Tori Youngblood learned of the fate of the Columbia when she logged online to check her e-mail Saturday. Reacting with “horror, absolute horror,” all she said she could think about was the the last fatal NASA disaster in 1986. Read more...

In an age of routine flights and technological advances, the explosion of the Columbia space shuttle Saturday hit a nation that felt immune to accidents with new fears about space exploration. Read more...

Skyward sorrow has once again united Americans in mourning and attracted deep sympathy from people around the world. Seven astronauts died early Saturday, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in midair over East Texas, on its way to Cape Canaveral, Fla. Read more...

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Three Carson High School students suspected of the alleged rape of a UCLA student during a campus visit in December will be prosecuted as adults, the District Attorney’s office announced earlier this week. Read more...

Though management at the Los Alamos National Laboratory may not have engaged in an actual cover-up attempt, lab officials did not act correctly amid allegations of theft and missing equipment, according to a Department of Energy report released Thursday. Read more...

I’m on the UCLA men’s crew team, and I’m telling you, big things could happen this year. We’ve got the right combination of dynamic coaches and stellar athletes ““ now all we need is a few new boats and oars, a couple new rowing machines, an assistant coach or two, and we seriously could go all the way!  Unfortunately, we just can’t afford it. Men’s crew lost its funding a decade ago and has only survived because of the generosity of alumni and the enormous dedication of its coaches and team members. I, along with every male rower, swimmer, diver, gymnast and wrestler at UCLA, am a victim of Title IX. Read more...