Penquis will hold a construction celebration April 17 at Milford Place, a 40-unit, $15 million affordable housing project for older adults in Bangor; construction is underway and eight units will be filled through referrals from the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter.
The Buellton Arts Council is presenting Annie: The Musical at Solvang Festival Theatre on April 17–18, and the director is donating a portion of proceeds to help Nick and Cassandra Conforti adopt fraternal twins.
Artemis II launched last week on NASA's first crewed trip toward the moon since 1972 and is on course to exceed Apollo 13's maximum distance from Earth during a roughly six-hour lunar flyby.
Smokey XII, a two-year-old bluetick coonhound named Neyland, will make his on-field debut at the University of Tennessee’s Orange & White Game after being found through the East Tennessee rescue community and evaluated by the school's Smokey search team. He has been fostered by a College of Veterinary Medicine employee and given gradual acclimation training while handlers plan to monitor his comfort during appearances.
Ben Sherry, who had tried topical and prescription treatments for hair loss, paid for a custom toupee and had it installed in San Diego. Nearly a year later he says the hair system shifted his self-image and gave him more confidence, and a related TikTok post drew millions of likes.
Tawney, Acosta & Chaparro, P.C. donated $5 million to UTEP to support creation of a law school, matching a $5 million challenge grant from the Paul L. Foster Family Foundation and bringing total raised to $10 million.
Artemis II crew members described their time behind the moon as surreal and profound, and the mission reached a record 252,756 miles from Earth as they prepare for a planned Friday Pacific reentry and splashdown.
A Danish registry study found vaccinated adults had about half the risk of hospitalization for heart attack or stroke after laboratory-confirmed flu compared with unvaccinated adults. A separate meta-analysis reported fewer heart attacks and heart-related deaths and a 28% lower risk of death overall among people with heart disease or heart failure who were vaccinated.
The Dallas Zoo said Sumatran tiger Sukacita gave birth to twin cubs on Feb. 22, and the zoo has opened a fundraising naming contest for the female cub that runs through April 20.
Officials say the designer opioid cychlorphine has been linked to at least 41 deaths across 11 Tennessee counties between July 2025 and February 2026, and some reports indicate naloxone (Narcan) may not reverse overdoses.
