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  • NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy performs a spacewalk in May to inspect and replace a pump controller box on the International Space Station. On Saturday, two astronauts will perform the first in a series of similar spacewalks to fix a broken cooling line on the ISS.
    Astronauts Ready For Marathon Spacewalks
    NASA astronauts will be heading out to conduct critical repairs on the International Space Station early Saturday morning. The 6 1/2-hour spacewalk, the first in a series, will replace a faulty piece of cooling equipment.
  • U.S. World War II D-Day veteran Tom Rice, from Coronado, Calif., parachutes in a tandem jump into a field in Carentan, Normandy, France, on Wednesday. Approximately 200 parachutists participated in the event, replicating a jump made by U.S. soldiers on June 6, 1944 — D-Day.
    D-Day Vets In Their 90s Parachute Into Normandy 75 Years Later, This Time To Cheers
    Three nonagenarians were among 200 parachutists marking the anniversary of the allied invasion of Europe, June 6, 1944. They leaped into the same fields once occupied by Nazi forces.
  • A swimmer jumps from a jetty in an effort to cool off in Adelaide, Australia, as the country experiences record temperatures.
    Australia Just Had Its Hottest Day On Record
    The scorching temperatures are happening during a destructive wildfire season and a brutal drought. The average maximum temperature across the country on Tuesday was 105.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • New York State Capitol
    Lawmakers: Close NY Budget Gap With Stock Tax
    New York is facing a $6 billion budget deficit, mainly due to an increase in spending on Medicaid, and Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers are…
  • Peloton Interactive Inc. is recalling its Tread+ (above) and Tread exercise machines after at least 72 reports of injuries, including the death of a 6-year-old boy.
    In Abrupt Reversal, Peloton Agrees To Safety Recall Of Treadmills
    The fitness company initially refused to comply with the government's request for a recall after dozens of safety incidents, one of which resulted in a 6-year-old's death.
  • Eugene Goodman of the U.S. Capitol Police will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a June 18 Washington Nationals home game. He's seen here at the Senate carriage entrance of the Capitol.
    Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman Will Throw The First Pitch At A Nationals Game
    It's the latest honor for Goodman, whose quick thinking was credited with helping to keep the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection from escalating even further.
  • Asian, European Markets Follow Wall Street, With Stocks Suffering Sharp Losses
    After the Dow shed 4.6 percent on Monday, Japan's Nikkei and Hong Kong's Hang Seng both dipped by about 5 percent. European shares were also down sharply in early trading.
  • Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California walks to the House floor Thursday. In a letter to Democratic lawmakers she announced the House would "reluctantly" pass a Senate version of an emergency immigration aid package.
    House Passes Senate Version Of New Funding To Ease Border Crisis
    The $4.6 billion bill passed in a 305-102 vote after the Republican-led Senate refused to adopt sections of the House version. The House would have added requirements for care of migrants.
  • Saudi Attack Draws New U.S. Sanctions Against Iran
    The Trump administration ordered new sanctions on Iran, in response to the attack in Saudi Arabia that temporarily cut off nearly 6% of the world's oil supply. The sanctions' effect may be limited.
  • Stand-up comic JIMMY TINGLE
    Stand-up comic JIMMY TINGLE. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/1/90)Filmmaker PAUL MAZURSKY. Mazursky's movies include "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice," "Enemies: A Love Story," "Down and Out In Beverly Hills" and "Scenes From a Mall." (REBROADCAST FROM 2/18/91)Author ROBB FORMAN DEW. In her novels--Dale Loves Sophie to Death (Harper Perennial) and Fortunate Lives (Harper Perennial) - DEW explored the ambiguities and intricacies of families. DEW made her non-fiction debut with a memoir about her son's coming out and the family evolution that followed. It's called The Family Heart and it's just been published in paperback (Ballantine). (REBROADCAST FROM 5/12/94)Writer GARY PAULSEN. He is a prolific writer of children's books. He began writing over twenty years ago, when he was coming to terms with his alcoholism. In 1985, PAULSON won the Newberry Award for children's fiction with Dogsong. He reads from his memoir Eastern Sun, Western Moon. (REBROADCAST FROM 4/12/93)DOROTHY BEAM-Her son Joe Beam died of AIDS in 1989. He was a writer who was in the process of editing his second anthology of Black gay writing. Dorothy helped finish the work her son started, and it was published in 1992 as Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men (Alyson Publications). (REBROADCAST FROM 2/
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