In October 1957, a beach-ball sized metal globe hurtled through space a couple hundred miles above the United States. That orb was the first artificial Earth satellite — Sputnik. Sergei Khrushchev, former missile engineer and son of Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, remembers the US-Soviet race into space.
Jeffrey Rosen, a professor of law at George Washington University and president of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, says President Donald Trump was acting within his authority when he dismissed FBI director James Comey.
Forty years ago, Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean diplomat, and, Ronni Moffitt, his assistant, were killed when a bomb taped beneath their vehicle detonated. Francisco Letelier, the diplomat’s son, revisits the murder on Washington’s Embassy Row.
Colombians are sick of having people spell their country “Columbia.” A few of them have started a campaign to educate the rest of the world. But, they have their work cut out for them.Colombians are sick of having people spell their country “Columbia.” A few of them have started a campaign to educate the rest of the world. But, they have their work cut out for them.