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This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows an artist's conception of what the surface of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1f may look like, based on available data about its diameter, mass and distances from the host star. The Webb Space Telescope has found no evidence of an atmosphere at one of the seven rocky, Earth-size worlds orbiting a nearby star. Scientists say that doesn't bode well for the rest of the planets in this solar system, some of which are in the sweet spot for harboring water and, therefore, life. In a study published Monday, March 27, 2023 a NASA-led team reported little if no atmosphere exists at the innermost planet in the Trappist system, 40 light-years away.

No atmosphere found at faraway Earth-sized world, study says

This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows an artist's conception of what the surface of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1f may look like, based on available data about its diameter, mass and distances from the host star. The Webb Space Telescope has found no evidence of an atmosphere at one of the seven rocky, Earth-size worlds orbiting a nearby star. Scientists say that doesn't bode well for the rest of the planets in this solar system, some of which are in the sweet spot for harboring water and, therefore, life. In a study published Monday, March 27, 2023 a NASA-led team reported little if no atmosphere exists at the innermost planet in the Trappist system, 40 light-years away.

March 27, 2023, 3:22pm Life

The Webb Space Telescope has found no evidence of an atmosphere at one of the seven rocky, Earth-sized planets orbiting another star. Read story

A child weeps while on the bus leaving The Covenant School following a mass shooting at the school in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, March 27, 2023.

Nashville school shooter had drawn maps, done surveillance

A child weeps while on the bus leaving The Covenant School following a mass shooting at the school in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, March 27, 2023.

March 27, 2023, 3:20pm Latest News Updated 2 days ago

The suspect in a Nashville school shooting on Monday had drawn a detailed map of the school, including potential entry points, and conducted surveillance before killing three students and three adults in the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools. Read story

A worker stands inside a blast furnace at the Zaporizhstal steel plant, in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The southwestern city of Zaporizhzhia, which gives the plant its name, is less than 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the front line and its residential buildings and energy infrastructure are a frequent Russian target. The impact of the war has left the plant running below full capacity, with a third of its 10,000 workers idle.

A steel plant ready for war shows hit to Ukraine’s economy

A worker stands inside a blast furnace at the Zaporizhstal steel plant, in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The southwestern city of Zaporizhzhia, which gives the plant its name, is less than 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the front line and its residential buildings and energy infrastructure are a frequent Russian target. The impact of the war has left the plant running below full capacity, with a third of its 10,000 workers idle.

March 27, 2023, 12:04pm Nation & World

Flak jackets are piled up at Ukraine’s Zaporizhstal steel plant, and anti-tank traps guard the entrance. Whenever air raid sirens sound — and they go off every day — most workers head to one of the 16 bomb shelters scattered across the sprawling grounds. Read story

Prosecutors seeking death penalty in Memphis shootings

March 27, 2023, 11:14am Nation & World

Prosecutors said Monday that they will pursue the death penalty if a Tennessee man is convicted of first-degree murder in a daylong shooting rampage that paralyzed Memphis and left three people dead and three others wounded. Read story

Heavily damaged building seen after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, March 27, 2023.

Zelenskyy meets with UN atomic agency chief in Ukraine

Heavily damaged building seen after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, March 27, 2023.

March 27, 2023, 11:12am Latest News Updated 2 days ago

The U.N.'s atomic energy chief warned in a meeting Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the perilous situation at Europe’s largest nuclear plant “isn’t getting any better” as relentless fighting in the area keeps the facility at risk of a disaster. Read story

Israeli mass protests, strike ramp up pressure on Netanyahu

March 27, 2023, 9:07am Nation & World

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside parliament and workers launched a nationwide strike on Monday, as a surging mass protest movement threatened to paralyze the economy in its efforts to halt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary. Read story

FILE - Wind turbines work at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, off the coast of the Guerande peninsula in western France, on Sept. 22, 2022. The wind power industry on Monday, March 27, 2023, projected growth to rapidly accelerate this year, with incentives and policy changes in key nations helping to overcome factors that led to a slowdown in 2022.

Wind industry predicts bounceback and rapid growth in 2023

FILE - Wind turbines work at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, off the coast of the Guerande peninsula in western France, on Sept. 22, 2022. The wind power industry on Monday, March 27, 2023, projected growth to rapidly accelerate this year, with incentives and policy changes in key nations helping to overcome factors that led to a slowdown in 2022.

March 27, 2023, 9:07am Business

The wind power industry on Monday projected growth to rapidly accelerate this year, with incentives and policy changes in key nations helping to overcome factors that led to a slowdown in 2022. Read story

Tokyo demands China free Japan national detained in Beijing

March 27, 2023, 9:06am Nation & World

Tokyo has demanded that China release a Japanese national who was detained in Beijing earlier this month on suspicion of spying, Japan’s top government spokesperson said Monday. Read story

FILE - Iraqi lawmakers attend a parliament session in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 3, 2018. Iraqi lawmakers passed early Monday March 27, 2023 a controversial amendment to the elections law that could hinder opportunities for smaller parties and independent candidates to win seats in future polls.

Iraqi parliament passes controversial vote law amendments

FILE - Iraqi lawmakers attend a parliament session in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 3, 2018. Iraqi lawmakers passed early Monday March 27, 2023 a controversial amendment to the elections law that could hinder opportunities for smaller parties and independent candidates to win seats in future polls.

March 27, 2023, 8:56am Nation & World

Iraqi lawmakers passed early Monday controversial amendments to the country’s election law that could undermine the chances for smaller parties and independent candidates to win seats in future polls. Read story

FILE - Katie Qui?onez, executive Director of the Women's Health Center of West Virginia, sits in her office at the clinic in Charleston, W.Va. on June 29, 2022. A new abortion provider, the Women's Health Center of Maryland, is opening this year in the Democratic-controlled state -- just across from deeply conservative West Virginia, where state lawmakers recently passed a near-total abortion ban.

New Maryland provider opening in post-Roe ‘abortion desert’

FILE - Katie Qui?onez, executive Director of the Women's Health Center of West Virginia, sits in her office at the clinic in Charleston, W.Va. on June 29, 2022. A new abortion provider, the Women's Health Center of Maryland, is opening this year in the Democratic-controlled state -- just across from deeply conservative West Virginia, where state lawmakers recently passed a near-total abortion ban.

March 27, 2023, 8:54am Nation & World

A new abortion provider is opening this year in Democratic-controlled Maryland — just across from deeply conservative West Virginia, where state lawmakers recently passed a near-total abortion ban. Read story