American Airlines delays COVID-19 vaccine mandate following Biden's updated deadline

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements released Thursday call for companies with 100 or more employees to be vaccinated by Jan. 4 or be tested weekly.

Severely injured 'whistling cat' being treated at Minnesota wildcat sanctuary

The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, Minnesota, is treating a severely injured "whistling cat" with breathing issues, the nonprofit reported Wednesday.

More elephants evolving to be tuskless after years of poaching, researchers say

Researchers have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks.

Vikings were in North America 1,000 years ago, study finds

The study, published in Nature, is new evidence that the Vikings were present in Newfoundland in AD 1021.

Orionid meteor shower 2021 to peak this week — along with full moon

The Orionid meteor shower will peak this week, but it also coincides with the brightness of a full moon. Here’s when you might be able to catch a glimpse.

US surgeons successfully attach working pig kidney to human body

Surgeons attached a pig’s kidney to the body of a deceased patient and watched it begin to work, part of the effort to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.

CDC: Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 93% effective at preventing hospitalization in ages 12-18

Between June 1 and Sept. 30 of this year, the CDC performed a case-controlled study of Pfizer’s vaccine in adolescents at 19 pediatric hospitals in 16 states, according to the study published on Tuesday.

UND’s aerospace school cancels all flight activities after fatal crash

The University of North Dakota’s aerospace school has cancelled all flight activities after a student pilot from Chicago died in an airplane crash.

Russian film crew lands after shoot onboard space station

The capsule, descending under a red-and-white striped parachute after entering Earth’s atmosphere, landed upright in the steppes of Kazakhstan on schedule at 0435 GMT Sunday with Oleg Novitskiy, Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko aboard.