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Officials in Rhode Island on Wednesday confirmed the first case of mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) this year, after neighboring Massachusetts sent out warnings over the virus.
Astronauts on Sept. 12 performed the first private spacewalk in history, exiting SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule as it orbited hundreds of miles above Earth.