News across Greater Fort Wayne
Google launches Project Suncatcher, a step towards AI data centers in space
The fridge-size satellite with AI chips on board is part of Project Suncatcher, the company's moonshot effort to put AI data centers in space and harness solar energy.
AI data centers: How much are ratepayers on the hook for?
Data centers consume large amounts of power and require upgrading infrastructure. But it's difficult to determine how much residential customers benefit and how much they actually pay for the benefit.
Cornell Jane Doe's attorney says she told police in 2024: 'I was raped'
Counter to what a local prosecutor has claimed, the alleged victim of a 2024 gang rape at Cornell University clearly said in her police statement that she was sexually assaulted, her attorney told NPR.
Who & What: October 1, 2026
Allen County Sheriff seeks the termination of veteran deputy. Allen County Health Department investigating potential measles exposure at Fort Wayne Zoo. Braun extends gas tax holiday, adds relief for farmers.
Tennessee halts executions after woman survives lethal injection
Christa Gail Pike was sentenced to death for a 1995 murder and was supposed to be executed Wednesday night. But after two lethal injections, she was still alive.
New space station crew launches from Florida on SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule
The crew of four — two NASA astronauts, one from Canada, and a Russian cosmonaut — heads to the International Space Station after liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
She can communicate with ghosts. Here's what she learns from the 'Sad Dead'
My Sad Dead is about an Argentinian doctor who can speak with ghosts. The Spanish-language miniseries blends creepiness, melancholy, sarcastic humor and political anger unlike anything else on TV.
Sheryl Crow says she's found 'great liberation' in not chasing the next hit
After selling tens of millions of records worldwide, the singer-songwriter says she's finally aged out of pop music — and she's OK with that. Crow's latest album is Pick You Up.
What a Pearly King taught me about Cockney rhyming slang and East London history
In mother-of-pearl suits, the Pearly Kings used to canvass East London for charity. The most famous one, George Major, died in August. A look back on this larger-than-life figure and the Pearly King tradition.
Israel's PM says a pilot tried to crash a plane traveling to Tel Aviv
One pilot stabbed another pilot on a flydubai flight headed to Tel Aviv on Wednesday and may have tried to crash the plane before passengers and crew members subdued him, Israel's prime minister says.
After flydubai incident, a look at how pilots train to avert cockpit interference
NPR's A Martinez speaks with retired military and commercial airline pilot Ron Alvarado about how pilots are trained to avert interference in the cockpit.
Picanha, prices and politics: What Brazil's favorite steak says about the election
President Lula promised Brazilians four years ago they'd be able to afford picanha again. Now, as he seeks another term, the price of the country's favorite cut of beef is telling a different story.