Jyle Snyder

NASA's Artemis II mission with its crew of four astronauts now bound for the moon.

The Orion spacecraft called Integrity left Earth orbit Thursday after the astronauts fired up its engine for five minutes, 50 seconds.

The astronauts now on track for a lunar flyby early next week.

By the time they return to Earth, the astronauts will have broken the human spaceflight distance record set in 1970 by Apollo 13.

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A proposal earlier this year by a southeastern New Mexico lawmaker for border counties in the state to become a part of Texas was largely taken as an Internet joke.

But Texas House Speaker Dustin Burroughs recently released his list of priorities, calling for studying the implications.

Now many Texans are asking if this is really possible.

Brad Bird from member station KTTZ in Texas spoke to a constitutional lawyer about the idea.

When the Masters Golf Tournament gets underway in Georgia next week, it will be without former champions Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.

First time that's happened in more than 30 years.

Mickelson announced Thursday that he will not compete, saying his family is navigating a personal health matter.

Wood said this week he is taking an indefinite leave from golf following his arrest in Florida, on suspicion of driving under the influence.

Global oil prices surging amid the Iran war stocks in Asia, mostly lower.

However, shares in Japan and South Korea are advancing.

Wall Street will be closed for Good Friday.

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President Trump is planning to address the nation.

The White House says he will deliver an update on the Iran war tonight.

His address follows remarks Tuesday that the U.S.