Clayton Sandell

Record-breaking NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio is back on terra firma. Would he have gone to space for 371 days knowing he would miss important family milestones? And what does that much time in zero gravity do to the human body? Our story for Scripps News.

The United Auto Workers strike is the latest example of a resurgence in labor union power, even as membership overall is dropping.

A new report from NASA says proper UFO research will need new scientific techniques, and a change in how we perceive UFOs culturally.

"Let me be clear, we messed up," says Southwest Airlines COO Andrew Watterson at an ongoing U.S. Senate hearing focused on the airline's holiday service meltdown. The airline is promising to do better. Watterson blames the airline's lack of "winter operations resiliency", saying inadequate de-icing operations helped lead to high rates of cancellation in Denver in Chicago, which led to cascading disruptions across the country. "This overwhelmed our crew scheduling processes and technology," Watterson says. "We had upgraded this system earlier in the year, but we're taking a fresh look at it and other systems of how we should improve. Ultimately, none of this is an excuse. We need to make sure our operational resiliency and technology are strengthened for future extreme weather events, no matter how unprecedented. We owe that to our customers and to our employees."

Attorneys for "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed have released a statement on today's formal filing of charges in the movie set shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, criticizing the DA for misunderstanding the facts and vowing to fight. Actor/producer Alec Baldwin was also formally charged today with counts of involuntary manslaughter.