Gas prices passed an average of $4 a gallon on Monday as the U.S. considered a ban on Russian oil imports due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24. That represents a rise of more than 10 percent in a week. That price spike could be further exacerbated after it was reported that President Joe Biden’s administration will ban Russian oil, though the U.S. is far less dependent on imports from Russia than Europe is....

“If we do not acknowledge the gender bias of the early space program, it becomes difficult to move past it,” Kowal wrote. “What are the lessons to be learned from NASA’s failure to fly women during the Apollo era?” Despite multiple women applicants passing astronaut assessment protocols during Project Mercury, by 1962, NASA explicitly discouraged women from becoming astronauts, citing not just “physical characteristics,” but also “the degree of scientific and flight training” required....

There were game-winning goals, stunning goalkeeping efforts, and even what appears to be an olive branch for one national team player who was thought to have a permanent place in Klinsmann’s doghouse. Michael Bradley made his return to action for Roma in dramatic fashion, delivering a game-winning goal just four minutes after coming off the bench to help 10-man Roma post a 1-0 victory against Udinese on Sunday. Bradley’s winner helped keep Roma perfect at 9-0-0, and in first place in Serie A....

Inside the trailer were two cars for this weekend’s Sprint Cup race. The cars were headed for the racing facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Practice begins at 12:30 p.m. ET Friday. Both car were destroyed, the team confirmed on its Facebook page. Replacements were headed for Texas from the team’s facility near Charlotte, N.C. MORE: Eight drivers in the Eliminator Round | Texas preview HScott operates two teams, with car driven by Justin Allgaier and Michael Annett....

Monkeypox has continued to spread since the outbreak began in May. There have been over 14,500 recorded cases, with over 2,100 of those being in the United States. A study initiated by Queen Mary University of London and published in The New England Journal of Medicine assessed a total of 528 monkeypox cases from 16 different countries. The study found that overall, 98 percent of those infected were gay or bisexual men....

Goals from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Cedric Soares helped the Saints overcome League One Wigan in their FA Cup quarter-final at DW Stadium, Hughes’ men improving dramatically in the second half to turn the game in their favour. Southampton remain third bottom of the Premier League, but Hughes told reporters he was excited by what he had seen from his new charges in his first week at St Mary’s. “Today was a game where we could take the maximum we needed in terms of positivity and we’ve been able to do that,” said Hughes....

The Reds have endured a miserable recent run and their FA Cup victory over fourth-tier Plymouth Argyle remains their only win this year. Even the return of the influential Sadio Mane to the starting line-up failed to inspire a revival, with Simon Mignolet again at fault for debutant Alfred N’Diaye’s opener on the stroke of half-time. The visitors, who did not register a shot on target in the first half, carried a greater threat after the interval, but saw Philippe Coutinho squander the best of their chances....

Current approaches are only capable of keeping the organ alive for a few hours. But with the new technology, researchers have significantly extended this period. According to a study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, the machine has the potential to increase the number of livers available for transplant, potentially saving the lives of many people suffering from severe liver diseases and cancer. Intriguingly, the machine could allow for the repair of poor-quality livers that would otherwise be declined for transplantation....

The Rockdale County Department of Transportation (RDOT) employee made the grisly discovery in the grassy area along Ebenezer Road near Cherry Hill Lane, about 25 miles southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. The worker called authorities just after 9 a.m. to request assistance, believing the remains to be human in origin, Rockdale Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kyana Jackson told 11Alive. The grass had not been cut in the area for about six months, the RDOT employee told investigators, according to the outlet....

Cheney took the unorthodox step only after failing in his attempt to invoke a little-known legal principle called the separation of Cheney and state. Aides to Cheney confirmed that being a national monument gives the vice president not only immunity from subpoenas, but also a draft deferment in perpetuity. President George W. Bush presided over a solemn White House ceremony this morning, in which a plaque documenting Cheney’s status as a national monument was affixed to the vice president’s midsection....

Police in Hong Kong arrested one of the organizers of previous vigils and banned the event for the second year in a row claiming COVID-19 concerns, although no local cases of the virus in the semi-autonomous territory have been reported for more than six weeks. Large parts of Victoria Park, where people have gathered in past years, were cordoned off ahead of the vigil. Police told people not to participate in unauthorized assemblies, which could mean a five-year penalty....

According to a public statement released by the DNR on September 17, between 300 and 600 adult carp were found dead in Lake Orion in July. The deaths — which were brought to the DNR’s attention by locals — prompted the DNR, in conjunction with the Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory at Michigan State University, to collect samples and conduct an investigation. Last week, it was determined that the fish were killed by an outbreak of koi herpesvirus....

The younger Biden addressed controversies that dominated headlines and national conversation during former president Donald Trump’s later years in the White House amid a wider, pre-taped interview with CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith, which aired on Sunday morning. Hunter Biden’s appearance covered a range of topics, including his upcoming memoir, Beautiful Things, the ongoing federal investigation into his finances, and death of his brother Beau Biden. The president’s son also discussed Trump’s accusations regarding his involvement in Burisma and financial dealings in the Ukraine....

By Friday morning, word had spread that Pakistani soldiers and U.S. intelligence agents were hot on bin Laden’s trail, hovering over the caravan in helicopters and photographing the group from surveillance planes equipped with night-vision cameras. The story took on greater urgency when Baluchistan’s Home minister, Sanaullah Zahri, announced that two of bin Laden’s sons had already been captured in Afghanistan. The reports seemed credible enough. For days, there had been leaks that raids on the hideouts of recently arrested Qaeda higher-ups, including 9-11 planner Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, had yielded clues to bin Laden’s whereabouts....

Several games throughout the Southeast this week stand to be affected by Hurricane Delta, which at 11:20 a.m. ET on Tuesday was categorized by the National Hurricane Center as a Category 4 hurricane, with a maximum recorded wind speed of 130 mph. Those wind speeds increased to a reported 145 mph as of Tuesday afternoon. MORE: College football Week 6 picks against the spread The hurricane, which is expected to make landfall in the U....

With the hurricane strengthening to a Category 5 storm as it makes a beeline towards Florida’s Gulf Coast, several sports teams are already feeling the effect; The Buccaneers have already made changes to their practice locale, with the Braves also potentially looking at moving in the coming days, as well. Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday night, leaving several teams’ plans for this week in a state of flux....

The storm that worked its way up the Tennessee Valley and Appalachian Trail finally reached the U.S. East Coast, dropping a tornado in Annapolis, Maryland, and another in Philadelphia before making its way through New York City. The rain is so bad in New York City that cars and people are reportedly trapped in water. The U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows was abruptly halted Wednesday night because of sudden flooding....