Sports

Owning a French castle: not what it seems

The Tour de France loves castles. Not a day passes without the TV cameras zooming in on one of the country’s magnificent châteaux along the race route. But one chateaux buyer found that owning a castle isn’t so easy. (July 15)

Sports

Owning a French castle: not what it seems

The Tour de France loves castles. Not a day passes without the TV cameras zooming in on one of the country’s magnificent châteaux along the race route. But one chateau buyer found that owning a castle isn’t so easy. (July 15)

Tech

Apollo 11 controller was lone woman in sea of men

Amid the room full of men inside NASA’s firing room for the liftoff of Apollo 11 sat JoAnn Morgan. Morgan, 78, who began working for NASA in 1958 while in college, made her prime-time debut as the first female launch controller on July 16, 1969. (July 15)

Tech

Apollo 11 controller was lone woman in sea of men

Amid the room full of men inside NASA’s firing room for the liftoff of Apollo 11 sat JoAnn Morgan. Morgan, 78, who began working for NASA in 1958 while in college, made her prime-time debut as the first female launch controller on July 16, 1969. (July 15)

Sports

AP Source: Westbrook going to Rockets for Paul

A person with knowledge of the situation says the Oklahoma City Thunder have traded Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul and draft picks. The move will reunite Westbrook with former Thunder teammate James Harden. (July 12)

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Nation

Today in History for July 14th

Highlights of this day in history: Bastille prison stormed during the French Revolution; Outlaw ‘Billy the Kid’ gunned down; Richard Speck murders student nurses in Chicago; Mariner 4 probe flies by Mars; Folk singer Woody Guthrie born. (July 14)