Michigan jury awards millions to a woman fired after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Much of the award — $10 million — is for punitive damages against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan .

Lisa Domski , who worked at Blue Cross for more than 30 years , said she was a victim of religious discrimination.

Blue Cross denied any discrimination.

Astronauts Michael Barratt , Matthew Dominick , and Jeanette Epps will speak at a news conference at NASA 's Johnson Space Center in Houston , Texas .

The news conference will be livestreamed on NASA 's website.

One of the four astronauts was briefly taken to a hospital "out of an abundance of caution" after the spacecraft splashdown.

The crew traveled more than 100 million miles , and completed 3,760 orbits around Earth .

First World War airmen from New Brunswick were pioneers of air warfare.

They flew not just on the Western Front in France and Belgium , but also around the Mediterranean and in Italy , Russia , Macedonia , Egypt and Palestine .

About 22,000 Canadians served in the British air services during the war.

Wilson said New Brunswickers were a minority among the airmen, but they made an outsized contribution.

He said they were pioneers in this new form of warfare, and it had made very strong advances.

Wilson: By the end of the war, aircraft and the role of the air forces had advanced.

Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the U.S. He was born in Caldwell , New Jersey , about 20 miles outside of New York City .

Cleveland was drafted by Democratic party bosses to run for president in 1885 .

He was seen as principled and ethical, but didn't make headlines.

Rear admiral was shot to death in the Pacific coast port city of Manzanillo , Mexico .

He would be one of the highest-ranking military officers killed in Mexico since 2013 .

The navy says he was driving in his own private vehicle when the attack occurred.

Attacks by Mexican cartels on high-ranking officers have occurred, but are relatively rare.

Museum to honour Chinese Canadian troops who fought in war and for citizenship rights.

More than 200 Chinese Canadians volunteered to fight in the First World War , while more than 600 served in the Second World War .

Among the troops being honoured are those who fought as part of Force 136 , a group of Chinese Canadians who conducted perilous special operations behind enemy lines.

Maryland Sen.-elect Angela Alsobrooks will make history in January as one of just five Black women to ever serve in the U.S. Senate .

As she won her hotly contested Senate race Tuesday , fellow Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester triumphed in her bid for the Senate next door in Delaware .

Despite the two Democrats ’ wins, their party’s narrow majority in the Senate was ceded to the GOP .

Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun , D-Illinois , says they’ll have an opportunity to forge new ground with more freedom than she had.

Alsobrooks , 53 , defeated a foe who was well known in Maryland .

“You have to work twice as hard to be considered half as good,” Willoughby said. “The overlay of gender and race is not something that you campaign on. It really does indicate a level of preparation for them having to surmount the historic barriers to being able to campaign in a competitive way.

The first Women's March was held the day after President-elect Trump 's inauguration.

It's considered to be the U.S. ' biggest-ever single-day demonstration.

There will also be a "People's March on Washington " on Jan. 18 , the Saturday before Trump 's second inauguration.

Researchers attached tiny “backpack” trackers to hummingbirds in the Colombian Andes to learn more about their movements.

Previously, it was impossible to collect movement data for hummingbirds and other small animals in the region.

The tracking system will aid conservation efforts in this region by revealing the previously hidden movements of hummingbirds.

The research was funded by the U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council , the National Science Foundation , the Rufford Foundation and the University of Aberdeen .

For more information, contact Rico-Guevara at [email protected]..

California voters brought back felony prosecutions for some drug and theft crimes, and replaced progressive reformer Democratic District Attorney George Gascón with a former Republican who ran as an independent.

The variances among Democratic voters are proof that liberal Californians are not monolithic.

Crime in particular is a local issue, says Mark Baldassare , survey director for the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California .

70% of California voters support tougher criminal penalties.

But the crime votes don’t necessarily indicate a larger political shift, says Dr. Baldassare .

California voters voted against raising the state minimum wage, and against statewide rent controls.

The variances among Democratic voters are proof that the Californians , although liberal, are not monolithic.