Earth’s axial never points at the sun. Life as we know it would be difficult. I hate to use the word impossible but it is close to that. Earth’s axis may tilt or lean towards or away from the sun which makes seasons. Too bad people don’t have to be smart to be journalists. It seems to me that if someone is going to tell me something they should be at least a little bit smarter than me.
Yes, of course. The operative word being “tilt”. They may have confused the axis with the equator. The plain of the equator does point directly towards the center of the Sun on an equinox. My seven-year-old granddaughter understands this. We talk about it a lot.