CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but not until next year. The capsule rocketed into orbit to fetch the test pilots whose Boeing spacecraft returned to...
Hezbollah Confirms Its Leader Hassan Nasrallah Was Killed in an Israeli Airstrike
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founding members, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut. The killing of the powerful militant group's longtime leader sent shockwaves throughout Lebanon and the Middle East, where he...
Stock Market Today: Dow Sets a Record as Wall Street Drifts to the Finish of Another Winning Week
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks closed another record-setting week with a muted performance Friday, as hope built on Wall Street that the U.S. economy can manage the rare feat of suppressing high inflation without causing a recession. The S&P 500 edged down by 0.1% from its all-time high set the...
Earth Will Have a Temporary ‘Mini Moon’ for Two Months
WASHINGTON — Earth's moon will soon have some company — a "mini moon." The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet's gravity and orbit...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Pleads Not Guilty to Taking Bribes and Illegal Campaign Contributions
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty Friday to federal bribery charges, firmly rejecting allegations that he accepted overseas travel, campaign cash and other perks from foreign interests seeking to harness his influence. Adams' lawyer told a judge that they would move next week to...
Fed’s Favored Inflation Gauge Shows Cooling Price Pressures, Clearing Way for More Rate Cuts
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure on Friday provided the latest sign that price pressures are easing, a trend that is expected to fuel further Fed interest rate cuts this year and next. Prices rose just 0.1% from July to August, the Commerce Department said, down from the...
California Man Arrested in Courthouse Explosion Planned to Kill Deputies, Judge, Officials Say
LOS ANGELES — A California man who officials say threw a bag into a courthouse lobby that exploded, injuring five people this week, told law enforcement he had planned to kill deputies working security at the building and also a judge, according to court documents. Nathaniel McGuire, 20, has been...
Why Is Newsom Vetoing 1 of Every 5 Bills? We Have the Answers
Heading into the final four days before his midnight Monday deadline, Gov. Gavin Newsom will need to decide whether to sign or veto some 450 bills still on his desk. So far, he's blocked 102 of 540 measures he's acted on since the Legislature adjourned Aug. 31, or nearly 19%....
Israel Says It Struck Hezbollah’s Headquarters in Huge Explosion That Killed at Least 2 People
BEIRUT — The Israeli military said Friday it struck the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, where a series of massive explosions leveled multiple buildings and sent clouds of orange and black smoke billowing in the skies in the biggest blasts to hit the Lebanese capital in the past year....
Rescuers Race to Free People Trapped by Hurricane Helene After Storm Kills at Least 40
Story Updated on Sept. 27 at 1:30 p.m. Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the entire southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 40 people in four states, snapping trees like twigs, tearing apart homes and sending rescue crews on desperate missions to save people from floodwaters....