Measles is not often seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas. Last week, an unvaccinated child died in the outbreak, which involves nearly 200 cases. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
US Military’s Space Shuttle Returns After Orbiting for 434 Days on Secret Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle returned to Earth on Friday after circling the world for 434 days. The space plane blasted into orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 on a secret mission. Launched by SpaceX, the X-37B vehicle carried no people,...
New EPA Guidance Says Spending Items Greater Than $50k Must Get Approval From DOGE
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new guidance directing that spending items greater than $50,000 now require approval from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. The guidance, issued this week, escalates the role that the new efficiency group, known as DOGE, plays in EPA operations. "Any assistance agreement,...
At Beginning of Tough Stretch, Lakers Show Grit With Overtime Victory Over Knicks
LOS ANGELES — It is fitting that in a town built on movies and television, JJ Redick likes to use a popular directing term to refer to different moments in his first season as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. On Thursday night, the Lakers provided Redick with another memorable...
Takeaways From the EU’s Landmark Security Summit
European Union leaders are trumpeting their endorsement of a plan to free up hundreds of billions of euros to inject into their defense budgets after the Trump administration warned that the continent must look after its own security, including Ukraine, in future. After more than 12 hours of talks on...
War Heroes Among 26,000 Images Flagged for Removal in Pentagon’s DEI Purge
WASHINGTON — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department...
Clashes in Syria’s Coastal Region Between Government Forces and Assad Loyalists Kill More Than 70
BEIRUT — A Syrian war monitor says gunmen loyal to the government have stormed three villages near Syria's coast, killing nearly 70 men. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the killings occurred Friday in the villages of Sheer, Mukhtariyeh and Haffah. "They killed every man they encountered," the...
Private Lunar Lander Is Declared Dead After Landing Sideways in a Crater Near the Moon’s South Pole
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than 24 hours after the botched landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines. Launched last week,...
Russia Attacks Ukraine’s Energy Supplies With Dozens of Missiles and Drones
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia attacked Ukrainian energy facilities with dozens of missiles and drones during the night, officials said Friday, hobbling the country's ability to deliver heat and light to its citizens and to power weapons factories vital to its defenses. The overnight barrage — which also pounded residences and...
Trump’s Interior and Energy Secretaries Cheer on Natural Gas Export Industry in Gulf Coast
PORT SULPHUR, La. — The planned expansion of a massive liquefied natural gas facility in southeast Louisiana is a beacon for a U.S. energy policy that doubles down on oil and gas exports under President Donald Trump, two members of his Cabinet told a crowd of cheering workers Thursday. "The...