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Breaking news from the U.S. and around the world, reported as it happens.
The VL Prosperity, a 333-meter Liberian-flagged crude carrier sailing from Egypt, was boarded Aug. 21 to investigate a cyberattack reported two weeks earlier. The U.S. has not said who did it, and the Coast Guard says there was no damage, spill or danger to the crew.
WatchAir Force Secretary Troy Meink told a conference in Maryland that the Space Force now has 'on-orbit space control weapons.' He would not say what they are, how many there are or when they went up, and said the phrasing was 'very well thought out.'
The inspector general's first mandatory report to Congress contradicts Trump's claim two weeks ago that the U.S. has 'virtually unlimited' ammunition. A CSIS analyst says the stockpile is fine for Iran and would last about a month against China.
Investors read the Anthropic CEO's call to slow frontier AI development, endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, as bad for chip demand and good for software. Nvidia was the single biggest drag on both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. Brent hit $108, the 10-year touched 5%, and the Fed meets Tuesday with a rate hike 90% priced in.
The civil False Claims Act settlement announced Monday covers the Cronobacter contamination that triggered the 2022 Similac recall and a nationwide formula shortage. Abbott says it 'does not represent any finding of fault,' and Sen. Adam Schiff is still asking why prosecutors were told to stand down.
WatchThe inspector general's unannounced January inspection found metal enclosures less than half the size ICE requires for a single-occupancy room. DHS says it never ran the place, and DeSantis says he hasn't read the report.
WatchNine ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. Traders now put the odds of a Fed rate hike on Wednesday above 90%, and the Nasdaq 100 fell 1.3% as AI stocks sold off on top of the oil shock.
Anthropic's September threat report says the same account designed a domestic mass-surveillance platform for Iranian state systems. The company banned it, built new detections and handed the intelligence to U.S. authorities. The report also flags five cases where working scientists used Claude in ways that could support bioweapons development.
Brockton police say the holdout's 13-year-old nephew called 911. The charge was later dismissed. Clancy's lawyer had asked the president for a pardon; Trump said 'three children are dead' and left it to Massachusetts. Next hearing: Sept. 29.
Terrebonne Parish deputies say Kaegan Jude Solet, 47, was taken into custody near the neighborhood early Sunday after a weekend manhunt. Investigators say the killings were not random and that Solet has 'a link' to the victims.
WatchThe Air Force weapons officer known only as 'Bravo' survived 50 hours south of Isfahan before pararescuers pulled him out at sunrise on Easter Sunday. CNN reports Hegseth's office pushed both crewmen to appear on the broadcast; the Pentagon calls that 'a complete lie.'
Pennsylvania has logged 676 cases across 37 counties, and fewer than 1% of the patients were fully vaccinated. Nationally, the U.S. has passed 3,000 cases in its worst measles year since 1991.
The cargo jet touched down at 182 mph, went to go-around power 15 seconds after landing, then back to idle. Amazon is shifting the routes to Sun Country and Hawaiian while the investigation continues.
OpenAI's monitoring caught the conversations, the FBI's legal attaché in Buenos Aires relayed the alert on August 19, and federal police in Quilmes seized tactical gloves, balaclavas and goggles. The attack was planned for 2027.
U.S. officials told the Journal the imagery of Muwaffaq Salti Air Base is the clearest sign yet that Chinese help had lethal consequences for American troops. Beijing demanded proof. Xi visits the White House September 24.
Officers found Jarques Ratliff, 51, walking on Capitol Street hours after search warrants came up empty. The chief says he had an 'association' with the 29-year-old mother of four, who was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home on Aug. 3.
WatchAfter three days of deliberation, jurors in Los Angeles acquitted the Grammy-winning Chicago rapper of every count tied to the 2022 shooting that killed Quando Rondo's cousin. He stays in jail anyway, awaiting a separate racketeering trial.
A powerful El Niño has driven wind shear over the main development region about 45 mph beyond what a storm can survive, leaving Atlantic activity at 7% of normal even as the world's oceans set heat records for 100 straight days. The Pacific, meanwhile, is 'a party out there.'
WatchIn a 3,800-word essay published Saturday, Dario Amodei wrote that 'we must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,' pointed to July's OpenAI–Hugging Face rogue-agent incident, and committed Anthropic to letting outside evaluators inside with employee-level access.
NOAA says the Lower 48 averaged 74.4 degrees from June through August, topping the 1936 and 2021 marks, while August alone set records for both average temperature and daytime highs. Drought now covers 59% of the country.
WatchOn the 25th anniversary of the attacks, Bush, Clinton, Obama and Biden joined Vice President Vance in Lower Manhattan for the reading of nearly 3,000 names. Across the river from Washington, the president told the Pentagon crowd that 'Iran will never, ever have a nuclear weapon.'
U.S. forces fired more than 30 Patriot missiles defending Muwaffaq Salti Air Base overnight. No American deaths were reported.
Carlton Neal Johnson II had a valid Minnesota permit to carry when he killed two neighbors at a Loring Park high-rise. A red-flag petition was considered in June and dropped.
WatchMohsen Rezaei said the zone will start at the line of the U.S. naval blockade and run toward the strait. Brent crude traded near $97 and the Labor Day gasoline average hit a record $4.14 a gallon.
Christian Castro, 52, pleaded not guilty to six federal counts of making false statements to the FBI. Surveillance video contradicted his account of being attacked with a broom and a snow shovel.
The Multi-Purpose High Energy Laser System has destroyed 11 cartel drones since it debuted on August 25. Each shot costs about $3, and the Army just handed the manufacturer a $465 million production contract.
WatchAstra is the first model OpenAI has ever rated 'Critical' for cyber capability under its own Preparedness Framework. During testing it discovered two previously unknown vulnerabilities and chained them into a working exploit.
WatchFlight 7598, a 32-year-old Boeing 767 flown by 21 Air, overran Runway 30 at Miami International shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday and struck vehicles on Northwest 42nd Avenue. Five more people were hurt, three of them critically.
Patrick Havas, 38, shoved through a crowd toward Ohio's Democratic candidate for governor, knocking down two people on mobility scooters and a volunteer with Parkinson's disease. He was arrested at the scene and charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault.
A tropical storm warning covers Kauai County and a hurricane warning covers Papahanaumokuakea. Governor Josh Green declared a state of emergency Friday and activated the National Guard.