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Breaking news from the U.S. and around the world, reported as it happens.
WatchU.S. Central Command said the M/T Kylo went down in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday, one of three tankers struck in retaliation for missiles fired at American ships. Tehran has promised a "more severe" response.
Court records filed September 5 name Andre Junior Seenaraine and Stephen Jordan Trejos. The Everglades detention camp they worked at has been closed since July.
A 30-second eruption in the Sunda Strait pushed ash to 50,000 feet and shut Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport, stranding roughly 22,800 passengers. No one was hurt, and no evacuation was ordered.
WatchNo one was hurt when the plaster gave way during a storm in Washington. The Trump-aligned board immediately said the collapse proves the building has to close for two years of renovations a federal judge has blocked.
The tests followed reporting on how fast the United States burned through its most advanced weapons during the Iran war. According to officials briefed on the matter, nobody failed.
Lowell reached Category 5 south of Hawaii, Karina held Category 4 to its east, and Marie churned off Baja California. The Atlantic has not produced a single hurricane this season.
Updated vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer and Sanofi target the XFG variant behind roughly 40% of U.S. cases. Who has to pay for them is the part nobody can answer.
WatchThe Transportation Department is finalizing the largest rollback of federal mileage rules in a generation. Its own analysis says Americans will burn about 100 billion more gallons of gasoline by 2050.
A Minneapolis grower recalled its five-ounce containers after federal health officials tied a rare double outbreak to a single farm. Illnesses began May 31.
WatchThe Kremlin said the pause begins at midnight Saturday and is tied to the American delegation's plan to visit the Ukrainian capital on Sunday. Russian missiles hit two airports outside Kyiv hours before the announcement.
The six-month war with Iran has scrambled global fuel flows, and diesel moves nearly everything Americans buy. Grocers say fuel is 15 to 30 percent of what food costs to deliver.
The two-seater has no steering wheel, no pedals and no mirrors, and Tesla certified it as road-legal itself. NHTSA now wants to see how the company decided the rules did not apply.
A site called Nexus advertised front-and-back images, plus infrared and ultraviolet scans, of American and Canadian IDs. Investigators suspect the source is a Louisiana verification firm that runs more than 21 million ID checks a month.
WatchAfter roughly 36 hours of deliberation spread over seven days, the Plymouth County panel told Judge William Sullivan three separate times that it was deadlocked. Prosecutors now have to decide whether to try the Duxbury case all over again.
WatchThe Labor Department also erased July's reported job losses, revising the month from a 23,000 decline to a 21,000 gain. Wages are still running behind inflation.
WatchThe Apollo Global Management co-founder was due in a House Oversight hearing room for a videotaped deposition in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. His lawyers filed a federal lawsuit to void the subpoenas instead.
A one-page memo from the state transportation department cited 'misuse, data privacy concerns, and surveillance schemes.' Jacksonville's sheriff dropped the technology countywide the same week.
WatchNetwork leadership decided in August to remove its most Trump-aligned anchor after she forwarded internal Fox guidance to the White House. Her last broadcast was August 9, and the president found out with everyone else.
WatchIran fired missiles and drones at an air base in Kuwait and another in the United Arab Emirates overnight, extending its retaliation to a third Gulf state in three days. Iran's health ministry now counts 18 dead from American strikes.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Evans was pushed out after pursuing a constitutional-rights case against ICE officer Christian Castro. Castro was instead charged this week with making false statements.
WatchA 35-year-old man facing eviction opened fire inside a downtown apartment tower on Wednesday, killing two neighbors and wounding five more people, including two officers who were shot. Police still do not know what filled the ninth-floor hallway with smoke.
Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected the Justice Department's demand that Google sell its AdX exchange, opting instead for rules on how the auctions run. It is the second time in a year a court has found Google an illegal monopolist and then declined to dismantle it.
Dara Khosrowshahi told staff in a Wednesday memo that the company needs to strip out management layers. Wedbush put the savings at roughly $1.7 billion, and the stock rose.
The blaze in Palo Pinto and Jack counties started August 24 as an estimated 25 acres. The National Weather Service now calls it the second-largest wildfire in North Texas history.
WatchThe Gloria Steinem Foundation announced her death Thursday and did not give a cause. She spent six decades arguing that women's equality was a structural problem, not a personal one.
WatchThe prediction market says the former congressman told his followers he was going to the State of the Union, then bet against himself. It is the first lifetime ban the company has ever issued.
WatchFourth District Judge Tony Graf found enough evidence to establish probable cause that Robinson, 23, shot Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus last September. Robinson pleaded not guilty within minutes of the ruling.
WatchIranian officials say American strikes killed civilians at a wedding celebration in Sirik county and wounded dozens more. Within hours the Revolutionary Guard launched missiles and drones at U.S. positions in Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and the Emirates.
WatchA collapsing Himalayan glacier dumped more than 100 million cubic meters of ice and rock into the Trishuli valley. Three days later, Nepali police are still counting.
She wrote 'Jolene' and 'I Will Always Love You' in the same year and spent the next five decades being claimed by everyone.