California rejects bid for more frequent SpaceX launches
A California state commission has rejected the U.S. Space Force’s bid to increase the number of SpaceX rocket launches on the state’s central coast, citing concerns about the environmental impacts of the launches.
One of the world’s loneliest countries finds companionship in dogs
SEOUL, South Korea — The deceased lay wrapped in a cotton blanket, surrounded by white roses and hydrangea, angelic figurines and lit candles and incense. A wall-mounted screen displayed photographs of him. His 71-year-old companion, Kim Seon-ae, convulsed with tears as she bid farewell, caressing his head and face. Next door, young uniformed morticians prepared for his cremation.
Black voters drift from Democrats, imperiling Harris’ bid, poll shows
Vice President Kamala Harris has improved her party’s standing among Black voters since President Joe Biden left the presidential race, but she still significantly trails Biden’s 2020 share of that vital Democratic constituency, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll of Black likely voters.
Israeli strikes on northern Gaza kill at least 20, aid workers say
TEL AVIV, Israel — The humanitarian crisis in the northern Gaza Strip deepened Saturday as an Israeli bombardment killed at least 20 people, trapped thousands more and prompted one of the area’s last functioning hospitals to issue desperate pleas for assistance.
Daring Trump, Harris’ campaign releases medical information
Vice President Kamala Harris released a letter Saturday from her White House doctor, who said she is in “excellent health” and is successfully managing some minor health issues.
She didn’t see other Black hikers. She decided to change that.
INGLETON, England — The women made their way up the narrow stone steps in a winding line, the rolling green fields of the English countryside stretching out across the valley below. The steep climb, which had begun in the early morning, brought them high above an elevated rail line, its imposing Victorian arches rising in the distance.
Boeing will cut 17,000 jobs in bid to slash costs
Boeing’s new chief executive on Friday announced plans to reduce its workforce by 10%, or about 17,000 jobs, as he seeks to restructure the company in an effort to slash costs and improve production of planes, which has been plagued by numerous delays.
Trump aides sought enhanced security for closing stages of campaign
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has requested a series of additional security measures, including military assets, in conversations with the White House and the Secret Service because of continuing threats to his safety, according to four people briefed on the matter.
Democrats roll out ad attacking Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for president
The Democratic National Committee on Friday released its first advertisement this election season targeting a third-party presidential candidate, Jill Stein of the Green Party. With Election Day just weeks away, Democrats are increasingly concerned that Stein’s candidacy could siphon votes away from Vice President Kamala Harris, whose race against former President Donald Trump is tight. The ad will run on television in three battleground states — Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — and on cable nationally, according to a news release.
In Michigan, Walz assails Trump’s record on manufacturing
WARREN, Mich. — Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota took the stage in a Detroit suburb on Friday to offer a sharp rebuttal to former President Donald Trump, who had positioned himself as a savior of the auto industry at an appearance in Detroit a day earlier.
Lebanon’s leader calls on UN for cease-fire amid search for airstrike survivors
BEIRUT — Rescuers dug through piles of rubble in central Beirut on Friday, looking for survivors and bodies, a day after deadly airstrikes in two densely populated neighborhoods of the Lebanese capital spread fear that no place in the country was safe from the Israeli military onslaught against Hezbollah.
As Floridians return, officials size up Milton’s uneven trail of destruction
Florida residents on Friday returned to neighborhoods stricken by power outages and filled with piles of soggy, stinking debris as tens of thousands of emergency workers began repairing the destruction caused by Hurricane Milton.
Elon Musk shows off Tesla ‘robotaxi’ that drives itself
After years of promises, Tesla on Thursday unveiled a car that Elon Musk, the company’s CEO said will be able to drive itself without human supervision. Musk has said the vehicle will add trillions of dollars to the company’s stock market value and fuel its growth.
For atomic bomb survivors, a Nobel Peace Prize and a reckoning, 80 years later
Cities blasted to rubble. Burned bodies and flayed flesh. Invisible waves of radiation coursing through the air. And the indelible image of a mushroom cloud.
Nevada asked AI which students need help. The answer caused an outcry.
Nevada has long had the most lopsided school funding in the country. Low-income districts there have nearly 35% less money to spend per pupil than wealthier ones do — the largest gap of any state.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot moves Like the solar system’s biggest kickball
The Great Red Spot of Jupiter is one of the solar system’s most astonishing marvels. An elliptical storm with inky swirls of burnt orange and dulled copper, it is longer than the Earth is wide, and its winds screech through the tops of the planet’s clouds at 400 mph.
How Roger Goodell became the NFL’s $20 billion man
As they met in the lobby of the Omni Viking Lakes Hotel in Minnesota in late August, Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, and Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, greeted each other warmly, sharing fist bumps as a small entourage that included their oldest sons surrounded them. The two men, who have nine Super Bowl wins between them (six for Kraft, 83, and three for Jones, who turns 82 on Sunday), were upbeat and refreshed after their summer vacations in the South of France and the Hamptons.
Social Security benefits to climb 2.5% in 2025
Tens of millions of Americans receiving Social Security benefits are poised to see a 2.5% increase in their monthly checks next year to keep pace with inflation, the Social Security Administration said Thursday, an uptick that’s on a par with average annual increases in recent decades.
September was a deadly month for Russian troops in Ukraine, US says
WASHINGTON — September was the bloodiest month of the war for Russian forces in Ukraine, U.S. officials said, with the costly offensive in the east bringing the number of Russia’s dead and wounded to more than 600,000 troops since the war began in early 2022.
Republicans hate tech’s influence on politics. Unless it comes from Elon Musk
Elon Musk has not been at all subtle in his efforts to help Donald Trump win the presidency. Musk hasn’t just endorsed him or donated tens of millions of dollars to pro-Trump political action committees or appeared at Trump rallies to jump up and down with joy. Musk is also using the full power of his ownership of the social platform X to portray Kamala Harris as an existential threat to America while spreading many falsehoods.
