Hezbollah chief killed in Israel’s torrent of airstrikes on Lebanon
Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia, on Saturday confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah, its longtime leader, in a strike marking a major escalation of Israel’s campaign against Iran’s proxies in the Middle East that could shake up the regional order.
Viewfinders make fall foliage pop for the colorblind in Virginia
Like so many other leaf-peeping enthusiasts, Tim Yates ventured out to Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake State Park late this summer to see the early whispers of the fall foliage, which would soon give way to bright bursts of orange and red.
Trump takes attacks on Harris to a new low, calling her ‘mentally disabled’
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. — The day after Vice President Kamala Harris visited the southern border and pledged to crack down on asylum and beef up security, former President Donald Trump unleashed a string of sharply personal attacks on her at a rally Saturday, expressing contempt for her intelligence and calling her “mentally disabled.”
SpaceX launches mission to bring back Starliner astronauts
Lifted by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, two astronauts left Earth on Saturday afternoon, headed to the International Space Station.
FDA approves first new schizophrenia drug in decades
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first novel antipsychotic treatment in decades, a drug developed to treat schizophrenia without disabling side effects like weight gain.
‘This is a disaster’: Western North Carolina reels from Helene
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Abandoned vehicles caked with mud. Mountainous rural roads and slices of highways washed away into rivers. Parking lots filled with people desperately searching for cellphone service, trying to tell loved ones they are OK — or wanting to find out who is not.
Anti-Doping agency lost track of open cases and test results before Olympics
Just weeks before this summer’s Olympics in Paris, officials at the headquarters of the World Anti-Doping Agency got some startling news.
The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge cooled in August
Inflation cooled in August, the latest sign of progress in the Federal Reserve’s yearslong fight to bring rapid price increases back under control.
Biden officials stave off sticker shock on Medicare drug premiums
The Biden administration Friday announced that older Americans next year would face lower average monthly premiums for their prescription drugs, a feat achieved by pouring billions of dollars into subsidies for insurers. The move avoided a potential minefield of higher costs affecting the nation’s most stalwart voters weeks before the presidential election.
Hurricane Helene leaves huge swaths of damage in its wake
STEINHATCHEE, Fla. — Hurricane Helene forged a devastating path of floods and wind damage after slamming into Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday night, submerging much of the state’s Gulf Coast before continuing its destructive march through Georgia and into the mountains of Appalachia. More than 40 people were reported dead in four states as the huge storm spawned flash floods and landslides on its way north.
US charges Iranians with hacking Trump campaign
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in Washington has indicted three members of a cyberespionage unit associated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard for mounting wide-ranging attacks targeting politicians, officials and journalists that led to the hacking of the Trump campaign this summer.
Maggie Smith, grand dame of stage and screen, dies at 89
Maggie Smith, one of the finest British stage and screen actors of her generation, whose award-winning roles ranged from a freethinking Scottish schoolteacher in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” to the acid-tongued dowager countess on “Downton Abbey,” died Friday in London. She was 89.
Kamala Harris’ campaign thinks she can win on the economy. Here’s how.
For many months, it has been an undisputed and durable fact of the 2024 race that former President Donald Trump held a strong political advantage on the most pressing issue to the most voters: the economy.
Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty as New Yorkers contemplate what comes next
NEW YORK — A muted but defiant Mayor Eric Adams, in back-to-back appearances inside a federal courthouse in Manhattan and outside its granite facade Friday, professed his innocence of criminal charges including bribery and fraud and stood by as his lawyer railed against the evidence in a case that threatens to topple his embattled administration.
Trump, Harris step up efforts to woo Mormon voters
Both presidential campaigns have stepped up efforts to court an unlikely group of potential swing voters: Mormons.
A pygmy hippo is stealing hearts (and biting zookeepers)
Defiant, sassy, slippery, chubby, loves to scream. We can all relate.
This fish evolved legs that it uses to taste stuff on the seafloor
The sea robin has fascinated scientists for decades. It has the body of a fish, the wings of a bird and the legs of a crab.
Sick of the Electoral College? Stop whining
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Meta unveils new smart glasses and headsets in pursuit of the metaverse
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg has spent billions of dollars, hired thousands of employees and worked for roughly a quarter of his life in pursuit of a vision: a future in which the physical and digital worlds are interwoven to connect people around the globe.
Anti-aging enthusiasts are taking a pill to extend their lives. Will it work?
In March, Robert Berger, 69, a self-proclaimed “better-living-through-chemistry type of person,” started taking a small dose of rapamycin once a week with the goal of increasing his “health span” — the amount of time he might live without serious disease.
