SpaceX launched its Starship and Super Heavy rocket on Monday morning on what could be its first orbital flight ever.

Liftoff from the company’s Texas launch site Starbase of the heavy-lift rocket came at 8:46 a.m. EDT.

“Things are looking really good right now,” said SpaceX commentator Dan Huot.

The orbital attempt on what is the 14th ...Read more

Oil pushed higher as Iran and the U.S. appeared far apart on a new ceasefire deal for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran saying it’s sticking to a proposal that U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected.

Brent was near $108 a barrel, climbing more than 3%, after discussions between the two sides appeared to hit fresh snags. The...Read more

U.K. authorities were closely monitoring increased threats to a British airbase used by the U.S. and had tightened security at the site before an attempted attack was foiled, according to people familiar with the matter.

Five men were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire in an incident ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Opponents of the billionaire tax on the November ballot have vastly outraised the proposal’s supporters, with the anti-Proposition 40 effort and the backers of two other ballot measures crafted to nullify it raising $187 million compared to the $32 million raised by boosters of the wealth tax, according to campaign finance ...Read more

“Would you like your receipt?”

It’s a question you’re likely to hear every time you pop into the grocery store or stop for a latte on the way to work. Some people may also have heard warnings that have circulated for more than 15 years that if you say yes, toxic chemicals might rub off on your fingertips.

As a recent ...Read more

The San Vicente de Paúl Nursing Home in the South Bronx hasn’t admitted a patient since December 2024. ArchCare, which operates the facility, has reduced its capacity from 120 available beds to 53 and plans to shrink it further.

Another ArchCare nursing home, on Staten Island, has shut down a full floor. North of the city, in Dutchess County...Read more

From artificial intelligence to guns to facial recognition, nearly 100 new state laws will take effect this week that will directly impact Connecticut residents.

The new laws are designed to prevent arrests by federal agents at places of worship, schools and hospitals without a warrant, along with providing protections on data privacy and the ...Read more

Eighteen months after his initial diagnosis, chemotherapy hadn’t slowed 21-year-old Mason Henderson’s rare brain tumor, which had spread to his spinal fluid. So he left his home in southeastern Texas to spend three weeks in a clinical trial in New York City.

But that failed, too, leaving a murky path for Henderson, whose cancer was so rare ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills Saturday that increases protections for LGBTQ people in California, saying the legislation was needed because of recent moves by the Trump administration that threaten that support.

One of the six bills would provide housing, employment and other help to service members discharged from the U.S. ...Read more

A paddleboarding excursion in the Pacific Ocean off California turned terrifying for one woman when a sea lion yanked her into the water, according to news reports.

“I was like, ‘what, what’s happening,’ it was like a horror movie,” Heather Gray told KNTV.

Gray, of Capitola, was paddleboarding between Capitola Wharf and Privates ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed bills that create new rules for the state's industrial companies following a massive fire at a cold storage facility in Los Angeles' Boyle Heights neighborhood in June.

Business groups and some Republican lawmakers opposed the bills, arguing that it could drive up prices for companies and, ultimately, ...Read more

Some Dallas-Fort Worth voters are optimistic about Democrat Gina Hinojosa’s odds of winning her bid for governor against incumbent Greg Abbott, despite the Republicans’ decades-long grip on the state.

The state representative from Austin was in Arlington on Sunday as part of a North Texas swing in the lead up to Election Day on Nov. 3. ...Read more

Russian airstrikes overnight and early Sunday killed at least six people across Ukraine and targeted a number of major data centers in Kyiv, officials said.

Three people were killed in the Zaporizhzhia region and a man died in Kyiv as a result of strikes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X. Civilian infrastructure, including ...Read more

After a soggy weekend, the Boston region can expect more wind and rain but less intense conditions as the nor’easter lingers through Monday before conditions begin to dry out Tuesday, according to National Weather Service forecasts.

“The nor’easter is actually sitting off the coast of New Jersey right now,” said NWS meteorologist Torry ...Read more

As President Donald Trump mused about “taking Cuba” earlier this year, the question that has hovered over the exile community for decades — what happens the day after Cuba’s communist regime falls — suddenly gained urgency, sparking an intense planning effort in Miami for a future transition whose contours are still unclear.

Prominent...Read more

When I first met my husband, I was astounded that he could glimpse a bird flitting among trees 50 yards away and identify it with the confidence of someone looking at a field guide. “Cardinal,” he’d say, as we flew down the highway, after a flash of red appeared for a split second.

It seemed impossible. Was he making these identifications...Read more

SAN DIEGO — No one can know what happened inside the house on Boulder Lake Avenue in the hours before the Voight family was found dead earlier this month.

San Diego police are still investigating the shootings, and suspect a decorated war veteran shot and killed his wife and daughter, then turned the gun on himself.

Relatives say Amy Voight ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he expects talks with Iran to resume this week, even after rejecting the latest Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported, citing a phone interview with the president.

Trump said the deal Iran wants is something that the U.S. might have agreed to about a year ago, adding that Iran has overplayed...Read more