Coast Guard suspends search for 6 aboard air ambulance lost off Nantucket
Debris from the Bermuda-to-Boston medical flight was found about 20 miles off the Massachusetts island, and the operator says everyone aboard is presumed dead.
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Earth’s poles wandered in rapid bursts during the age of dinosaurs, study finds
By mapping where ancient seas flooded and drained the continents, researchers identified four fast episodes of true polar wander over 320 million years.
Missouri jumps 11 spots in AP Top 25 as Florida falls and Alabama passes Indiana
Texas stayed No. 1 for a fourth straight week in the college football poll released Sunday, while unbeaten Pitt entered the rankings and Kentucky dropped out.
Marjoe Gortner, child preacher in Oscar-winning documentary, dies at 82
Gortner, whose final revival tour became the 1972 film "Marjoe," went on to act in movies such as "Earthquake" and TV series including "Falcon Crest."
Fed minutes, early earnings and high bond yields test Wall Street this week
Investors will look for clues about the Fed's next interest rate move as PepsiCo and Delta Air Lines report results, after Treasury yields hit their highest…
Tennessee prisons chief to resign after failed execution of Christa Pike
Gov. Bill Lee has paused executions and brought in a former U.S. attorney to review what went wrong in the Sept. 30 lethal injection attempt.
Arizona court orders new sentencing over AI-generated video of road rage victim
An appeals panel upheld Gabriel Horcasitas' manslaughter conviction but said the judge should not have relied on an AI depiction of Christopher…
Record October heat bakes California as extreme heat warnings run through Thursday
More than 35 million people were under heat alerts Sunday, and forecasters say a dome of high pressure will keep the West…
Rubio starts three-nation NATO trip in Iceland as US pushes Arctic security
The secretary of state's stops in Reykjavík, Athens and Lisbon through Thursday come two weeks after the U.S. signed a security agreement covering Greenland.
North Korea test-fires intermediate-range missile it claims can dodge defenses
Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch, state media said, as Pyongyang presses ahead with weapons tests while President Donald Trump seeks…
Brazil heads to Oct. 25 runoff as Flávio Bolsonaro edges Lula in first round
Trump ally Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro finished about 2 percentage points ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, outperforming polls that had…
Latino voters favor Democrats by 24 points for Congress in NBC News/Telemundo poll
Democrats' advantage with the group has doubled since this point in 2024, as worries about prices and deportations weigh on President Donald Trump's standing.
Trump administration to send $90 Medicare rebates to 20.8 million enrollees
The one-time payments, drawn from a Medicare fund Congress created in 2008, are set to arrive this month, weeks before…
Trump turns up pressure on Sen. Tom Cotton over stalled daylight saving time bill
The president posted what appeared to be the Arkansas Republican's personal cellphone number as he pressed the Senate to make daylight saving…
White House adviser Hassett calls on Powell to give up his Fed board seat
The White House's top economic aide urged the former Fed chair to step aside days after the central bank's watchdog faulted management of a $2.4 billion headquarters renovation but saw no basis…
OPEC+ keeps November oil output targets unchanged as Iran war limits Gulf supply
Seven core members of the producer group held their quotas steady for a second straight month, with Brent crude above $100…
US employers add just 29,000 jobs in September as unemployment rises to 4.2%
Hiring fell well short of forecasts and earlier months were revised lower, reducing the odds that the Federal Reserve raises interest rates…
Amazon pledges $1 billion to data center towns as local opposition grows
Amazon Web Services says the money will pay for job training and energy upgrades near its sites, while its CEO warns that local resistance threatens the U.S. lead in AI.
Apple plans new safeguards for Mac ‘Full Disk Access,’ citing AI agents
The company says some developers use the powerful macOS permission in ways that can expose users' files, mail and messages without…
South Korea orders probe as suspected AI-assisted hacks hit major banks
Regulators say they cannot rule out that artificial intelligence tools were used in a string of breaches that exposed customer data…
‘Encore’ songs lift Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ to No. 1 again
Four new songs sent the album back to the top of the Billboard 200 for a 13th week, nearly nine months after its last stint at No. 1.
‘Avengers: Endgame’ reclaims title of highest-grossing movie from ‘Avatar’
A re-release meant to build buzz for December's "Avengers: Doomsday" lifted the 2019 Marvel hit to an estimated $2.9255 billion worldwide.
‘Verity’ opens at No. 1 as Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ flops at the box office
The Colleen Hoover thriller starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson earned an estimated $32.6 million, while Cruise's costly satire opened to about…
Kim Kardashian says she was ‘really single for five years’ before Lewis Hamilton
In a new interview, the reality star said she needed time to heal after her divorce from Kanye West, but she is keeping her romance with the Formula 1 star…
Cavan Sullivan, 17, becomes youngest USMNT scorer in 3-0 win over Mexico
Teenagers Sullivan and Julian Hall both scored Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona, as the United States beat its biggest rival for the first time since 2024.
Chiefs top Raiders 30-27 to join 49ers, Vikings as NFL’s only unbeaten teams
Kenneth Walker III ran for 177 yards and two late touchdowns Sunday, and New England handed Buffalo its first loss…
Chourio’s walk-off single off Mason Miller gives Brewers 2-0 NLDS lead over Padres
Milwaukee rallied with two outs in the ninth inning Sunday for a 4-3 win and now needs one more victory to reach…
MMR vaccinations surge as Pennsylvania battles worst measles outbreak in decades
State health officials reported 977 cases and five measles-associated deaths as of Oct. 2, while monthly MMR doses climbed to about twice their usual level.
Lancet series ties problematic screen use to poorer youth health, urges regulation
Researchers who reviewed data on about 9 million young people say governments and tech companies, not just parents, must act, while noting…
FDA closes lettuce outbreak probe after finding cyclospora at Mexican sites
Inspectors found the parasite in a Taylor Farms de Mexico plant's wastewater tank and in a grower's drainage ditch, but the agency…
Radio bursts reveal powerful magnetic field on distant planet, astronomers say
Researchers say signals from Beta Pictoris b are the first radio emission traced directly to a planet beyond the solar system, though the work awaits peer review.
El Niño-driven Kelvin wave set to lift West Coast sea levels by up to a foot
Scientists say the slow-moving bulge of warm water won't flood the coast on its own but could worsen erosion and tidal flooding…
NASA targets Wednesday departure for Crew-12 after record-fast Crew-13 arrival
Four space station crew members who launched in February could splash down off California on Thursday, NASA said.
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What to know about Brazil’s Oct. 25 runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro
Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro finished narrowly ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday's first round, setting up a three-week race with high stakes for Brazil's ties to Washington.
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What the G7’s 100 million-barrel fuel release means for diesel prices
The world's major industrial democracies agreed Friday to tap emergency stockpiles over four months, starting with diesel, but analysts expect only modest…
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A case-by-case guide to the Supreme Court’s new term
The justices open with a Colorado climate lawsuit against two oil companies, with arguments on AR-15 bans, Arizona voting rules and third-country…