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FILE - A plane passes in front of the moon, Aug. 30, 2023, in Chicago. Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago this week, and suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts.

Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers

July 15, 2024, 4:06pm Life

Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago, and suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts. Read story

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at the 2024 summer meeting of the National Governors Association, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Salt Lake City.

Zelenskyy ‘not afraid’ of new Trump presidency as war drags on

July 15, 2024, 3:51pm Nation & World

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’s “not afraid” of a potential second Donald Trump presidency even as he said the turbulence around the U.S. election is hurting Kyiv’s effort on the battlefield. Read story

Suspected Houthi attacks strike ships in Red Sea

July 15, 2024, 3:50pm Nation & World

Two suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted ships in the Red Sea on Monday, as a new U.S. aircraft carrier approached the region to provide security for the key international trade route that has been under assault since the Israel-Hamas war erupted nine months ago. Read story

President Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 14, 2024, about the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Biden to call for 5% cap on annual rent increases, as he tries to show plans to tame inflation

July 15, 2024, 3:07pm Latest News

President Joe Biden is ready to propose a 5 percent cap on annual rent increases for tenants of major landlords as he tries to show he’s doing something about the high cost of housing, according to a person familiar with the plan. Read story

Thomas Schansman poses in front of a drawing of his son, Quinn, at his home in the central Dutch city of Hilversum, Netherlands, Thursday, July 11, 2024. Quinn Schansman dreamed of becoming the youngest ever CEO of an American company. But the 18-year-old dual Dutch-American citizen’s future — whatever it may have held — was cruelly cut short when he was one of the 298 people killed as a Soviet-era Buk surface-to-air rocket launched from territory in eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian rebels destroyed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

A decade after deadly MH17 crash, the father of one victim is still waiting for Russia to say sorry

July 15, 2024, 3:07pm Nation & World

Quinn Schansman dreamed of becoming the youngest-ever CEO of an American company. A decade ago, he’d just finished the first year of an international business degree in Amsterdam as a step toward that lofty goal. Read story

FILE - Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, June 12, 2024. Powell will be interviewed at the Economic Club of Washington on Monday, July 15, 2024, about the U.S. and global economies, the central bank’s efforts to tame inflation and the data it tracks as it seeks to keep the economy growing.

Powell says Federal Reserve is more confident inflation is slowing to its target

July 15, 2024, 3:03pm Business

Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the Federal Reserve is becoming more convinced that inflation is headed back to its 2 percent target and said the Fed would cut rates before the pace of price increases actually reached that point. Read story

This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. The classified documents investigation of Donald Trump appeared to have clear momentum in 2022 when FBI agents who searched the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate recovered dozens of boxes containing sensitive documents. But each passing day brings mounting doubts that the case can reach trial this year. The judge has yet to set a firm trial date despite holding two hours-long hearings with lawyers this month.

Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns with prosecutor’s appointment

July 15, 2024, 3:00pm Latest News

A federal judge in Florida dismissed the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump on Monday, siding with defense lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. Read story

FILE - Actor James Sikking poses for a photograph at the Los Angeles gala celebrating the 20th anniversary of the National Organization for Women, Dec. 1, 1986. Sikking, who starred as a hardened police lieutenant on “Hill Street Blues” and as the titular character's kindhearted dad on “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” has died of complications from dementia, his publicist Cynthia Snyder said in a statement Sunday, July 14, 2024.

James Sikking, star of ‘Hill Street Blues’ and ‘Doogie Howser, MD,’ dies at 90

July 15, 2024, 1:49pm Entertainment

James Sikking, who starred as a hardened police lieutenant on “Hill Street Blues” and as the titular character’s kindhearted dad on “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” has died at 90. Read story

Police snipers walk on a roof to set up before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J.

Signs of trouble at Trump rally were evident in minutes before gunman opened fire

July 15, 2024, 1:48pm Latest News

Signs of trouble were evident in the minutes before shots rang out at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania: Police had a report of a suspicious man pacing near the magnetometers and were apparently exchanging photos of the suspect. Witnesses pointed and shouted at an armed man on a nearby roof. Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump addresses the crowd at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J.

What to know about the attempt on Trump’s life and its aftermath

July 15, 2024, 11:22am Nation & World

The FBI is still trying to determine a motive behind Saturday's attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump, while the tone of this week's Republican convention in Milwaukee likely will be dominated by the violence. Read story