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SpaceX&#039;s mega rocket Starship lifts off from Starbase for a test flight Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Boca Chica,, Texas.

Mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at launch pad

SpaceX&#039;s mega rocket Starship lifts off from Starbase for a test flight Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Boca Chica,, Texas.

October 13, 2024, 1:14pm Nation & World

SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. Read story

FILE - A person runs past the S.S. United States moored on the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 2024.

Historic ocean liner could soon become the world’s largest artificial reef

FILE - A person runs past the S.S. United States moored on the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 2024.

October 13, 2024, 1:08pm Nation & World

The conservancy that oversees a storied but aging ocean liner and its landlord have resolved a years-old rent dispute that will clear the way for a Florida county to turn the historic ship into the world’s largest artificial reef. Read story

Terumi Tanaka, center, co-chairperson of Nihon Hidankyo and other senior members attend a press conference in Tokyo, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors of the two U.S. atomic bombings, won the Nobel Peace Prize.

A-bomb survivors use Nobel Peace Prize to share anti-nuke message with the young

Terumi Tanaka, center, co-chairperson of Nihon Hidankyo and other senior members attend a press conference in Tokyo, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors of the two U.S. atomic bombings, won the Nobel Peace Prize.

October 13, 2024, 12:55pm Nation & World

The recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is a fast-dwindling group of atomic bomb survivors who are using the time they have left to convey the firsthand horror they witnessed 79 years ago. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Calhoun Ranch, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Coachella, Calif.

Trump hears at a Latino campaign event from someone who lived in the U.S. illegally

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Calhoun Ranch, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Coachella, Calif.

October 13, 2024, 12:20pm Latest News

Minutes after Donald Trump delivered his standard warnings about drug dealers and criminals illegally crossing the border during a Saturday campaign event, the former president heard from someone who was once in the country illegally but now plans to vote for him. Read story

An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missile towards southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.

Israeli strikes kill a family of 8 in Gaza and destroy a century-old market in Lebanon

An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missile towards southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.

October 13, 2024, 10:39am Latest News

An Israeli strike on the central Gaza Strip killed a family of eight, Palestinian medical officials said Sunday, as Israeli forces battled militants in the territory’s north and airstrikes in pursuit of Hezbollah destroyed a century-old market in southern Lebanon. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Prairie du Chien, Wis.

Data shows migrants aren’t taking jobs from Black or Hispanic people, despite what Trump says

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Prairie du Chien, Wis.

October 13, 2024, 9:22am Business

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected — a promise he has predicated, in part, on the notion that immigrants in the U.S. legally and illegally are stealing what he calls “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs.” Read story

A passenger eats breakfast as a train travels Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, near Ilford, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

Manitoba’s train is a lifeline for many towns. Now tourists are also discovering the route

A passenger eats breakfast as a train travels Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, near Ilford, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

October 13, 2024, 6:04am Life

The setting sun backlights a pristine panoply of pines of different sizes and species. Far northern Canadian countryside rolls by at a leisurely pace of a train ride, viewed through an upper deck glass-enclosed of a special observation car. Waves of green and brown in slightly varying shades sweep by.… Read story

Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), speaks to a crowd during a rally at the Berks County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Leesport, Pennsylvania.

In the heart of Appalachia, a distant cousin of JD Vance leads an opposing ‘authentic hillbilly’ movement

Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), speaks to a crowd during a rally at the Berks County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Leesport, Pennsylvania.

October 13, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

Five generations of Vances gathered in West Virginia last month for a reunion, singing hymns and swapping stories in a quiet park hugged by towering green mountains waiting to burst into autumnal shades of orange. Read story

Valley fever, a fungal infection, spreads through dust.

Valley fever is a growing risk in Central California; few visitors ever get a warning

Valley fever, a fungal infection, spreads through dust.

October 13, 2024, 6:00am Health

LOS ANGELES -- When Nora Bruhn bought admission to the Lightning in a Bottle arts and music festival on the shores of Kern County’s Buena Vista Lake earlier this spring, her ticket never mentioned she might end up with a fungus growing in her lungs. Read story

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio speaks at a campaign event at Eastern Market Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in Detroit.

Election denial returns as focus with Vance’s ‘non-answer,’ new Trump indictment details

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio speaks at a campaign event at Eastern Market Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in Detroit.

October 13, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

In the waning minutes of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Gov. Tim Walz hit on a question that has become central to the 2024 presidential race — and to America’s political future more broadly. Read story