A pair of spacecraft draw closer to Mercury after nearly decade-long voyage
Two Mercury-bound spacecraft — one European, the other Japanese — are in the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage.
Rescue satellite gets close to NASA’s doomed telescope, even if it can’t save it
A private spacecraft that was supposed to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory managed to come within 9 miles of the doomed spacecraft.
As workplace surveillance grows, experts say it’s good to know the ways your employer is watching
Employers are increasingly using technology to monitor the whereabouts, productivity and communications of workers since COVID.
North Korea adds its 2nd naval destroyer as US, South Korea and Japan hold military exercise
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un commissioned his second naval destroyer and called for building a more reliable nuclear…
Daily Horoscope for September 07, 2026
It gets easier to take up space as the day goes on. The Moon enters confident Leo at 12:49 pm EDT, encouraging us to share our ideas, express ourselves, and…
Banda, McCutcheon score for Orlando Pride to give interim coach debut win
The Orlando Pride went through a week of change, starting with the firing of coach Seb Hines. Yolanda Thomas was promoted to interim coach and the team responded with a…
The ‘nightmare days’ of Minnesota’s 1946 polio epidemic
The outbreak sickened 2,881 Minnesotans and killed 226 — most of them children.
Jake Burger homers twice as Rangers beat Rays 8-6 to split 4-game series
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jake Burger homered twice and Ezequiel Duran had his 12th game this season with at least three hits as the Texas Rangers rallied from two four-run…
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner hold talks in Ukraine after meeting with Putin
By SAMYA KULLAB KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks in Kyiv on Sunday in their first official visit to Ukraine as part of…
The Iranian school struck in the war’s earliest attacks is now a memorial for children
By AMIR VAHDAT MINAB, Iran (AP) — This will never be a school again. Its bright blue gate is still painted with the symbols that once welcomed children: Iran’s map,…