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SpaceX, Elon Musk's spaceflight company, launched its Starship rocket from the coast of South Texas on Saturday, a mammoth vehicle that could alter the future of space transportation and help NASA return astronauts to the moon.

According to rights activists, the Russian Defense Ministry has enlisted as many as 100,000 people this year by scouring prison colonies and offering to chop off years from the sentences of people convicted of some of the country's most gruesome crimes to fight in Ukraine.

Faced with growing American reluctance to send more military aid to Ukraine, European leaders are moving to fill the gap, vowing new support for Ukraine as it battles Russia in a war in Europe's backyard.

During his weekly news conference with reporters, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made clear that his decision to fund the government with a stopgap plan was not an abandonment of his far-right bona fides, but simple recognition that a partisan proposal would never become law.

A judge on Friday ruled Donald Trump had engaged in insurrection by inciting a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but decided that he is not barred from appearing on the primary ballot in Colorado.

The Education Department opened civil rights investigations this week focused on a Kansas school district, three Ivy League universities and three other prominent colleges, all in response to reports of discrimination after last month's eruption of war between Israel and Hamas.

HALIFAX, N.S. – At a gathering of international security leaders on Canada’s Atlantic coast on Friday, Sen. Jim Risch, of Idaho, made the case for continued support for Ukraine as the country defends itself against Russia’s invasion, even as the world’s attention turns to another war in the Middle East and support for Ukraine has faltered among some of Risch’s fellow Republicans.

Six additional law enforcement officers were criminally charged this week in connection with the police shooting of Christian Glass, the 22-year-old Boulder man who was killed by a Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy after he called 911 for help in 2022.

The White House on Friday condemned House Republicans' wide-ranging impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, saying that there was no legitimacy to the investigation.

Nikki Haley ratcheted up her calls this week for the U.S. government to ban TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media platform, after some users, weighing in on the war between Israel and Hamas, promoted "Letter to America," a text written by Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The government has declassified a secret intelligence program that clandestinely recorded prison yard conversations of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of being the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, as prosecutors seek to supply evidence that could be used at an eventual trial.

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at her home in Georgia alongside her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice since February, the family announced Friday.

The spiky, iconic Canadian maple leaf. A large, lush Florida palm leaf. Thin aspen leaves rustling in the crisp Colorado air. You can probably recall many different leaf shapes from many different places. But did you know that the places helped create the shapes?

It was the kind of fight young siblings tend to have, sheriff officials said, until a 5-year-old grabbed a small kitchen knife Wednesday and stabbed his twin brother.

The Biden administration is using the emergency powers of a Cold War-era law to fund more domestic manufacturing of electric heat pumps, which the White House says is needed to help stave off climate change and increase domestic security.

Some of the riskiest battles in Ukraine are being fought not by soldiers but by cops. In many recent operations on the eastern front - including the liberation of a key village near Bakhmut - police officers boldly advanced on occupying Russian forces, attacking with grenades and gunfire.

Karla Hoefgen beat the Thanksgiving rush. She and her husband, who live in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, took advantage of their flexible schedules as retirees and arrived at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Thursday for their flight to San Francisco to see their daughter for the holiday.