ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida residents face flight delays, beach closures, and sonic booms in the middle of the night if SpaceX has its way, with plans to launch its powerful Starship and Super Heavy rocket from the Space Coast as many as 120 times a year.

The most dire predictions in two federal reports on the proposal could mean nearly ...Read more

Rural hospitals are less likely to offer obstetric services after they’ve been acquired by a larger health system, leading to mixed outcomes for mothers and babies, according to new research.

It’s part of an accelerating trend that’s reshaped how Americans get health care: Larger health systems gobble up smaller facilities in a bid for ...Read more

When Judith Miller had routine blood work done in July, she got a phone alert the same day that her lab results were posted online. So, when her doctor messaged her the next day that her overall tests were fine, Miller wrote back to ask about the elevated carbon dioxide and low anion gap listed in the report.

While the 76-year-old Milwaukee ...Read more

For a while, walking the dog felt hazardous.

Earl Vickers was accustomed to taking Molly, his shepherd-boxer-something-else mix, for strolls on the beach or around his neighborhood in Seaside, California. A few years ago, though, he started to experience problems staying upright.

“If another dog came toward us, every single time I’d end up...Read more

Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended the largest school district in North Carolina for 10 years, but he cannot read or write. His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was bullied by classmates and became suicidal.

Under federal law, public schools must provide children with disabilities a “free appropriate public ...Read more

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — The conversations in French having given them away, the group of motorcyclists immediately stood out as foreigners over a Saturday breakfast in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

In the restaurant, the server was pleased, thanking them for coming. Because these days, tariffs and White House rhetoric have left Canadians...Read more

Penobscot County, Maine, is grappling with the largest HIV outbreak in the state’s history. Home to Bangor, a city of roughly 32,000, the county has identified 28 new cases over nearly two years. That’s seven times the typical number for that length of time. Nearly all cases are among people who use drugs and are homeless.

Public health ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The night before he kicked off his run for Congress, Iowa Republican Joe Mitchell sent a copy of his campaign announcement to his friend and mentor, Charlie Kirk.

“He was fully supportive,’’ said Mitchell, 28, a former state representative who launched his bid for an open House seat in northeastern Iowa on Sept. 8, two days...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon.

The New World Screwworm has rapidly spread northward from Panama since 2023 and farther into Central America. As of early September, the parasitic fly was present in seven states in southern Mexico, where 720 humans...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will join Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at Independence National Historical Park on Friday in preparation for the July 4, 2026, celebration of the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, according to two people familiar with the event.

Burgum will be setting foot in the park just days ...Read more

House Republican leaders overcame a key procedural hurdle Wednesday evening, paving the way for floor consideration of the short-term stopgap funding measure they will need to pass with GOP votes later this week due to near-uniform Democratic objections.

The chamber adopted the rule for floor debate on the bill on a 216-210 party-line vote. For...Read more

A Republican lawmaker revealed for the first time Wednesday that there is a quasi-list of suspected clients of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that can be compiled from a series of witness statements and other evidence gathered by the FBI.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) told the House Judiciary Committee that he thinks the FBI has the names of at ...Read more

A Sunday memorial service honoring slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will feature speakers including President Trump, Vice President Vance, pundit Tucker Carlson and Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk.

A total of 12 people — which also include National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Health and Human ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will formally designate antifa as a “MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” as the White House begins to fulfill its pledge to investigate what it calls left-wing extremism in the wake of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Trump telegraphed such a move earlier in the week, saying he would support ...Read more

China and South Korea’s top diplomats pledged to deepen their strategic partnership in their first meeting since Seoul’s leadership change earlier this year.

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with China’s Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday, urging Beijing’s cooperation to bring North Korea back to the dialogue table. South Korean ...Read more

LONDON — King Charles III urged the defense of Ukraine and the environment as he welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump and top tech and finance executives for a lavish state dinner at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.

“Today, as tyranny once again threatens Europe, we and our allies stand together in support of Ukraine to deter aggression,” the...Read more

Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student detained for more than three months before being freed, has been ordered deported to Syria or Algeria by a U.S. immigration judge, his lawyer said.

Khalil, who was born in Syria and is Palestinian, became a symbol of the Trump administration’s crackdown on campus protests over ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s decision to label alleged drug-runners in the Caribbean as “narco-terrorists” has spurred fresh debate over the legality of his strategy — and prompted speculation he could step up other controversial efforts to pursue enemies at home.

Trump’s team has dismissed criticism of the killings this ...Read more

A man with a reported history of directing anger toward Muslims pleaded guilty Wednesday to setting fires on successive days that damaged two Twin Cities mosques.

Jackie Rahm Little, 38, of Plymouth, admitted in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to one count each of arson and damage to religious property, the latter considered a federal hate ...Read more