Hurricane warning covers remote Hawaiian atolls in Lala's path
A depression could form near Mexico this weekend and near Hawaii within days, after Lala killed at least one person and damaged more than 100 homes.
Politics
Mangione murder trial postponed indefinitely over double jeopardy claim
Prosecutors have until October 9 to answer the motion to dismiss, and a hearing is set for December 10.
The Numbers
AllOfficial series, each dated to the observation it comes from.
Inflation3.3%
Unemployment4.1%
30-year mortgage6.67%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Spent SpaceX rocket carves 60-foot crater on the Moon
The debris drifted for more than 18 months after launching two commercial landers before orbital forces bent it into the Moon.
Trump pauses 50% tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian goods
Duties on hockey sticks, dairy and liquor snap back automatically Saturday if negotiators miss the Friday deadline for a signed deal.
Politics
4 stories · updated 18 AugTrial opens for man accused of arranging Microsoft manager's killing
Prosecutors say Bridegan was lured from his car by a tire in the road and shot as his 2-year-old daughter sat strapped in the back seat.
The National Guard is booked in Washington until January 2029
Washington marked a year of the Guard deployment with a protest outside the White House, and the District's appeal over its legality is still pending.
The DC troop fight runs on crime numbers the city cannot vouch for
Police data shows violent crime in Washington up 3 percent this year even as homicides fell 32 percent, on a table the department calls preliminary.
FCC chair took $75,000 in gala tickets from a company he regulates
Watchdog groups asked ethics officials to investigate gala tickets Paramount gave FCC commissioners during its merger reviews. One wants the chairman disqualified.
World
2 stories · updated 18 Aug
Russia fires economist who said it cannot win war of attrition
The state development bank confirmed Klepach's exit but gave no reason; The Bell reported chairman Igor Shuvalov acted after a call from above.
Jason Arday, Cambridge's youngest Black professor, found dead at 41
Police are treating the death of the 41-year-old academic as unexpected but not suspicious; his family says he faced a sustained campaign of abuse.
Business
3 stories · updated 19 AugTreasury yields hit a 19-year high as debt supply meets thinner demand
The 30-year yield reached 5.33% as record deficits and a wave of corporate AI debt eroded demand for government bonds.
Mortgage rates near 7% as 30-year Treasury yield tops 5.32%
Frasers rescues Harvey Nichols in pre-pack deal, saving 1,000 jobs
| US 30-year Treasury | 5.28% | Highest since 2007 |
| US 10-year Treasury | 4.71% | Highest since early 2025 |
| Japan 10-year JGB | 2.945% | Highest since 1996 |
| UK 10-year gilt | 5.06% | Longest run above 5% since 2008 |
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Entertainment
5 stories · updated 18 Aug
Health
3 stories · updated 16 AugFDA approves the first mRNA flu shot after refusing to review it
The FDA approved the first influenza vaccine made with mRNA, months after refusing to review the application. Clearance for adults over 65 is conditional on a further study.
Head Start rule strips federal standards and adds new mandates
Grant overhead would be capped at 5 percent, down from 15, the engine of a claimed $2.2 billion saving the rule's own accounting puts at $0.94 billion.
Public Citizen says Medicare delayed Creon price talks by seven years
AbbVie's Creon cost Medicare $1.49 billion in 2024 and the drug picked instead cost about half a billion less.