Navy rescues two fishermen adrift on cooler 150 miles off Chiapas
The two men last contacted their fishing cooperative on August 14, and a navy air and sea search found them alive after five days adrift.
Entertainment
DEA has joined Hayden Panettiere death investigation, sources say
Greenville police say their initial inquiry found no signs of foul play, and toxicology results are still pending.
The Numbers
AllOfficial series, each dated to the observation it comes from.
Inflation3.3%
Unemployment4.1%
30-year mortgage6.65%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Three Trump-backed candidates lose primaries in Florida and Wyoming
Cory Mills, Catalina Lauf and Megan Degenfelder all lost Tuesday, and Trump then endorsed Mills's Republican rival for November.
Mangione murder trial postponed indefinitely over double jeopardy claim
The Manhattan district attorney has until Oct. 9 to argue the state murder case can survive Mangione's federal plea to stalking.
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 19 Aug
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.
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.
Business
6 stories · updated 19 AugSpent 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.
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.