Belgium's Prince Laurent recognizes son, making car salesman a prince
Prince Laurent formally established paternity of the 26-year-old before a civil registrar in February, six months before the case became public.
Entertainment
Miss Grand USA strips Mekyla Li of title a week after crowning her
The organization cited contractual policies; Li faces felony hit-and-run charges and a prior marriage.
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
DEA has joined Hayden Panettiere death investigation, sources say
A narcotics investigator has also joined the case, and Narcan was found at the Greenville apartment where the actress died Aug. 16.
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.
Politics
4 stories · updated 20 AugThree 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.
Trial 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.
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.