The Michael Jackson biopic hit $1 billion with critics against it
Michael took $372.3 million in the US and Canada, and Lionsgate is targeting a production start on a sequel late this year.
World
The city where Colombia's president was sworn in is now digging out
Abelardo de la Espriella declared a national emergency and put the military behind the response, days into the job.
The Numbers
AllOfficial series, each dated to the observation it comes from.
Inflation3.5%
Unemployment4.1%
30-year mortgage6.69%
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
A dead SpaceX rocket hit the moon and joined 209 tons of junk
SpaceX's spent Falcon 9 stage struck at 5,400 miles an hour, 19 months after a launch that carried two landers toward the moon.
FDA 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.
Politics
4 stories · updated 11 AugFCC 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.
Trump narrows birthright citizenship in two new orders
In CDC data for 2024, 9,576 births were to mothers with foreign addresses. The Center for Immigration Studies puts it as high as 26,000.
Ohio's two GOP senators urge Max Miller to resign
Ohio law gives Miller until Saturday to quit the ballot in his Cleveland-area district, ahead of a 4 p.m. Monday deadline to name a replacement.
Minnesota asks Abbott to extradite ICE agent in Minneapolis shooting
Until Castro reaches Minnesota there is no trial. He has sat in a Texas cell since May, over a shot that went through a door and lodged in a child's bedroom wall.
World
2 stories · updated 10 Aug
Colombia's new president declares talks with armed groups over
Sworn in at Cali, the first president to take office outside the capital, he gave armed groups 100 days to surrender. His party holds one Chamber seat and four in the Senate.
Ceuta leader says 100 died as 78,000 migrants crossed from Morocco
Nearly 75,000 have since gone back to Morocco, while many of the roughly 1,100 unaccompanied minors left behind sleep in warehouses or on the streets.
Business
3 stories · updated 10 AugThe job market is cooling and the Fed is still debating a rise
Futures traders cut the odds of a September rate rise after the July jobs report, but Fed officials had spent the week arguing for higher rates to fight inflation.
US payrolls fell 23,000 in July as revisions erased 103,000 jobs
Sweetgreen cuts 2026 sales outlook on cyclospora outbreak fears
| Federal funds target range | 3.5 to 3.75 percent |
| PCE inflation, year to June | 3.7 percent |
| Unemployment rate, July | 4.1 percent |
| Nonfarm payrolls, July | down 23,000 |
| Average hourly earnings, year to July | up 3.2 percent |
As filed
Entertainment
2 stories · updated 8 Aug
Health
3 stories · updated 8 AugHead 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.
US moves to decertify Kentucky organ group Network for Hope
Scrutiny grew from a Kentucky man whose eyes opened during the walk to retrieval surgery in 2021; he survived, and Network for Hope says it will appeal.