• SpaceX scrubs 10th flight test of Starship moments before it was set to launch
    2025-08-25

    Test flight nine ended prematurely due to a "rapid unscheduled disassembly." SpaceX announced it was canceling the 10th launch of the Starship moments before the flight was set to begin. "Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems...

  • Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. freed from prison in Mexico while awaiting trial over alleged cartel ties
    2025-08-25

    Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. was released Sunday from a prison in northern Mexico where he was sent in August after being deported from the United States. The boxer, son of Mexican boxing great Julio César Chávez, is awaiting trial on accusations of involvement with cartels and illegally traffickin...

  • Israeli forces kill 4 aid seekers near Gaza City, hospital and witnesses say
    2025-08-25

    Israeli forces killed four aid seekers traveling on Sunday through a military zone south of Gaza City — an area regularly used by Palestinians trying to reach a food distribution point, a hospital and witnesses said. The deaths add to the growing toll of Palestinians killed while seeking food, as p...

  • Some National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms in escalation of Trump deployment
    2025-08-25

    WASHINGTON AP — Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, an escalation of his military deployment that makes good on a directive issued late last week by his defense secretary. A Defense Department official ...

  • [Insights] Why is Trump so keen on mediation?
    2025-08-22

    The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan recently signed a peace agreement at the White House, aiming to end nearly 40 years of conflict. At the signing ceremony, US President Donald Trump proudly declared that the two countries pledged to permanently cease all hostilities. Since returning to the Whit...

  • SEC adopts 9-game conference schedule after years of debate
    2025-08-22

    The SEC will move to a nine-game conference schedule in 2026, it said Thursday, ending years of debate about whether it should add another conference game. The decision came after the conference’s athletic directors met this week in Birmingham, Ala. Each school will play three annual opponents “f...

  • California voters will decide whether to adopt a new Democratic-drawn congressional map
    2025-08-22

    Democratic legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom are selling Thursday's plans for a November statewide vote as a counterweight to Texas Republicans' redistricting. California's Democratic-controlled Legislature passed bills Thursday setting up a high-profile special election this fall, when voters will...

  • Cloning camels in UAE safeguards heritage, strengthens food security
    2025-08-22

    Nisar Ahmad Wani, scientific director of the Reproductive Biotechnology Centre, poses with cloned camels. PROVIDED BY ALETIHAD ABU DHABI, UAE — Camels, the ships of the desert, hold deep historical and cultural significance in the United Arab Emirates and preserving the finest of these animals fo...

  • 6 dead in accident at Colorado dairy farm: Fire chief
    2025-08-22

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it is investigating. Six people died in an accident at a dairy farm in Colorado, authorities said. Fire crews were dispatched to a dairy farm in Weld County on Wednesday evening for a "confined space rescue," Southeast Weld Fire District Chief...

  • Trump delivers pizza to National Guard working on his DC crackdown
    2025-08-22

    President Trump speaks with members of law enforcement and National Guard soldiers on Aug. 21, 2025, in Washington. Jacquelyn MartinAP President Trump on Thursday delivered pizza and hamburgers to a group of police and National Guard forces that he has charged with a high-profile push against wha...

  • Eyewitness says American subcontractors at Gaza aid sites fired at Palestinians
    2025-08-22

    Since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation first began operating nearly three months ago, the U.N. says hundreds of Palestinians have been shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces and foreign military contractors at or near its aid sites. CBS News spoke to a new eyewitness who said it's not just the I...

  • Fed governor says she won't be 'bullied' as Trump demands she quit over mortgage claim
    2025-08-21

    Lisa Cook was nominated by Joe Biden to one the Federal Reserve's seven governors in 2022. A top official at the US Federal Reserve says she will not be "bullied" after President Donald Trump called for her resignation over an allegation of mortgage fraud. Governor Lisa Cook has been accused of ...

  • 1 killed, 3 injured after car collides with tree in eastern Australia
    2025-08-21

    SYDNEY, Aug. 21 Xinhua -- One man has died and three more people have been seriously injured after a vehicle crashed into a tree in the northern suburbs of Brisbane in eastern Australia. A police statement said that the vehicle collided with a tree in the suburb of Zillmere, 12 kilometers north of ...

  • Israel launches new offensive on Gaza City
    2025-08-21

    This photo taken from a Royal Jordanian Air Force airplane shows a view of the Gaza Strip on Aug. 17, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Abu GhoshXinhua JERUSALEM, Aug. 20 Xinhua -- Israel launched a new offensive on Gaza City on Wednesday aimed at defeating Hamas, a move that has drawn international critic...

  • Texas Dem abruptly leaves call with Newsom, other party members after being told she’s committing felony
    2025-08-21

    The Democratic representative suddenly interrupted another party leader, saying, 'Sorry, I have to leave. They said it's a felony for me to do this.' Texas Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier abruptly left a call with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democratic Party members after claiming s...