Firing Room 1 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida has witnessed the liftoff of several historic Apollo missions, including the one in 1969 that put humans on the moon for the first time, and the maiden flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. Next month, if everything goes to plan, a launch control team will file … اقرأ المزيد
New York — Global stocks remained volatile for a second day Tuesday, moving sharply lower as concern mounted among investors that the widening conflict in the Middle East could escalate further. The Dow tumbled 1,040 points, or 2.14%, shortly after the market open. The S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq sank 1.85% and 2%, respectively. Wall … اقرأ المزيد
The Senate unanimously moved to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and part of Customs and Border Protection, in a rare overnight session. The agreement would fund other DHS components, such as the Transportation Security Administration and US Coast Guard, but the House will still need to … اقرأ المزيد
Tel Aviv — The traffic cameras on the streets of Tehran provided a real-time view of the targets. Hacked years ago, the cameras allowed Israel to map the city in detail, establish patterns of movement, and build an intricatecomplex picture of what was happening inside an enemy capital, according to an Israeli official. The cameras … اقرأ المزيد
The attack earlier this month on a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, was “a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community and the largest Jewish temple in Michigan,” the FBI said in a news conference Monday. The assailant, Ayman Ghazali, a naturalized US citizen from Lebanon, rammed a pickup truck into the synagogue … اقرأ المزيد
Washington and Erbil, Iraq — The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, multiple people familiar with the plan told CNN. The Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about providing them with military support, the … اقرأ المزيد
Justice Elena Kagan, joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, wrote a concurring opinion that stressed their belief the court’s ruling Tuesday is a narrow one. That likely explains why both of those justices, who are members of the liberal wing, joined the court’s majority. The problem with Colorado’s law, Kagan wrote, was it was “content-based” in … اقرأ المزيد
Savannah Guthrie “plans to return” to the “Today” show at some point, NBC said Thursday, in the network’s first public comments about her future on the telecast. Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, has been missing for 33 days, as the “Today” show noted in a brief news update about the case on Thursday morning. Guthrie spent several … اقرأ المزيد
CNN Español — El Buró Federal de Investigaciones (FBI, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció que devolvió a Perú 48 piezas culturales precolombinas que fueron recuperadas en territorio estadounidense. Los objetos, hallados tras investigaciones en Nuevo México y Nevada, fueron devueltos formalmente en una ceremonia de repatriación en la Embajada de Perú en Washington el 24 … اقرأ المزيد
US mortgage rates didn’t stay below 6% for long. The average 30-year fixed mortgage was 6% for the week ending March 5, according to Freddie Mac – after war with Iran rattles financial markets. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which mortgage rates closely follow, has climbed since President Donald Trump and Israel launched military … اقرأ المزيد