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‘Things are going to get a lot busier near the moon’: Elon Musk rocket crashes as predicted

“There’s no doubt in my mind” that the rocket “is now in teeny, little pieces scattered over the moon,” said astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell.

By Marcia Dunn and The Associated PressAugust 5, 2026
air
It’s getting too hot to fly: climate‑driven heat waves are forcing airlines to dump passengers and cargo
By Rio Yamat, M.K. Wildeman and The Associated PressAugust 5, 2026
bezos
Leo DiCaprio teams with Jeff and Lauren Sanchez Bezos on $200 million plan to save 100 endangered species
By The Associated PressAugust 5, 2026
Photo of Greg and Anna Brockman
OpenAI’s Greg Brockman gave $5.5 million to protect the home of an internet-famous bald eagle named Jackie
By Sydney LakeAugust 4, 2026
The remains of the German tugboat wreckage marked as UJ-106 in the Danube River.
Danube River’s shrinking water levels expose dozens of World War II ships
By The Associated Press and Marko DrobnjakovicAugust 4, 2026
Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire.
Europe’s long, hot summer leads to thousands evacuated and fire operators dead
By The Associated Press, Derek Gatopoulos and Sylvie CorbetAugust 4, 2026
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Commentary
SpaceX created a new class of ultrawealthy. Here’s what comes next
By Anastasia AtamanchukAugust 5, 2026
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Innovation
Why a friendlier robot loses your trust faster when It messes up
By Hasan Ayaz, Ewart J. de Visser, Frank Krueger, Yigit Topoglu and The ConversationAugust 5, 2026
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Innovation
Is Elon Musk’s master plan with SpaceX to have rockets replace planes for global cargo delivery?
By Euihyeon Choi, Koki Ho and The ConversationAugust 5, 2026
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Cybersecurity
Iranian hackers and America’s Achilles heel on water: default passwords
By William Akoto and The ConversationAugust 5, 2026
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Success
5 years after NIL began, college coaches still out-earn the athletes they coach
By Brennan Berg and The ConversationAugust 5, 2026
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Politics
Third time’s a charm for CDC director as Senate finally confirms Erica Schwartz as new agency head
By Mike Stobbe and The Associated PressAugust 5, 2026
After months of a public back and forth over Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax, Ken Griffin isn’t ready to give up on New York after all
C-Suite
After months of a public back and forth over Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax, Ken Griffin isn’t ready to give up on New York after all
By Joshua HongAugust 5, 2026
Current price of gold as of August 5, 2026
Personal Finance
Current price of gold as of August 5, 2026
By Danny BakstAugust 5, 2026
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Commentary
Creating resilient communities to avoid the next housing crisis
By Pete Walther and Francis BouchardNovember 12, 2025
  • Florida python
    Environment
    Florida is deploying robot rabbit lures that cost $4,000 apiece in a desperate push to solve the Everglades’ python problem
    By Curt Anderson, Cody Jackson and The Associated PressAugust 28, 2025
energy
Environment
The world isn’t ready for the electricity surge that’s coming, IEA warns, saying it’s ‘no longer limited to emerging and developing economies’
By Alexa St. John and The Associated PressNovember 12, 2025
Cop30
Commentary
COP30: The private sector’s make-or-break moment for a 1.5°C future
By Sanda Ojiambo, Solange Ribeiro and Jesper BrodinNovember 11, 2025
Elon Musk’s Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes—then ‘feigned compliance’ and was caught doing it again
Environment
Elon Musk’s Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes—then ‘feigned compliance’ and was caught doing it again
By Jessica Mathews and Leo SchwartzNovember 8, 2025
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan
Personal Finance
Bank of America CEO sees a ‘huge opportunity’ in the U.S. wealth business and ultra-high net worth
By Sheryl EstradaNovember 8, 2025
Subway
Law
It’s not assault to throw a Subway sandwich at a border patrol agent, DC jury rules
By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated PressNovember 7, 2025
  • A german shepherd and a FEMA worker search for damage and victims in the wake of Hurricane Helen. They walk next to a pile of branches and debris.
    Environment
    Trump critics inside FEMA put on indefinite leave after blasting cuts in dissent letter
    By Gabriela Aoun Angueira and The Associated PressAugust 27, 2025
Coal
Health
‘They ain’t worried about the miners or people in West Virginia or coal miners anywhere’: Black lung sufferers despair over DC’s distance
By Margie Mason and The Associated PressNovember 7, 2025
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Commentary
Malaria isn’t just a health crisis — it’s an economic imperative
By Martin Edlund and Florizelle LiserNovember 7, 2025
Georgia
Politics
Democrats had such a big election night they even booted Republicans out of Georgia’s Public Service Commission
By Jeff Amy and The Associated PressNovember 6, 2025
Cop30
Commentary
Progress but uneven: Energy transition reality check
By Chris Bradley, Mekala Krishnan and Humayun TaiNovember 6, 2025
The under-the-radar factor that helped Democrats win in Virginia, New Jersey, and Georgia 
AI
The under-the-radar factor that helped Democrats win in Virginia, New Jersey, and Georgia 
By Sharon GoldmanNovember 5, 2025
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    Environment
    ‘It’s getting pretty scary’: The Colorado River, 40 million Americans, 7 states and no plan for how to manage inevitable decline
    By Dorany Pineda and The Associated PressAugust 27, 2025
Subway
Law
‘No matter who you are, you can’t just go around throwing stuff at people because you’re mad’: DC riveted by Subway sandwich hurling case
By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated PressNovember 5, 2025
An aerial view of one of Microsoft's data centers on a sunny day
Investing
This ETF is handily beating the S&P 500—and analysts say it could be one of the big winners of the AI boom
By Dave SmithNovember 3, 2025
A close-up of Bill Gates' face
Energy
Bill Gates says a ‘doomsday’ outlook on climate is driving people to focus on the wrong things
By Dave SmithOctober 28, 2025
Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford speaks at MPW
Conferences
Beth Ford says ‘we need more legal immigration’ to help American farmers because a lack of labor could trigger a ‘black swan event’
By Dave SmithOctober 14, 2025
Trump speaks from the Resolute Desk
North America
Over 70% of H-1B visa holders are Indian citizens. Its government says Trump jacking the fee to $100,000 is ‘likely to have humanitarian consequences’
By Dave SmithSeptember 22, 2025
NYU Professor Suzy Welch
Success
Suzy Welch says Gen Z and millennials are burnt out because older generations worked just as hard, but they ‘had hope’
By Dave SmithSeptember 19, 2025
Dirtbag Billionaire
Environment
How Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard decided to give away his billions
By David GellesSeptember 9, 2025
Will small nuclear reactors start Europe’s atomic renaissance?
Europe
Will small nuclear reactors start Europe’s atomic renaissance?
By Anna HeimSeptember 9, 2025
Secret fresh water
Environment
First-of-its-kind study finds ‘secret fresh water’ that may stretch from New Jersey to Maine
By Calvin Woodward, Carolyn Kaster, Rodrique Ngowi and The Associated PressSeptember 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Environment
Connecticut, Rhode Island, reeling wind giant Orsted sue Trump administration for canceling nearly finished offshore projects
By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2025
Wildfires
Environment
What caused the historic LA wildfire? The federal government accuses Southern California Edison
By Jaimie Ding and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2025
Canal jumper
Environment
Carbon storage challenged as climate change silver bullet by massive underground study
By Tammy Webber and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2025
Flood
Environment
One out of every 4 homes is at ‘severe or extreme’ climate risk, study says
By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 3, 2025
Gray wolves
Environment
Cattle ranchers talk to wolves by blasting AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ or dialogue from movies: ‘I am not putting up with this anymore!’
By Cedar Attanasio and The Associated PressAugust 31, 2025
With the shuttered Homer City coal plant in the background, at the Lucerne Reclamation project site in Pennsylvania, a worker moves coal refuse to be prepared for transport to be cleaned on June 12, 2024. The soil, contaminated by coal refuse, is cleaned and returned to the land where it is encased and covered with top soil and planted as a meadow.
Energy
How the AI data center boom is breathing new life into transforming dirty, old coal plants
By Jordan BlumAugust 31, 2025
oil
Environment
California crowed that it ‘finally beat big oil’ 2 years ago. Regulators just halted the landmark penalty payments
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressAugust 30, 2025
New Mexico
Environment
‘It’s so dystopian. It’s sad’: The Rio Grande River is so dry that Texas, Colorado and New Mexico are squabbling over groundwater
By Susan Montoya Bryan, Morgan Lee and The Associated PressAugust 30, 2025
Donald Trump
Environment
Trump breaks wind funding again, canceling $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore projects
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressAugust 29, 2025
EVs
Environment
Oregon is trying to plug a $300 million hole in its transportation budget with a pay-per-mile fee for electric vehicle owners
By Claire Rush and The Associated PressAugust 29, 2025
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Bars, bowling alleys, and movie theaters cost too much to run and visit. Americans have run out of places to hang out and we're paying with our healthplaceholder alt text
By Catherina GioinoAugust 2, 2026
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Trump’s tariffs were supposed to boost American manufacturing, but the new levies are actually pushing some companies back to Chinaplaceholder alt text
By Sasha RogelbergAugust 5, 2026
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Forget Gen Z: People in their 70s and 80s are some of the earliest Americans to welcome physical AI into their homes and daily routinesplaceholder alt text
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