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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
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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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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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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
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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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Russia earthquake
Environment
Russia rocked by one of the most powerful earthquakes of the century, sending tsunami warning across Pacific
By Danica Kirka, Audrey McAvoy and The Associated PressJuly 30, 2025
  • Caterpillar power generators are shown in a row at a data center facility. The generators can be used for primary or backup power.
    Tech
    At its centennial, Caterpillar finds its growth is now led by powering data centers
    By Jordan BlumJuly 11, 2025
Southeast US
Environment
‘Everybody’s complaining they ain’t never seen it this hot’: Central and Eastern U.S. suffers through ‘dangerous and prolonged’ heat
By Russ Bynum, Mike Schneider and The Associated PressJuly 30, 2025
Lorenzo Simonelli speaks while seated during a panel at the CERAWeek conference in Houston.
Finance
Baker Hughes buys Chart Industries for $13.6 billion in oilfield services deal, outbidding and canceling planned Chart-Flowserve merger
By Jordan BlumJuly 29, 2025
Mexican scientists
Environment
Mexican scientists are creating mass graves of pigs in the hope they’ll someday lead to cartel victim discoveries
By María Verza and The Associated PressJuly 29, 2025
Jim Teague, CEO of Enterprise Products Partners, speaks during the CERAWeek conference in Houston.
Economy
Trump-supporter CEO calls out administration’s ethane export ban to China: ‘These kinds of actions rarely hurt the intended target and often backfire’
By Jordan BlumJuly 28, 2025
A truck with a picture of Trump with Jeffrey Epstein sits parked in Scotland
Politics
Trump and JD Vance are on completely different continents right now and they’re still getting peppered with Epstein questions
By Julie Carr Smyth, Seung Min Kim and The Associated PressJuly 28, 2025
  • Texas rancher
    Environment
    Flood-battered Texas braces for another blow: a fast-moving, flesh-eating parasite from Mexico
    By John Hanna and The Associated PressJuly 10, 2025
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Politics
Lawyers say ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees are being held ‘incommunicado, with no ability to access the courts’
By Mike Schneider and The Associated PressJuly 28, 2025
New Orleans
Environment
New Orleans ‘Trash King’ faces a fight to keep cleaning Bourbon Street
By Jack Brook and The Associated PressJuly 25, 2025
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Environment
Death of 51-year-old Barcelona street sweeper from heatstroke stirs labor unrest in Southern Europe
By Joseph Wilson, Derek Gatopoulos, Trisha Thomas and The Associated PressJuly 24, 2025
Young Americans sue Trump over fossil fuel agenda, claiming climate harms violate their constitutional right to due process
Environment
Young Americans sue Trump over fossil fuel agenda, claiming climate harms violate their constitutional right to due process
By Issam Ahmed and AFPJuly 23, 2025
Iberdrola starts €5 billion share sale to boost networks
Environment
Iberdrola starts €5 billion share sale to boost networks
By Thomas Gualtieri and BloombergJuly 23, 2025
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    Environment
    Trump’s Texas response looks a lot like the FEMA he just promised to begin ‘phasing out’
    By Gabriela Aoun Angueira and The Associated PressJuly 9, 2025
Eventual, a climate fintech, raises $7.5 million seed round from AlleyCorp and Upfront Ventures
Tech
Eventual, a climate fintech, raises $7.5 million seed round from AlleyCorp and Upfront Ventures
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 22, 2025
Two Halliburton employees, clad in red coveralls, work at a pressure pumping, or fracking, operation in the Permian Basin.
Economy
Halliburton CEO: Oil and gas markets are “softer” than expected and will remain weak for all of 2025
By Jordan BlumJuly 22, 2025
Photo: MADRAS, OR - 15 JULY 2025: A satellite view captures dense smoke plumes driven by extreme heat, gusty winds, and rugged terrain. The Cram Fire in Oregon is currently the state's largest active wildfire, burning over 64,000 acres near Madras and Ashwood. Firefighting crews, air support, and structure protection teams are working under emergency orders to contain the fast-moving wildfire. Imaged 15 July 2025. (Photo by Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2025)
Environment
Oregon wildfire burns nearly 100,000 acres, approaches ‘megafire’ status
By Chris MorrisJuly 21, 2025
3 people are still missing from deadly July 4 floods in Texas, down from nearly 100
Environment
3 people are still missing from deadly July 4 floods in Texas, down from nearly 100
By The Associated PressJuly 20, 2025
Tourism is increasing over prepandemic levels, overwhelming popular destinations
Travel & Leisure
Tourism is increasing over prepandemic levels, overwhelming popular destinations
By Emily SteinbergerJuly 20, 2025
A wind turbine overlooking the sunrise is show at BP's Fowler Ridge wind farm in Indiana.
Environment
BP sells American wind business to LS Power as it continues its renewable retreat
By Jordan BlumJuly 18, 2025
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth
Investing
Chevron wins huge legal fight against Exxon to close $53 billion Hess acquisition—getting access to the biggest oil discovery of the century
By Jordan BlumJuly 18, 2025
Eric Schmidt sitting pretty
AI
Ex-Google CEO says superintelligence is tech’s holy grail—but the U.S. is ill-equipped to address its ‘natural limit’
By Dave SmithJuly 18, 2025
Jeff Landry
Environment
‘He really turned the tide’: Oyster people cheer La. Gov. canceling $3 billion project funded by Deepwater Horizon settlement
By Jack Brook and The Associated PressJuly 17, 2025
Kinder Morgan chairman Richard Kinder sits and speaks during a Houston energy conference in 2015.
Leadership
Kinder Morgan kicks off oil and gas earnings season with a bullish outlook, in part thanks to thirsty data centers
By Jordan BlumJuly 17, 2025
Kevin Rambosk
Environment
America faces chronic climate change weather emergencies and still leaves its 911 emergency system up to the states
By Freida Frisaro and The Associated PressJuly 15, 2025
National Park Service’s ‘confine and contain’ strategy questioned after wildfire it let burn incinerates historic lodge and 70 other structures
Environment
National Park Service’s ‘confine and contain’ strategy questioned after wildfire it let burn incinerates historic lodge and 70 other structures
By Ross D. Franklin, John Seewer and The Associated PressJuly 15, 2025
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Environment
House too hot? Energy bill already too high? This UK professor says smearing yogurt on your windows can cool your home
By Chris MorrisJuly 14, 2025
A new way to eat: Fixing a food system that leaves us vulnerable and hurts the environment
Commentary
A new way to eat: Fixing a food system that leaves us vulnerable and hurts the environment
By Ellen MacArthur and Wendy SchmidtJuly 14, 2025
Grand Canyon Lodge
Environment
History burns as Grand Canyon wildfire destroys 1930s-era cabins
By Felicia Fonseca, Jaimie Ding and The Associated PressJuly 14, 2025
Toronto
Environment
The air in the Upper Midwest is so thick, ‘if you have a nice pork loin you can hang from a tree, it’ll turn into ham’
By Jack Dura and The Associated PressJuly 13, 2025
Osprey
Environment
Osprey lovers cry foul at fishing industry’s billion-pound annual haul of bird’s precious food source
By Patrick Whittle, Allen Breed and The Associated PressJuly 13, 2025
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Environment
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
By Ryan J. Foley, Christopher L. Keller, Jim Mustian and The Associated PressJuly 12, 2025
Xi Jinping, Donald Trump
Environment
China has 90% of the rare earth that the world needs. America’s just getting started on its second mine
By Mead Gruver and The Associated PressJuly 11, 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
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