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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — A private company said Monday its moon landing is in jeopardy after a propulsion problem prevented the newly launched spacecraft from pointing toward the sun for power. Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology raced to orient the lander toward the sun so its solar panel could collect sunlight, as its battery power dwindled. The problem […]

NEW DELHI — India said Friday night it had evacuated 21 crew members, including 15 Indians, from a commercial ship in the North Arabian Sea that had been targeted by hijackers. The rescue mission was mounted by an Indian warship. India has deployed several warships and reconnaissance aircraft in the Arabian Sea following a string of […]

NEW YORK — The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse, but it’s too soon to tell how much holiday gatherings contributed to a likely spike in illnesses. New government data posted Friday for last week — the holiday week between Christmas and New Year’s — shows 38 states with high or very high levels […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game — by breaking it. Technically, Willis — aka “blue scuti” in the gaming world — made it to what gamers call a “kill screen,” […]

Rescuers in Japan worked Thursday to try to find people still missing from Monday’s powerful earthquake off the country’s west coast, amid fears that time was running out. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the number of troops assigned to the rescue effort was boosted from about 1,000 to 4,600. The earthquake killed at least 78 […]

NATO and Ukrainian officials are set to meet next week to discuss Russia’s air campaign against Ukraine, which has included large waves of attacks since the start of the year. NATO spokesperson Dylan White said Thursday that NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg would convene the NATO-Ukraine Council on January 10 “following recent Russian missile and drone […]

U.S. President Joe Biden will observe the third anniversary of the January 6 attacks on the U.S Capitol with a political speech near the historic Revolutionary War site in Valley Forge, where he will try to make the case that Donald Trump poses an existential threat to democracy, the reelection campaign said on Wednesday. The […]

At least 48 people have been confirmed dead from the powerful New Year’s Day earthquake that struck off the western coast of Japan. Much of the damage from the quake, which the Japan Meteorological Agency said was a magnitude 7.6, occurred in Ishikawa prefecture on the island of Honshu. Dozens of homes and buildings were […]

BILLINGS, MONT. — Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the U.S. have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction. Yet federal government data reveals striking disparities in how much money is allocated to save various biological kingdoms. Of the roughly […]

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — Google has agreed to settle a consumer privacy lawsuit seeking at least $5 billion in damages over allegations it tracked the data of users who thought they were browsing the internet privately. The object of the lawsuit was the “incognito mode” on Google’s Chrome browser that the plaintiffs said gave users a […]