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NASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the crater on the moon’s near side in May 2024 soon after it was forme…
No, George Washington didn't have wooden teeth. Yes, he led the Siege of Boston
A critical decision made by Washington was sending Henry Knox, a young bookseller, to Fort Ticonderoga in New York to retrieve dozens of cannons. The cannons, …
Inflation measure falls to nearly five-year low as gas prices fall and housing costs cool
And on a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.2% in January from December, while core prices rose 0.3%. Core inflation was held down by a sharp drop in the price of used cars, which fell 1.8% just in January from …
Experts say vetting tips in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance is a huge but vital task
The Pima County sheriff and the FBI announced phone numbers and a website to offer tips about the apparent kidnapping of Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC…
The Latest: Homeland Security seems certain to shut down tonight
Unlike the record 43-day shutdown last fall, the closures will be narrowly confined, as only agencies under the DHS umbrella — like Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection — will be af…
Search for Nancy Guthrie now seeks nearby security videos from the month before she vanished
Federal and local officers have been going door-to-door in Tucson neighborhoods around 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie's house while also looking for clues around he…
Man questioned about Nancy Guthrie's disappearance says he was released
FBI Director Kash Patel said the videos were pulled from data on “back-end systems” after investigators spent days trying to find lost, corrupted or inaccessib…
Surge of 130,000 US hires last month is a stark contrast to the weak hiring of 2025
But the January numbers were much stronger than the 75,000 economists had expected. Healthcare accounted for nearly 82,000, or more than 60%, of last month's new jobs. Factories added 5,000, snapping a streak of 13…
FBI releases first surveillance images of masked person on Nancy Guthrie's porch
Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie released the first surveillance images Tuesday showing a masked person on her porch the night she …
Savannah Guthrie makes new video plea as missing mother's ransom deadline nears
Detectives and agents carried out follow-up work at multiple locations over the weekend as part of the investigation, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said…
'We will pay,' Savannah Guthrie says in desperate video plea to potential kidnappers of her mother
Investigators think Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will from her home just outside Tucson last weekend. DNA tests showed blood on Guthrie’s front porch wa…
Armchair detectives flood social media as search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom continues
As the search continues with no suspects or persons of interest, posts across Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook and YouTube have put millions of eyeballs on tips …
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he's stepping down, days after big layoffs at the paper
The British-born Lewis was a former top executive at The Wall Street Journal before taking over at The Post in January 2024. His tenure has been rocky from the…
US stocks roar toward their best day since May as Dow surges 1,000 points and bitcoin stops plunging
Chip companies helped drive the widespread rally, and Nvidia jumped 7.3% to trim its loss for the week, which came into the day at just over 10%. Broadcom climbed 7.5% to erase its drop for the week fully.
US births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived
The posted numbers account for nearly all of the babies born in 2025, according to the CDC. Data is still being compiled and analyzed, but the final tally might only add “a few thousand additional births,” said Rob…
Savannah Guthrie's demand for mom's 'proof of life' is complicated in this era of AI and deepfakes
As technology has advanced, criminals have grown savvy and used it to their benefit, confusing police and the public and masking their identities. The FBI in D…