Going to space could speed up biological ageing, according to new research that tracked changes to human stem cells during four missions in space.
The study, which was supported by the American space agency NASA, found that blood cells that were (...)
A 42-year-old man has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting an 11-year-old boy who rang his doorbell and ran away.
Julian Guzman was playing the "ding dong ditch" prank game of ringing doorbells just before 23:00 local time (05:00 BST) on (...)
Police in Texas are searching for a man they say was "mistakenly" released from jail as he was set to begin a seven-year sentence.
Tory Dugas, 36, had been sentenced to five years in state prison for assaulting a family member and two years for (...)
United Airlines has halted flights at major airports across the US over a "technology issue", according to the company.
A ground stop was issued for the company's mainline flights from departure airports, causing issues at airports including (...)
Democratic state lawmakers have fled Texas in a bid to stop a vote on a new congressional map that would heavily favour Republicans.
The redistricting, unveiled by Texas' majority Republicans last week and backed by President Donald Trump, would (...)
A Texas man who sent harassing online messages to basketball superstar Caitlin Clark has been sentenced to serve 2.5 years in prison.
Michael Lewis, 55, was arrested in January in Indianapolis, only one mile away from where Clark's team, the Indiana (...)
US President Donald Trump over the weekend called for the prosecution of music superstar Beyoncé – based on something that did not actually happen.
Trump claimed in a social media post that Beyoncé broke the law by supposedly getting paid $11 (...)
The Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), set to take off from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida next week, will be piloted by an Indian as it soars towards the International Space Station (ISS).
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian air force is (...)
A flight from Tokyo to Houston was diverted to Seattle on Saturday after a passenger tried to open two of the plane's exit doors, according to the FBI and a spokesperson for the Port of Seattle.
The crew and passengers restrained the person, who was (...)
Americans across the country remembered George Floyd five years after he was killed by police, with special gatherings in the city where he grew up and the one where he died.
The murder of Floyd, a black man, in Minneapolis by police officer Derek (...)
Boeing has reached a $1.1 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to avoid criminal prosecution over two deadly 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people, according to media reports published Friday.
The agreement relates to the 2018 (...)
RIYADH — The Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Golf Saudi announced that the fund has been selected as a principal partner for a new series of tournaments bearing its name, which will include five tournaments on the Ladies European Tour (LET).
The (...)
Former US Representative George Santos was sentenced on Friday to more than seven years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, marking a dramatic downfall for the disgraced New York politician once described as a "pathological liar (...)
Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa has been cast in a new play as Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe, the Royal Shakespeare Company has announced.
Born With Teeth will explore the relationship between a 27-year-old Marlowe and rising star William (...)
At least 79 people have been killed and more than 150 injured after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo, officials have said.
A provincial governor and former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel (...)
A United Airlines Boeing 787 jetliner flying from Los Angeles to Shanghai had to turn around last weekend after it was discovered one of the pilots had taken off without a passport, the airline told CNN in a statement.
Flight UA 198 departed LAX at (...)
George Foreman, the two-time heavyweight boxing champion whose larger-than-life comeback and warm personality turned him into a beloved global figure, died Friday at the age of 76, his family confirmed.
The formidable fighter known as "Big George" (...)
Competing narratives have emerged between Washington and Paris over why a researcher was recently denied entry to the United States, in the latest example of an immigration refusal under the Trump administration testing international (...)
After nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally arrived back on Earth.
Their SpaceX capsule made a fast and fiery re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere before four parachutes opened to take them to a gentle (...)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become one of the few world leaders to join Truth Social, the social media platform owned by US President Donald Trump.
In his first post on Monday, Modi shared a photo with Trump taken in Houston, Texas, (...)
HOUSTON — Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin Nasser has called for a shift in global energy transition planning, advocating for a balanced energy model that allows both traditional and renewable energy sources to grow while achieving climate (...)
A SpaceX Starship spacecraft, the upper portion of the most powerful launch system ever built, exploded during its eighth test flight Thursday, disrupting air traffic and marking the second consecutive failure for the vehicle this year.
The uncrewed (...)
Strong winds from a recent storm in the south sent a US Customs and Border Protection surveillance blimp flying nearly 600 miles across Texas.
The blimp – resembling a while-hot air balloon - was dislodged from its base in South Padre Island, a (...)
Representative Al Green was ejected from the House chamber for heckling President Donald Trump during his joint address to Congress on Tuesday night.
Green, a Democratic lawmaker from Houston in Texas, stood up and shouted 'Mr President, you don't (...)
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Washington and meets President Donald Trump later this week, there will be some warm hugs and shared laughs. But that will not be all.
Trump and Modi have developed a strong personal rapport over the (...)
