Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 29, 2026 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesUSA Stock futures fell early Thursday after the S&P 500 retreated from its record high as yields soared to multi-decade highs. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 359 basis points, or … Read more
The computer scientist behind the groundbreaking research that helped put NASA astronauts on the Moon has died at age 90. Margaret Hamilton was a pioneer in her field, leading the team that developed software for NASA’s Apollo missions, which coined the term “software engineering.” And in 2016, Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of … Read more
Major League Baseball sent a memo to teams last week outlining procedures and guidelines for team personnel during the expected offseason lockout, The Athletic’s Evan Drellich reports. “Our commitment has been and remains to exhaust all realistic options to achieve our goal of reaching an agreement with the Players Association,” MLB negotiator Dan Halem wrote … Read more
Attention stargazers! The Draconid meteor shower peaks tonight (October 8) and you don’t even have to stay up late for a chance to see them. Draconid meteors can be observed from October 6 to 10 as Earth moves through the debris stream left by comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, which returns to the inner solar system once every … Read more
A common vitamin D supplement may have an unexpected effect inside the body. Research published in 2025 found that taking vitamin D2 can reduce levels of vitamin D3, the form humans naturally make when skin is exposed to sunlight. That distinction matters because vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 are often treated as interchangeable sources of … Read more
Most diplomats will leave the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel says, but the UK insists the building “will not close” and will operate as a “UK Mission”. “We didn’t want it to come to this,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote on social media, saying that 20 diplomats and the consul general would … Read more
An Amber Alert is still active. The Beaverton Police Department said Wednesday night that Joshua Ovalles, 3, of Beaverton, is still missing, but authorities found the vehicle they were looking for. The update came after the Washington State Patrol incorrectly said Joshua had been found. Authorities say Joshua Ovalles was last seen in the area … Read more
Published 08/10/2026 – 5:55 GMT+2•Updated 8:41 María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her former home in Madrid sparked nationwide protests across Spain and sparked a political crisis in the country that culminated in the government’s call for early elections, died Wednesday while in hospital. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez … Read more
It’s officially your last chance to shop October Prime Day (technically called Prime Big Deal Days). The sale ends tonight, October 7, so there are only hours for Prime members to get discounts across categories. Some of the top newly added day two deals also happen to be at their lowest price ever. I frequently … Read more
Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced Wednesday. He was 90 years old. In an era before titles like software engineer and computer scientist became commonplace, Hamilton, who died Sept. 30, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT … Read more