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NASA conducts second rocket fueling test that will decide when Artemis astronauts head to the moon

NASA took another crack at fueling its giant moon rocket Thursday after leaks halted the initial dress rehearsal and delayed the first lunar trip by astronauts in more than half a century. For the second...

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Key moments leading to Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest over his links to Epstein

LONDON (AP) — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office following a raft of disclosures related to his relationship with late convicted sex offender...

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UN Security Council members blast Israel's West Bank plans on eve of Trump's Board of Peace meeting

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Members of the United Nations Security Council called Wednesday for the Gaza ceasefire deal to become permanent and blasted Israeli efforts to expand control in the West Bank as...

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Tremors from the Epstein files rattle the age-old foundations of Britain's House of Lords

LONDON (AP) — Fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files has landed on the gilded wood and plush red benches of Britain’s House of Lords. Parliament’s upper chamber is in the spotlight...

February 18, 2026 9:10 am EST EST

Police in Nancy Guthrie investigation say glove DNA didn't match anything in national database

DNA from gloves found a few miles from the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie did not match any entries in a national database, authorities said Tuesday, the 17th day of her disappearance. “There...

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New Mexico legislators launch investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's secluded ranch

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State legislators in New Mexico launched an investigation Tuesday into past activity at a secluded desert ranch where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained...

February 17, 2026 3:45 pm EST EST

Strikes on 3 more alleged drug boats kill 11 people, US military says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest days of the...

February 17, 2026 6:10 pm EST EST

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s...

February 17, 2026 5:56 pm EST EST

Shooter killed ex-wife and a son in Rhode Island ice rink attack, police say

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — The person who opened fire Monday during a youth hockey game at a Rhode Island ice rink was specifically targeting family members, killing an ex-wife and son as many fans dived...

February 17, 2026 11:10 pm EST EST

Delaware man married in the 1970s to former first lady Jill Biden pleads not guilty in wife's death

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The long-ago first husband of former first lady Jill Biden pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he killed his current wife in Delaware. William Stevenson, 77, was...

February 17, 2026 12:11 pm EST EST