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SpaceX to attempt double catch of huge Starship rocket -- Elon Musk's company will try to grab both parts of the rocket for the first time. -- Science & Environment

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How a sex scandal at Nvidia is putting pressure on the White House -- Jensen Huang's personal life may have triggered the crisis, but the questions now reach into the White House itself.

2 hours ago

LIVE - Flights grounded across US as homeland security secretary says no indication of an attack - "Everybody's safe," the homeland security secretary says, telling journalists that the issue is due to a telecommunications outage.

17 minutes ago

LIVE - 'Miracle on the Mississippi' - All passengers accounted for after cargo ship crashes into cruise ship in New Orleans - People were trying to flee the vessel as it started sinking into the Mississippi River, officials say. More than 30 were hospitalised but none with critical injuries.

17 minutes ago

Watch: How the Microsoft outage affected North America -- The BBC's Nadine Yousif's reports that Microsoft services like Outlook are slowly coming back online, but the company noted users "may still experience intermittent access issues".

2 hours ago

Microsoft outage 'stark reminder' of how much we rely on tech -- Microsoft has apologised for the issue, which it said was due to a technical failure.

17 minutes ago

US Air Force says it responded to 'suspected drones' over RAF Lakenheath -- The American military says there were no injuries or damage after "suspected unauthorised drone activity" this evening. -- UK

2 hours ago

Pressure grows on Trump's Commerce Secretary Lutnick in fallout from Nvidia scandal -- Scott Bessent told CNBC that several government agencies "were in favour of putting Megaspeed on the entity list for months".

3 hours ago

Black Mississippians celebrate a victory almost no one saw coming -- Scott Colom is the first black man to sit in the Senate for Mississippi in 145 years.

5 hours ago

What could El Niño mean for winter weather in the US and Canada? -- El Niño winters typically bring more rain in the southern USA and drier, warmer conditions further north but the impacts on snowfall are complex.

1 hour ago

Democratic Senate leader Schumer set to face leadership challenge -- Maryland Senator Van Hollen says "new leadership" is needed for Democrats following the party's recent midterm successes.

6 hours ago

Why midterm vote-counting is taking so long in America's largest state -- Alaskans are still waiting for the full results, including in the close Senate race between Republican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola.

20 hours ago

Watch: How a server outage took down Microsoft Teams and Outlook -- A Microsoft outage is affecting services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot.

3 hours ago

Two horses briefly board public bus in Detroit -- The city said it will provide additional training for bus drivers after CCTV footage revealed the moment the horses and their riders walk onto the bus.

3 hours ago

Military cemetery decorum: The tradition behind Hegseth's Veterans Day reprimand -- BBC's Bernd Debusmann breaks down why Defence Secretary Hegseth's group was reprimanded at Arlington National Cemetery and the history behind its strict rules of conduct.

23 hours ago

How could the Nvidia CEO's affair threaten US national security? -- BBC's Asma Khalid explains how the Nvidia affair could threaten US national security and risk sensitive US technology getting into China.

20 hours ago

'We just ran' - One killed, four injured in shooting near Washington DC gym -- The shooting began Thursday morning local time at a gym in an apartment building about a mile (1.6km) north of the White House.

1 day ago

Before Scott Colom, these two men were the last black US senators from Mississippi -- The Democratic candidate won in a southern state that had not seated a black senator since 1874.

1 day ago

The rise and fall of Jensen Huang - how the tech superstar became mired in scandal -- Within days, Huang's status as a seemingly untouchable figure leading the global tech race has crumbled.

1 day ago

Who is Nvidia's interim CEO Colette Kress - and who could take over permanently? -- Chief financial officer Colette Kress in in charge of Nvidia for now, but several others are in the frame as potential successors.

1 day ago

Democrat Scott Colom makes history as Mississippi's first black senator since 19th Century -- In a state Trump won two years ago by 22 points, Colom's victory extends a string of Democratic wins in the Senate.

1 day ago

'It's going to take some time' - US Homeland Security secretary on nationwide ground stop -- US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin also said that there should be 'no fear' and that 'everyone is safe' when discussing a nationwide air traffic outage.

17 minutes ago

Watch: Cruise ship seen sinking after collision with cargo ship in New Orleans -- A cargo ship has collided with a docked cruise ship in New Orleans, with reports suggesting more than 120 people were on board the cruise ship.

17 minutes ago

Lauren Boebert, once a MAGA star, loses her Colorado seat -- Boebert, who rose to fame as one of Donald Trump's biggest cheerleaders, will not serve a fourth term in Congress.

2 hours ago

Governments, courts, trains and hospitals hit by Microsoft outage in North America -- Some hospitals urged patients to call rather than email, bail bonds had to paid in person one sheriff's department warned, and some governments had to suspend certain operations.

8 hours ago

Divers explore recently scuttled SS United States in new video -- The ship was intentionally sunk off the coast of Florida in order to create the world's largest artificial ocean reef.

7 hours ago