NASA has let Axiom Space make four visits to the International Space Station and last month awarded it the right for the fifth visit next year, but on Thursday the agency announced a new company would be allowed a private mission as well.

Vast, based in Long Beach, California, on track to build its own space station, has signed an order with ...Read more

When the U.S. briefly stopped sharing battlefield intelligence with Ukraine in March 2025, the results were immediate. Kyiv’s forces suffered decisive setbacks on the battlefield as its European allies watched in horror.

The outage only lasted a few days, but it sent shockwaves through Europe as a new reality dawned: Washington was no longer ...Read more

An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20. Actor James Van Der Beek, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023, died at age 48 on Feb. 11, 2026, bringing the disease back into the limelight.

The Conversation U.S. asked gastrointestinal oncologist Christopher ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As they waited for jurors to return a verdict, the lawyers were on edge.

Rebecca Abel and Kyra Nickell, both deputy federal public defenders, had spent days in trial defending their client, whom the government accused of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer with a camera and later with a shove to the chest during an ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Born in 1950, Readus Fletcher experienced his share of racial discrimination as a young man, but he also saw the dismantling of Jim Crow laws that kept Black families from white schools, southern lunch counters, voting booths and the front of the bus.

He witnessed the civil rights era up close, and was proud to see his own ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal agent failed to disclose three criminal convictions to his bosses at the Department of Justice and misrepresented the nature of an alleged assault, according to court filings in two recent Los Angeles cases against protesters that ended with all charges dropped.

The dismissals continue a nearly unprecedented streak of ...Read more

Criminal justice has emerged as one of the most wide-ranging and politically charged areas on lawmakers’ agendas in this year’s state legislative sessions. Across the country, legislators are weighing proposals that affect nearly every part of the criminal justice system, including policing, gun policy, solving crimes, sentencing, prison ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is blaming rising health care costs and Congress for cutting off life-saving access to affordable AIDS drugs to thousands of Floridians next month.

But the administration’s own actions will cripple the program.

Florida is planning to kick patients in the AIDS Drug Assistance Program ...Read more

ORLANDO — Two weeks ago, Elizeth Villabos got a frantic call in the middle of the day from her teen daughter at high school in Orange County.

“She was at school and saw ICE out side and she was crying and so afraid,” Villalobos said. “She asked me if they were there to return us to Venezuela and if we would be killed if we went back.”...Read more

Federal prosecutors have moved to drop criminal charges against two Venezuelan men whose highly publicized arrests in north Minneapolis last month have been disputed after conflicting accounts emerged from Homeland Security officials and defense attorneys.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Feb. 12 that “newly discovered evidence” in the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said that he could see negotiations with Iran stretching for as long as a month, as he seeks a diplomatic agreement that would roll back Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

“I guess over the next month, something like that,” Trump told reporters Thursday when asked how long the talks would take. “...Read more

The U.S. and Taiwan finalized a trade agreement to cut tariffs, boost market access for American products in Asia and channel billions of dollars into U.S. energy and technology projects.

Under the terms of the deal unveiled Thursday in Washington, Taiwan pledged to purchase more than $44 billion worth of liquefied natural gas and crude oil ...Read more

Detainees at the Whipple Federal Building brought in by federal immigration agents must be allowed access to an attorney and private phone calls and be informed of their rights within an hour of arriving, a federal judge ordered Feb. 12.

“Within one hour of detention and prior to being transferred out of the Whipple Federal Building, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Lindenwold School District reported Thursday that fourth- and fifth-grade students waiting at a bus stop ran away in a panic when an ICE operation occurred nearby.

The incident happened in the morning as the students were waiting to take a bus to school from the Woodland Village Apartments, the district said in a statement....Read more

NEW YORK — Millions of dollars in federal funds were set to flow once again to the Hudson River Tunnel Thursday night, after a federal court order blocking the funds expired.

The expiration effectively reinstated Manhattan Federal Court Judge Jeanette Vargas’ order from last week in a suit brought against the feds by the states of New York ...Read more