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Katy Perry is set to shoot across the sky with Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez and more stars in Blue Origin’s historic all-women rocket launch. 

President Donald Trump is hosting Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, at the White House on Monday. Since March, the small Central American nation has accepted from the U.S. more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants. They have been accused of gang activity and violent crimes by Trump administration officials, who have offered little evidence for ...

A 17-year-old Wisconsin teen charged with killing his parents is also accused of plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to an unsealed affidavit from the FBI, NBC News reported.

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89.

The victims included passengers Agustin Escobar, 49, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, 39, and their three children, Victor, 4, Mercedes, 8, and Agustin, 10. The pilot was Seankese Johnson, 36, a U.S. Navy veteran who received his commercial pilot’s license in 2023.

Russian missiles struck the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday. Officials say the strike killed at least 34 people.

The aunt of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who is the sister of the men’s father, was hospitalized after a graphic image of her brother’s body was shown in court on Friday, according to family. Terry Baralt, 85, is in critical condition after seeing the image in the brothers’ latest court appearance, according to the Justice for Erik and Lyle Coalition,.....

The president’s annual exam Friday showed normal vital signs and neurological functioning; it also noted scarring on his ear from the assassination attempt at a rally last summer.

Katt was best known for his roles in “Dazed and Confused” and “Boston Public.”

Ray Dalio, the founder of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, warned in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” about tariffs, growing debt and other economic and political concerns.

Police were notified of a suspicious man at Agua Caliente Casino after security guards were approached by a man traveling in a Tesla who said he’d “be responsible for a bombing” at the festival, according to police.

Howard Lutnick threw cold water on the reciprocal tariff exemptions on Sunday, saying that separate tariffs on these products are “coming soon.”

A pause to NIH funding has researchers scrambling for contingency plans at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.