Today is Friday, April 17, the 107th day of 2026. There are 258 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 17, 1961, some 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time, scientists have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole.
The jet power from this rela...
NEW YORK — Walmart is redesigning the packaging of its Great Value products to help customers instantly spot whether a bag of spicy chips is gluten-free or how much prote...
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers ended playoff droughts, and the reward is a first-round series pitting the bitter rivals against each other once again.
It...
BERLIN — Rescuers in Germany began an elaborate operation Thursday to save a sick humpback whale that has been repeatedly stranded off the Baltic Sea coast and has stirre...
HARTFORD, Conn. — A man carrying a backpack with an AR-style pistol inside was arrested Thursday after walking into health insurer Aetna’s headquarters in Connecticut, po...
Netflix cofounder and chairman Reed Hastings will step down from the streaming service’s board of directors in June when his term expires, the company said on Thursday.
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LAS VEGAS — The cast and filmmakers behind the “Spaceballs” sequel including Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis brought a little levity to CinemaCon Wednesday night in Las Veg...
Storms barreling across the heart of the United States continued to threaten rain and pose flooding risks Thursday after causing at least one death when a man apparently ...
NEW YORK — The owner of home shopping network pioneer QVC — which for years garnered the attention of millions of TV viewers looking for a deal on baubles and housewares,...