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'The most complicated launch campaign ever': NASA lays out mad dash to test lunar landers
Jackie Wattles, CNN | Posted Oct. 23 - 7:18 p.m. | Save Story
NASA offered new details Friday about a mad dash to get two lunar landers — built by competing companies Blue Origin and SpaceX — and the agency's own rocket and spacecraft ready for a crucial test mission next year.
In Florida, Trump vows to deal with Cuba after Iran gets settled
Bo Erickson, Maria Alejandra Cardona and Steve Holland, Reuters | Posted Oct. 23 - 7:02 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump on Friday used a campaign rally in Florida, where Cuban Americans are a potent voting bloc, to address his concerns about Cuba once the Iran war is settled.
CVS is trying out pharmacists in chronic health management
Caroline Humer, Reuters | Posted Oct. 23 - 6:40 p.m. | Save Story
Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips on Friday said healthcare affordability and access could potentially improve if pharmacists in its 9,000 retail stores play a bigger role in chronic disease management.
Trump removes 50% tariffs on Canadian products to try to boost to Maine companies
David Shepardson, Reuters | Updated Oct. 23 - 5:51 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an order to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian agricultural and forestry products, which could boost agriculture firms dependent on those goods.

Oregon man who killed school shooter says he regrets there were children he didn't save
VideoRuss Bynum, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 23 - 5:22 p.m. | Save Story
Kaylub Giamanco, who fatally shot a teenage gunman at an elementary school, says he was the "last line of defense" and that he regrets not arriving soon enough to save them all.
Zelenskyy says Ukrainian, Russian and US negotiators to meet in early November in Abu Dhabi
Andrea Shalal and Olena Harmash, Reuters | Updated Oct. 23 - 4:41 p.m. | Save Story
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that peace negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States had agreed to meet at a technical level in Abu Dhabi.

Florida man accused of swallowing nearly $1M in stolen Tiffany jewelry found guilty of robbery
Allison Petro | Updated Oct. 23 - 4:25 p.m. | Save Story
A jury found a man guilty of stealing nearly $1 million in jewelry from the Mall at Millenia, according to the State Attorney's Office.

With hurricane off Mexico sharing name with Vice President JD Vance, the social media memes fly
Dave Collins, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 23 - 2:21 p.m. | Save Story
As Vice President JD Vance travels the U.S. supporting Republican candidates in next month's election, another Vance is on a whirlwind tour off Mexico's Pacific Coast.

Trump says he ordered the Justice Department's lawsuit over Alaska's US Senate race
Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 23 - 1:14 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump says he ordered the Justice Department lawsuit over Alaska's U.S. Senate race. Trump's administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. Another candidate with the same name is on the ballot.

2 ex-FBI officials charged with lying about involvement in investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop
Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 23 - 12:32 p.m. | Save Story
Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference have been charged with lying about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden's laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.
US fines Air France, KLM over flights in prohibited Iraqi airspace
David Shepardson, Reuters | Posted Oct. 23 - 11:37 a.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Transportation Department said Friday it was fining Air France and KLM a total of $425,000 for operating dozens of flights in Iraqi airspace below a minimum altitude intended to protect them from threats from the ground.

Melania Trump helps forge a ceasefire deal in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city, White House says
Ben Finley, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 23 - 10:44 a.m. | Save Story
First lady Melania Trump has brokered an upcoming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the war-ravaged Ukrainian city of Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians, the White House announced on Friday.
Trump administration's $8 billion diesel aid for farmers will arrive after election, official says
Leah Douglas, Reuters | Posted Oct. 23 - 10:22 a.m. | Save Story
The Trump administration's $8 billion in diesel aid for farmers will be disbursed after the November 3 election, an administration official said on Friday.

Is the surge in mortgage rates slowing?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 23 - 9:32 a.m. | Save Story
Mortgage rates slid slightly downward Thursday.

Philippines investigates Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, after child sexual abuse images claims
Nestor Corrales, Reuters | Posted Oct. 23 - 9:02 a.m. | Save Story
Authorities in the Philippines are investigating Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, the wife of Britain's Prince Harry, the Philippine justice undersecretary said on Friday, after allegations he possessed child sexual abuse images.

US tourist in Italy falls 1,000 feet to death on mountain hike
Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN | Posted Oct. 23 - 8:43 a.m. | Save Story
A Florida woman died after plunging more than around 1,000 feet while hiking in the Italian Dolomite mountains, according to police in the northern city of Trentino.
Apple's foldable iPhone hits stores with $2,000 price tag and scarce supply
Aditya Soni, Christine Chen and Will Russell, Reuters | Posted Oct. 23 - 7:39 a.m. | Save Story
Apple's first folding phone, the iPhone Duo, hit stores around the world on Friday with a price tag of about $2,000 and less of the fanfare that accompanied previous iPhone launches.
Trump says Bombardier to invest $270 million in the US
Devika Nair and Rajveer Singh Pardesi, Reuters | Posted Oct. 23 - 6:39 a.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said late on Thursday Canadian jet maker Bombardier was investing $270 million in the United States, days after he dropped threats to ban the company from the country.


