SpaceX Starship booster explodes after launch

SpaceX's attempt to recover its entire Starship back at the launch pad was thwarted when the booster fell into the Gulf of Mexico and exploded Friday, but the spacecraft still soared into orbit in its boldest test yet.

SpaceX planned to use the same return-flight and “chopstick”-arm technology to recover Starship’s lower-stage booster rocket, but the maneuver was aborted shortly after launch.

Elon Musk’s company will try to grab both parts of the rocket for the first time.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed contractor L3Harris but said officials haven’t determined whether the outage was caused by the company’s error or a faulty router. L3Harris says it’s supporting the FAA’s investigation.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the ground stop was ordered following a "communication issue” impacting all air traffic control centers.

The nation’s top homeland security official attributed the problem to a telecommunications outage and said there was no indication yet of a nefarious act.

The Federal Aviation Administration halted all departures at U.S. airports Friday afternoon, citing a communication problem affecting its air traffic control system. Transportation Secretary

A bomb was found near an ethanol plant in Peoria, Ill., forced residents within a mile radius to evacuate, local authorities said.

A bomb was found near an ethanol plant in central Illinois, sparking evacuations of those who live near the industrial site as law enforcement officials investigate, authorities said Saturday. The bomb was found Friday afternoon at the BioUrja Renewables facility in Peoria.

An evacuation order that forced hundreds of people from their homes near an industrial site in central Illinois was lifted Saturday after law enforcement agencies completed a search of the area, authorities said.

A bomb was found at an ethanol plant in central Illinois on Friday, officials said, sparking an FBI investigation and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people living nearby.

The FAA lifted a four-hour ground stop for all flights in the US on Friday, which impacted many college football teams' travel plans.

The FAA issued a ground stop for all United States flights on Nov. 13, which is impacting numerous college football teams' travel plans ahead of Week 11.

The nationwide grounding of all flights by the FAA on Friday has caused several games on the college football schedule this weekend to adjust their start times to account for travel delays.

The Federal Aviation Administration's decision to ground all flights nationwide for several hours Friday threw the sports world into chaos, leaving NBA, NHL and college teams scrambling to reach their destinations in time for games this weekend.

More than 30 people were taken to the hospital, but none had critical injuries, the city's mayor said.

More than 120 people were on board the docked cruise ship in the Mississippi River at the time of the incident, according to reports.

All 180 people aboard a river cruise boat survived after a tanker that lost steering collided with the vessel on the Mississippi River in New Orleans.

The more than 100 people on board were rescued in a ‘miracle on the Mississippi,’ said the Louisiana governor.

Survivors of a Brooklyn apartment building collapse are desperate to know what caused the catastrophe that killed relatives and neighbors and destroyed their homes. Residents of the collapsed

Crews continued searching for survivors Thursday, a day after a three-story apartment building collapsed in Brooklyn, killing at least eight people, including two children.

Firefighters have removed the bodies of three more people who died after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, bringing the death toll to five

Scores of firefighters and police officers wielding pickaxes and power saws clambered over the rubble pile overnight.