SpaceX suffers severe blow
A massive explosion at the company’s main launch pad destroys a rocket as well as a satellite that Facebook was counting on to spread internet service in Africa.
Feeling betrayed by Trump
Hispanic leaders who have been advising the GOP leader react with disappointment after he definitively rules out a path to legal status for people living in the U.S. illegally.
Protesters flood Caracas streets
Venezuela’s opposition vows to keep pressure on President Nicolas Maduro after its biggest show of force in years.
Violence in Chicago heats up
The city saw its deadliest month in two decades in August, recording 90 homicides for the month, the police department says.
Georgetown makes amends
The university will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits as part of its effort to atone for profiting from the sale of enslaved people.
Global transportation chaos
Hanjin Shipping, a South Korean container ship company, has filed for bankruptcy, throwing ports and retailers around the world into confusion. Giant container ships are marooned and merchants worry whether goods will reach them.
Abuse documented at school
Dozens of students in the 1970s and ’80s at elite St. George’s in Rhode Island were manipulated and sexually abused by faculty and staff, according to an independent investigation.
Hinckley to leave hospital
John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan 35 years ago, will leave a Washington psychiatric hospital to live full time in Virginia on Sept. 10, his lawyer said.