Katy Perry and Gayle King will join Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez on Blue Origin spaceflight

Katy Perry and Gayle King are headed to space with Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez. Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin announced the all-female celebrity crew on Thursday.

Microsoft shutting down Skype in May

Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online.

Inflation is easing, but another alarm bell is ringing about the US economy

(cnn) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled as expected in January; however, the good news came with

Mother arraigned in killing, burying of 9-year-old son in backyard of Detroit home

A Detroit mother has been arraigned on murder and other charges in the killing of her 9-year-old son whose body was buried in the backyard of the west-side home where they once lived.

Kennedy proposes scrapping public comment on major US health policies

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to eliminate public participation in many of his department's policy decisions, a move that appears to contradict his pledge to Congress of "radical transparency."

Federal workers will get a new email demanding their accomplishments, with a key change

Federal employees should expect another email on Saturday requiring them to explain their recent accomplishments.

Utah lawmakers address 'turmoil' businesses feel related to Trump tariff plans

Sen. John Curtis and Rep. Blake Moore met with Utah business leaders on Thursday to talk about how the confusion swirling around trade, with new expected tariffs, is affecting them.

Economic blackout: Will a 24-hour boycott make a difference?

A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money on Friday. The People's Union USA describes it as an act of "economic resistance" to protest what the group's founder sees as the malign influence of billionaires, big corporations and both major political parties on the lives of working Americans.

Trump and Zelenskyy shouting match leaves Ukraine exposed in war with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with President Donald Trump ended in disaster on Friday, after the two leaders engaged in an extraordinary shouting match before the world's media at the White House over the war with Russia.

Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts

Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status have been fired, lawmakers and weather experts say.

Accused Mexican cartel boss Caro Quintero pleads not guilty to US drug charges

Rafael Caro Quintero, an alleged cartel boss who spent decades in prison in Mexico for the murder of a U.S. drug enforcement agent, pleaded not guilty in a U.S. court on Friday.

Trump to make English official US language, source says

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, according to the White House.

Sens. Mike Lee, John Curtis push to require age verification for pornography sites

Utah's two U.S. senators are pushing for ways to make it more difficult for children to view pornography online, including requirements for websites to verify ages before granting access to their content.

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful

A federal judge in San Francisco finds the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful.

Amazon's Alexa is getting a major upgrade for the AI chatbot era

Alexa+, Amazon's revamped version of Alexa was unveiled Wednesday, bringing the popular voice assistant into the artificial intelligence era.