Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas ? where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections ? by leaning on an economic message.

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Documents show the U.S. Military plans to cut support to the Boy Scouts. And, a judge dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James.

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Instead of struggling with weekly injections, patients may soon be able to swallow a daily pill to lose weight. Both the makers of Wegovy and Mounjaro are seeking FDA approval for tablets.

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What is a presidential turkey pardon ? and why is it happening again?

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For this Thanksgiving, Planet Money and The Indicator staffers offer economic insights they're grateful for.

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Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine's capital overnight, and Ukraine attacked southern Russia, during a renewed U.S. push to end the war.

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The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in the 8-mile-wide crater left by past eruptions.

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Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.

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In the midst of a divorce, Jolena Rothweil asked to borrow some money from a friend. All he asked in return was that she pay it forward, and that act began a chain of kindness.

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Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.

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BBC News hears from people with a range of incomes about what they want to see in the Budget.

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A 39-year-old man is arrested after the huge pile of rubbish was found in Oxfordshire.

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It comes as US and Russian officials are set to hold talks in Abu Dhabi.

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Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.

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The prime minister performed a version of the viral dance with primary school children, before being told it was not allowed.

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Comedy writer Graham Linehan "deliberately whacked" a teenage trans woman's phone out of her hand, a court heard.

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Discounts often aren't the cheapest prices, but here's how to make sure you're getting a good deal.

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About three quarters of the building in Southall is alight, London Fire Brigade says.

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Sue Shore told the BBC how scammers targeted her - and we found her information had been leaked online.

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Ahead of this week's Budget, some have accused the Office for Budget Responsibility of being a "straitjacket on growth"

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German mega vendor responds to latest in-house survey

An internal SAP employee survey reveals declining confidence in leadership as the software giant's restructuring program continues, with trust in the executive board waning in the past six months.?

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DOE told to build a unified research platform linking federal compute, datasets, and national labs

US President Trump has ordered the launch of the "Genesis Mission," a national effort to use AI to drive scientific discoveries, with the aim of strengthening America's technological leadership and global competitiveness.?

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Security chief placed on leave pending investigation

Campbell's has placed its US CISO and vice president on temporary leave while it investigates allegations that he disparaged customers, the company's products, and Indian staffers.?

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Capsule might only manage three crewed missions to the ISS

NASA has modified its Commercial Crew contract with Boeing, dropping the order from six to four missions, of which one will be uncrewed.?

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Uni notifies 1,400-plus Maine residents as zero-day fallout continues

Dartmouth College has confirmed it's the latest victim of Clop's Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) smash-and-grab.?

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Power outage in Iberia forced datacenter contingency rethink

Exclusive Airbus is overhauling its datacenter contingency plans after a ten-hour power outage across Spain and Portugal in April nearly forced a complete production shutdown.?

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Kyivstar begins trials offering SMS connectivity when ground networks fail

Ukrainian telco Kyivstar has launched Starlink's Direct to Cell satellite service for its subscribers, making the war-torn nation the first in Europe to offer it.?

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Uncrewed Shenzhou also delivered supplies and window fixing kit

China's uncrewed Shenzhou-22 spacecraft has successfully docked with the Tiangong space station, providing relief to the crew who were relying on a damaged capsule with a cracked window as their only ride home.?

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Attackers sidestep encryption with spoofed apps and zero-click exploits to compromise 'high-value' mobile users

CISA has warned that state-backed snoops and cyber-mercenaries are actively abusing commercial spyware to break into Signal and WhatsApp accounts, hijack devices, and quietly rummage through the phones of what the agency calls "high-value" users.?

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Timing of Yantar's visit sparked gossip, but engineers point to a misbehaving protection system

Cock-up beats conspiracy most of the time, but that didn't stop Orkney residents wondering if a Russian warship caused their two-hour power cut.?

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A rigid ice shell over a shrinking interior makes for pressures low enough to boil.

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Researchers seek to understand the various uses of wild mushroom species.

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Longer chats address a long-standing criticism of Claude.

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"We're going to continue to treat any LOX-methane vehicle with 100 percent TNT blast equivalency."

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Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated.

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?Why is reverse-engineering prohibited... for a company built on openly hackable systems??

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Light is the greatest threat to 19th-century masterpieces like James Ensor's The Intrigue, study finds.

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As the space station nears its end, NASA also cuts some future Starliner flights.

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Yet another twist in the championship with two more weekends to go.

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Plan will offer guaranteed payments for British startups making AI hardware

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