The 2025 U.S. Open is off and running. Golf’s third major championship of the season began at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania on Thursday, and there’s a few surprise names atop the leaderboard. Los Angeles native J.J. Spaun finished his 18 holes at 4-under with no bogeys to take hold of sole possession of the lead with his first-round 66. He ...

The Israeli military has begun airstrikes against Iran, two U.S. officials said Thursday evening, a dramatic escalation that increased the chances of an all-out war between the countries and expanding the long-running regional conflict. There is no U.S. involvement or assistance, the officials said. Israel confirmed it had launched a strike on Iran, ...

A man who shot and severely wounded two men in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, last year simply because they were Hispanic is headed to prison for the rest of his life. At the shooters sentencing on Thursday, the judge blamed anti-immigrant rhetoric for fueling the gunmans hatred. Douglas Cornett opened fire on two men filling up at a gas station as they ...

An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said. One passenger who was thrown from the plane survived. An unknown number of people on the ground were killed in the crash, including medical students in a college hostel when the plane hit the ...

Air India Flight 171 crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, in western India, according to preliminary flight-path data. There were 242 passengers and crew aboard the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known and could take months to determine. At least 241 people were killed when an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner ...

What to KnowU.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed after he interrupted a Los Angeles news conference on immigration held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.Defense SecretaryPete Hegsethfaced questions today on the administration’s deployment of military to immigration raids and protests during his third appearance at a congressional hearing ...

A U.S. Marshal shot a man near the convention center in downtown D.C. Thursday morning, two law enforcement sources told News4. The shooting happened around 10 a.m. near 7th and L streets NW outside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, sources said. The man who was shot was seriously injured. It’s not yet clear what led up to the shooting ...

The S&P 500 rose Thursday after investors got another batch of data hinting at a solid economy. The benchmark climbed 0.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 17 points, or less than 0.1%. Dow component Boeing shed 4% after an Air India Dreamliner 787 crashed after takeoff with 242 passengers on board. Shares of ...

There appeared to be no survivors among the 242 passengers and crew aboard an Air India plane that crashed near a major international airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, the city’s police commissioner said Thursday. Footage posted to social media shortly after the crash and verified by NBC News, shows plumes of thick black smoke rising ...

The central bank surprised markets with a jumbo rate cut last week. The move, spurred by easing inflation, underscores policymakers’ shift toward more aggressive monetary easing to bolster economic growth. India’s consumer inflation eased to a cooler-than-expected 2.82% in May, the country’s Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday made a pitch for his country to manufacture the most advanced chips in the world. Macron laid his ambition out for France to be able to manufacture semiconductors in the range of 2 nanometers to 10 nanometers. The comments came after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s first GPU was manufactured in ...

A Northern Virginia teenager who spent more than a month in the hospital with burns to half his body managed to recover and earn the lead role in his high schools musical. James Culatta, a 2025 Herndon High School graduate, was hiking with his family in Utah last summer when the ground gave out beneath him. I fell into this super hot boiling mud that ...

Police did not begin to search through the area where Kyle Coleman was last seen until Monday, Fairfax County police told News4. The Fairfax County Police Department said that is because they did not get key information from Prince William County about this case being an endangered case until Monday morning. From there, it said it dispatched several ...

Agents with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained as many as 11 men outside an immigration court in Sterling, Virginia, Wednesday. News4 witnessed eight of the men being taken out of the court in handcuffs and shackles, then loaded into a van. Activists with New Virginia Majority say three others were already detained before News4 arrived. ...

Subscribe to The Weekend Scene newsletter to get our picks delivered straight to your inbox every Wednesday Pride Month is still going strong with community events from Poolesville, Maryland, to Mosaic in Fairfax, Virginia. Theres a lot to celebrate this weekend. Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there, and were getting joyful for Juneteenth in ...

Brian Wilson, the beloved singer-songwriter and co-creator of the Beach Boys, has died at the age of 82. The singer’s family announced the news in a statement on his website: “We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. We are at a loss for words right now. Please respect our privacy at this time as our ...

Social Security beneficiaries may see a 2.5% increase to their monthly checks in 2026, based on new government inflation data released on Wednesday. Those estimates may be subject to change, since there are four more months of data before the official cost-of-living adjustment for next year is announced. Here’s what experts are watching. Millions of ...

The U.S. and China have reached consensus on trade, representatives from both sides said after high-level talks in London. The negotiators will now seek approval on the framework from the U.S. and Chinese presidents, before implementing it. The talks follow a breakthrough trade agreement reached in mid-May that paused new tariffs for 90 days. The U.S. and ...

What to KnowA curfew was declared for part of downtown LA after a night of vandalism and looting.Some downtown LA businesses were damaged and looted Monday night after a day of largely peaceful protests turned violent.The LAPD reported more than 100 arrests, including for looting, after Monday’s protests and violence in downtown LA.California filed an ...

A football player who just finished eighth grade already rakes in name, image and likeness money and has an agent to help him navigate the sponsorship deals at just 14 years old. Kaden Coleman Bennett has had a knack for finding the end zone on the football field since he first discovered the sport, and he says hes just getting started. I found ...

This is CNBC’s live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets. Asia-Pacific markets were set to mostly climb Wednesday as investors continue to track trade discussions between the U.S. and China, which U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick described as being “productive.” The talks between officials from both superpowers had continued for a second dayin ...

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War. It declared that all enslaved people in the state were free and had absolute equality. Word quickly spread of General Order No. 3 issued on June 19, 1865, when U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon ...

Terry McLaurin is not at Washington Commanders mandatory minicamp as the team’s top wide receiver looks for a new contract. McLaurin, who turns 30 in September, is only signed through the next NFL season. Hey, sometimes football and business, they intersect, and this is one of those times, coach Dan Quinn said Tuesday. Terry is a fantastic ...

A murder trial began Tuesday for the man accused of killing a Maryland teacher who disappeared two summers ago. Her dismembered body was found days later. Harold Francis Landon III is charged with the first-degree murder of Mariame Toure Sylla, who taught second grade in Prince George’s County Public Schools. Opening statements were made Tuesday ...

A murder trial began Tuesday for the man accused of killing a Maryland teacher who disappeared two summers ago. Her dismembered body was found days later. Harold Francis Landon III is charged with the first-degree murder of Mariame Toure Sylla, who taught second grade in Prince George’s County Public Schools. Opening statements were made Tuesday ...