• Reuters

    Boeing Starliner's debut crewed flight delayed again to check helium leak

    NASA and Boeing delayed the launch of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule again on Friday, giving them four more days to assess a helium leak before attempting to launch the spacecraft's first two astronauts into space, the space agency said Friday. Starliner's liftoff from Florida has been delayed several times in May and it was last scheduled for May 21. Aside from the helium leak, a technical issue with its Atlas 5 rocket had prompted an earlier delay.

  • Reuters Videos

    Israeli army shows aid arriving through pier into Gaza

    STORY: :: Israeli army clips show aid arriving into Gazathrough a pier built by the US military:: Released May 18, 2024:: Gaza:: The pier was pre-assembled at the Israeli port of Ashdod and moved to Gaza ThursdayThis delivery takes place as Israel comes under growing global pressure to allow more supplies into the besieged coastal enclave, where it is at war with Palestinian militants Hamas and a famine looms.The temporary floating pier was pre-assembled at the Israeli port of Ashdod and moved into place on Thursday on the shore of Gaza, which lacks port infrastructure of its own. No U.S. troops went ashore, the Pentagon's Central Command said.The Hamas-run government media office in Gaza accused Washington of "trying to improve its ugly image" with the pier. In line with comments by the U.N., humanitarian groups and Washington itself, Hamas said the U.S. pier wasn't enough to meet the humanitarian needs and demanded greater aid shipments to the enclave by land.

  • MLB.com

    Shohei Ohtani's two-run homer (13)

    Shohei Ohtani crushes a two-run home run to left field, extending the Dodgers lead to 3-0 in the 3rd inning