The crew, three Americans and a Canadian, are the first humans to travel to the moon in more than 50 years. They will not land on the surface, but the mission will pave the way for future visits.

The Universal Waste Management System aboard the Orion capsule is an innovation in deep space toiletry (it seems to be fixed now).

The U.S. space agency launched a lunar flyby Wednesday, but Beijing is pursuing its own space program with formidable focus. Here’s what we know about it, in photos and videos.

Missile interceptors made by the South Korean firm LIG Nex1 are said to be performing well, at a small fraction of the cost of U.S. interceptors.

Prosecutors in Galveston County say that in the 1980s, a man killed a teenager and helped hide the remains of a woman, two of the dozens of bodies found on land known as the Texas Killing Fields.

The United States and Israel have done significant damage to Iran’s military capabilities. But Iran still fires missiles, has nuclear material and coordinates with militias in the region.

Any decision by Iran to keep fighting would complicate President Trump’s stated goal of trying to end the war within weeks.

A federal judge in California ordered agents to thoroughly document any future stops in an area spanning 34 counties.

American woodcocks, also known as timberdoodles, are bopping and shimmying through the park, charming visitors during a pit stop on their northerly migration.

The director, Luanne James, was fired at a board meeting for the Rutherford County Library System on Monday after she refused to move certain books to the adult section.

Mr. Bundy had confessed to killing Laura Ann Aime before he was executed in 1989. Investigators said DNA testing provided conclusive proof.

Trump officials have faced dozens of lawsuits over their aggressive efforts to force change in universities and school districts. Now Trump lawyers are taking schools to court.

In all, 93 of the 460 academic programs at the university will be closed or paused. No students were majoring in 55 of the programs that are ending.

The justices grappled with questions about domiciles and foundlings, avoided policy debates and mused about the sweep of possible rulings.

An autopsy showed that the man suffered dehydration and hypothermia after Border Patrol agents dropped him off on a cold night in Buffalo. Gov. Kathy Hochul condemned their actions as cruel and inhumane.

President Trump has not made a final decision, but he has floated the idea of replacing Ms. Bondi with Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator.

The baby was struck by a stray bullet on Wednesday afternoon in the Williamsburg neighborhood. The police said they were still looking for another person.

Ms. Bondi’s critics inside and outside the administration say she has made unforced errors that have turned the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files into a political crisis.

A bill to reopen the department, which the House G.O.P. rejected on Friday, could be approved as early as Thursday. It was a sharp turnaround by the lawmakers and President Trump.

On Wednesday, the authorities said DNA evidence had linked Mr. Bundy, who was executed in 1989, to the murder of a 17-year-old Utah girl in 1974.