Final Frontier: After a series of failures, SpaceX took a big step for private space exploration last night, successfully launching a Falcon 9 supply rocket from Cape Canaveral to the International Space Station and safely landing the booster stage on …

Winter, Y’all: A new winter storm is beginning to dump snow and ice on the south and southeast before it heads up the East Coast. Atlanta, which got socked with major traffic jams only two weeks ago, is preparing to …

Econ 101: The economy added 113,000 jobs in January, a disappointment for economists who had been hoping for 180,000. Combined with a weak job showing in December the January performance suggests a slowdown in the job market, even though unemployment …

Russian Bombing: A suicide bombing outside the main railroad station is Volgograd, Russia, killed 15 people today and wounded more than 40. Volgograd is about 550 miles southeast of Moscow. The bomb went off as security officers approached a woman …

The Supremes: The court today struck down a key part of The Voting Rights Act that designates which parts of the country must have changes in voting laws approved by the federal government. The 5-4 ruling held that “things have …