NEW YORK (AP) — Savannah Guthrie was back and almost all business at NBC's “Today” show anchor desk on Monday, marking a return for the first time in more than two months since her mother's disappearance. “Here we go, ready or not," Guthrie said as the show opened. “Let’s do the news. ”After running through a series of news headlines, Guthrie said that “we are so glad that you started our week with us and it's good to be home. ” Her co-host, Craig Melvin said that “it's to...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U. S. President Donald Trump on Sunday made expletive-filled threats against Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline, after American forces rescued a wounded aviator whose Iran-downed plane fell behind enemy lines. A defiant Iran struck infrastructure targets in neighboring Gulf Arab countries and threatened to restrict another heavily used waterway, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Arabian Peninsula. Trump on social to...

HOUSTON (AP) — With the moon looming ever larger, the Artemis II astronauts raced to set a new distance record Monday from Earth on a lunar fly-around promising magnificent views of the far side never seen before by eye. The six-hour flyby is the highlight of NASA's first return to the moon since the Apollo era with three Americans and one Canadian — a step toward landing boot prints near the moon's south pole in just two years. A prize — and bragging rights — awaits Artemis II. Less a...