Problems with Boeing's Starliner capsule forced Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to stay on the International Space Station far longer than planned. At long last, the astronauts are en route back to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon capsule.

Watch live as Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, a Needham native, return to Earth after nine months on the International Space Station.

More than 200 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-ruled enclave's Ministry of Health said, as Hamas accused Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire deal.

Hamas led the deadly attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that ignited the war and Israel’s devastating bombardment of the enclave. Both sides agreed to a cease-fire in mid-January, and the new strikes came while negotiations to proceed to the second phase of the fragile truce had stalled.

Vanessa Balintec is a Live Page Journalist based in Toronto, Ontario. She helps create and curate multimedia posts for Reuters’ Live Pages — a scrolling feed of multimedia posts for some of the biggest stories of the day. She previously worked at various bureaus for CBC News. Contact: vanessa.balintec@reuters.com

Follow live as Shohei Ohtani’s LA Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs in the 2025 MLB season opener in Japan; the teams clash again tomorrow at Tokyo Dome