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Overnight and into Friday, Iran reported U.S. strikes on infrastructure that can serve civilian purposes and has targeted similar sites in Gulf countries that host American bases. In the afternoon, the U.S. military announced a new round of attacks on Iran.
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Videos and reports in Iranian state media showed damage to bridges, railways and other infrastructure. U.S. allies in the region reported retaliatory strikes by Iran.
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Also, U.S. start-up activity is booming. Here's the latest at the end of Friday.
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Shipping traffic was at its lowest level in more than a month and oil prices moved higher as the Iran war continued to disrupt the supply of energy.
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Like his predecessors, President Trump has struggled to turn battlefield successes into long-term victories.
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B.C. Wildfire Service officials said Thursday that warming and drying conditions are expected to continue this week. Forty-nine active wildfires burn across the province, with 29 of those started in the last 24 hours as of 9 a.m. PT Friday, according to the wildfire service's online dashboard.
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Human-caused climate change is driving many of the wildfires burning across Canada. What's harder to say is how much worse the planet is because of warming global temperatures.
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President Trump's primetime address Thursday warned of "shocking vulnerabilities" in U.S. elections, but many election experts say much of Trump's claims amount to old news.
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Brenda Fricker, who won an academy award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film "My Left Foot,'' has died
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Philadelphia issued a "Code Purple Air Quality Emergency Day" on Friday as very unhealthy air from the hundreds of Canadian wildfires travels down.
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