Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station after nine months in space, checking out with two other astronauts. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening,

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after an unexpectedly extended mission on the International Space Station (ISS). Originally scheduled for a short stay, their journey stretched beyond nine months due to delays with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft.

Ripple Labs said on Wednesday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ended its appeal from a court ruling that the regulator's prior chief had said would make it harder to oversee cryptocurrency markets.