Dave Mattingly

Honda is reporting a sharp drop in earnings for the first half of its fiscal year.

The Japanese automaker says profits were down 37 percent compared to the same period a year ago.

It comes amid higher tariffs on vehicles exported to the U.S.

Honda is lowering its profit outlook for the rest of the fiscal year.

Earlier this week, Japanese rival Toyota raised its earnings outlook.

Wall Street is coming off a day of sharp losses.

The Dow dropped 398 points yesterday.

The S&P 500 lost more than 1%.

The NASDAQ dropped 445 points, or 1.9%.

This year's inductees into the National Toy Hall of Fame include the board games Trivial Pursuit and Battleship.

The Hall Museum is in Rochester, New York.

I'm Dave Mattingly.

live from npr news in washington i'm dave mattingly federal investigators say they've recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from the fiery crash of a ups cargo plane in kentucky tuesday's crash occurred during takeoff in louisville resulting in a massive fireball the death toll has risen to at least 12 most of those killed were on the ground some people are still missing

The Federal Aviation Administration says the ongoing government shutdown will result in airlines offering fewer flights beginning tomorrow.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says flight capacity will be reduced by 10 percent at 40 major airports across the U.S.,

That's likely to affect thousands of flights.

The shutdown has been causing flight delays at airports across the country because of staffing shortages.

This is day 37 of the shutdown.

It's the longest on record.

Amid the shutdown, cuts to food benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could end up being far steeper this month than expected.