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Prosecutor says he'll seek death penalty for mom charged with murder in twins' deaths

An Idaho prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against a woman charged with murder in the deaths of her twin toddlers last year

22 Oct 2026 3:23 am
6 people arrested for allegedly running a marriage fraud ring, authorities say

Federal prosecutors announced they have broken up a fraudulent marriage ring in Massachusetts that conducted dozens of bogus ceremonies with immigrants over the past decade and netted participant millions of dollars

22 Oct 2026 12:00 am
Supreme Court rebuffs Trump admin restrictions on medical care for trans inmates

The Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration appeal seeking to immediately enforce medical care restrictions for transgender people in prison

21 Oct 2026 9:13 pm
Chemical tank explodes in Ohio, forcing evacuations

A chemical tank exploded in Toledo, Ohio, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate or shelter in place due to fears of a toxic release

21 Oct 2026 8:30 pm
Taxpayers are funding private school tuition. It's helping classical Christian schools expand

Conservatives are banding together to grow classical Christian schools by leveraging new taxpayer-funded scholarships

21 Oct 2026 5:47 pm
Kyle Francis Kennedy, the granddaughter of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, dies at 42

Kyle Francis Kennedy, the granddaughter of Sen. Robert F

21 Oct 2026 12:57 pm
Guatemalan man gets 30 years for role in smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas

Federal prosecutors say a Guatemalan man who was extradited to the U.S. to face charges related to a smuggling attempt that left 53 migrants dead was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday

21 Oct 2026 12:56 pm
Justice Kagan warns Supreme Court rulings fueling polarization, undermining democracy

Justice Elena Kagan says decisions by her conservative Supreme Court colleagues have increased political polarization and weakened democracy in the U.S. She spoke Tuesday, two weeks before the midterm elections, criticizing rulings that weakened the Vo...

21 Oct 2026 12:14 pm
FBI is investigating reports of an 'incendiary device' thrown at an ICE building

The FBI is investigating reports of an incendiary device being thrown at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in downtown Atlanta

21 Oct 2026 11:32 am
California state workers launching 1-day strike over return-to-office mandate, pay and healthcare

California state workers will launch a one-day strike Wednesday, urging Gov. Gavin Newsoms administration to agree to a new contract that increases workers pay, ensures affordable healthcare access and allows more flexibility for remote work

21 Oct 2026 11:26 am
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey spares death row inmate, citing doubts about evidence

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Toforest Johnson to life in prison without parole

21 Oct 2026 2:12 am
NJ food importer files lawsuit challenging Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian goods

A New Jersey food importer filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trumps power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods

21 Oct 2026 2:11 am
Polymarket removes contract allowing users to wager on accused Cornell students' fate

Polymarket has removed a contract from its prediction market platform that allowed users to wager on whether any of the seven men accused of raping a Cornell student in 2024 will be charged with a felony sex crime

21 Oct 2026 2:07 am
Can larger batteries safely power residential buildings? A project in New York aims to show how

A battery system that stores excess energy when its plentiful will power an apartment building in Buffalo, New York, when the grid is strained and electricity is costly

20 Oct 2026 7:30 pm
US ties with Ukraine hit new low as Trump slights Zelenskyy and eases up on Russia

The relationship between the United States and Ukraine is careening toward a possible breaking point

20 Oct 2026 11:54 am
Florida set to carry out 18th execution this year and moving closer to tying record

Florida is set to carry out its 18th execution this year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis aggressive use of the death penalty

20 Oct 2026 11:52 am
Parents of school shooting victim hire attorneys to probe school plans, gun purchase

The parents of one of three children killed in last weeks shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, have hired attorneys to investigate the schools protocols and how the teenage gunman got his weapon

20 Oct 2026 4:41 am
Minnesota teen accused of plotting terror attack at Mall of America to remain jailed

A federal judge has ruled that a teen accused of planning a terror attack on the Mall of America in Minnesota will remain in custody

20 Oct 2026 3:54 am
Supreme Court to hear case on race in middle school admissions

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about race in middle school admissions

20 Oct 2026 2:35 am
Mississippi AG says officer's force was justified during shoplifting call in which boy was killed

Mississippis attorney general says a Senatobia police officer was justified in using force during a June shoplifting call that ended in the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley

20 Oct 2026 1:22 am
Appeals court blocks start of takeover of healthcare operations in Arizona prisons

A federal appeals court has paused a court-ordered takeover of healthcare operations in Arizonas prisons

20 Oct 2026 1:20 am
Canadian man who took a bird from Las Vegas' Flamingo casino could face prison if convicted

Prosecutors say a visitor from Canada maliciously harmed a flamingo at an iconic Las Vegas hotel when he removed the bird from its enclosure earlier this year and brought it to his room

20 Oct 2026 1:20 am
Florida brings more charges against former Cuba president Raul Castro

Former Cuban President Ral Castro is facing more charges in Florida related to the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles after the U.S. government indicted the former leader earlier this year

19 Oct 2026 10:19 pm
University of Michigan runners blitz campus peony garden, preparing hundreds of plants for winter

Members of the University of Michigan mens and womens cross country teams regularly run past the schools prized peony garden as part of their training

19 Oct 2026 10:14 pm
Supreme Court rejects effort to revive Khalid Sheikh Mohammed plea deal

The Supreme Court has rejected an effort to revive a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks

19 Oct 2026 9:08 pm
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in disputed Afghan adoption case

The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a disputed adoption case involving an Afghan child orphaned in a U.S. Army raid

19 Oct 2026 9:08 pm
Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in California sweep targeting noncitizen voters

Federal authorities are arresting more than two dozen foreign nationals in California who authorities said have illegally registered and voted in U.S. elections

19 Oct 2026 9:08 pm
Bringing more beavers to watersheds is a powerful drought-fighting tool, experts say

Jackson Ramsay's family ranch in southwest Wyoming is embracing beavers as nature's engineers

19 Oct 2026 7:20 pm
Truck drives through soccer field during game in Kansas, killing 2 and hospitalizing 11

Authorities in Kansas say a woman drove a truck through a soccer field during a youth game, killing two people and hospitalizing 11 others

19 Oct 2026 12:24 pm
Driver in deadly Kansas soccer field crash released while investigation continues

Police say a woman who drove a pickup truck onto a soccer field during a weekend youth game in Kansas, killing two people and injuring several others, has been released as the investigation continues

19 Oct 2026 12:24 pm
Jeffries likes Democrats' chances in race for the House as he campaigns in Ohio

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says the election climate is holding firm for Democrats as they race to retake the House

19 Oct 2026 4:21 am
Private jet skids off runway, hits fence at Las Vegas airport

Officials say a private jet went off the end of a runway during a planned takeoff at the main airport in Las Vegas and hit a perimeter fence

19 Oct 2026 4:19 am
Trump says he will close historic DC golf course for 15 months of renovations

President Donald Trump says he plans to close a historic golf course in the nation's capital for 15 months and redevelop it despite an ongoing court challenge to his long-ought renovation

19 Oct 2026 12:42 am
Truck overturns, killing dozens of cows, releasing dozens more to roam streets

A semitractor-trailer plunged off a highway overpass in Kansas City.

19 Oct 2026 12:41 am
Nellis Air Force Base: Service member dies after incident at a UT San Antonio game

A service member was injured and later died after an incident at the University of Texas at San Antonio football game on Saturday

18 Oct 2026 6:31 pm
Rubio heads to Central Asia as some wonder if he's keeping the most pressing matters at a distance

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has left Washington on his 31st trip abroad as Americas top diplomat, heading to Uzbekistan and India amid rumblings that hes ignoring pressing matters in favor of more politically safe visits and meetings

18 Oct 2026 9:51 am
As an Oregon community mourns 4 killed in school shooting, 2 wounded survivors remain hospitalized

A special-needs teacher and student wounded in a deadly shooting at an Oregon elementary school remained hospitalized Saturday, but friends said their survival was a spot of hope in a community in mourning

18 Oct 2026 6:05 am
Auburn beats No. 1 Georgia 27-24 on Alex McPherson's last-second 34-yard field goal

Auburn beats No. 1 Georgia 27-24 on Alex McPherson's last-second 34-yard field goal

18 Oct 2026 4:57 am
Fire crews battle Southern California blaze that burned 6 homes, led to the evacuation of 16,000

Fire crews in Southern California are working to contain a wind-driven blaze that has charred hills and burned at least six large coastal homes

18 Oct 2026 4:57 am
Search continues after boat capsizes off Baja California coast. 16 rescued, but others missing

Authorities are searching for 11 people missing after a boat from Mexico capsized off Baja California

18 Oct 2026 3:08 am
Fisherman, 71, attacked and killed by 12-foot alligator alongside Florida lake

The presence of other active alligators complicated any chance of rescuing him.

17 Oct 2026 11:08 pm
Typhoon Champi becomes a dangerous Category 4 storm as it approaches Guam

Typhoon Champi becomes a dangerous Category 4 storm as it approaches Guam

17 Oct 2026 8:07 pm
An American pope brings American-style governance to the Vatican, even in a health crisis

Pope Leo XIV has brought an American style of governing to the Vatican, including in the way it handles health crises

17 Oct 2026 12:08 pm
How a driver, a dad and a teacher tried to stop the Oregon school shooter

A driver, a dad and a teacher are among at least three people who tried to stop a 16-year-old gunman who attacked an Oregon elementary school this week

17 Oct 2026 12:08 pm
Iran war votes in Congress become a focal point for campaign ad attacks

Democrats and aligned advocacy groups are hitting the airwaves with a flood of campaign ads on the Iran war as they seek to win back in the House and Senate

17 Oct 2026 12:08 pm
Community leaders say foiled Illinois mass shooting was result of surge in anti-Hindu hate online

Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of attempting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois

17 Oct 2026 7:51 am
Youngest Oregon school shooting victim was a fearless climber who loved stuffed animals

The aunt of the youngest child killed in a shooting at an Oregon elementary school said he was a fast runner and a fearless climber who loved reading

17 Oct 2026 7:51 am
DOJ reaches settlement with Mississippi police department it found routinely violated civil rights

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it reached a settlement forcing reforms for a Mississippi city and its police department, which the DOJ found discriminated against Black people, used excessive force and retaliated against critics

17 Oct 2026 7:50 am
Painting Eisenhower Building would diminish historic character of White House complex, report says

A draft environmental assessment finds that President Donald Trump's plan to paint a 19th-century landmark office building next to the White House could harm its historic character

17 Oct 2026 7:50 am
Rep. Ilhan Omar's attorneys demand return of property seized in federal search of her home

Attorneys for Rep_ Ilhan Omar are asking the Justice Department to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home this week, arguing that the search stemming from an investigation into her citizenship status was neither justified...

17 Oct 2026 7:50 am