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Utah is pursuing criminal charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and two executives, after a federal judge rejected Kalshis effort to prevent Utah from enforcing its anti-gambling laws against the activity

The Big 12 Conference has fined UCF $100,000 for derogatory chants by football fans aimed at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a game against BYU

United Nations human rights experts say Nicaraguas co-presidents have established a dictatorship and there are reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed.

President Donald Trumps Justice Department has been scrambling before the midterm election with a blitz of headline-making actions and cases that some critics say reeks of politics

The weekend escape of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted of murdering a co-worker was just the latest black eye for the states troubled prison system, coming only weeks after the failed execution of Christa Pike

The man who was arrested for sending a message that he was gonna hijack a plane told officers that it was banter between co-workers and he had no intention of hijacking the plane

The Trump administration says it's blocking shipments from Chinese biotech company BGI and its affiliates, alleging ties to forced labor

King tides have inundated parts of both U.S. coasts

Conservative activists James OKeefe and Cam Higby have been charged with unlawful voting and identity theft in Minnesota after a prosecutor said they gave false names to poll workers during the state's primary election

The Indiana Parole Board is recommending that the death penalty remain in place for a man who killed two children in a house fire

A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 years in prison

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Legal groups have filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration's policy of hiding the locations of detainees with final deportation orders

Food and Drug Administration scientists did not support an effort by President Donald Trump's administration to loosen rules on unproven peptide drugs

Cornell University faculty will begin voting Wednesday on a proposed no-confidence resolution in the universitys administration amid frustration over its handling of a womans report that she was gang raped at a fraternity house in 2024

A federal judge has ruled that Republican Bill Essayli is not legally serving as the top U.S. prosecutor in Los Angeles

A federal judge says he is considering appointing a special master to evaluate claims by the Trump administration that California has some 20,000 noncitizens on its voter rolls

Ted Bundy's violent spree spanned at least four years, leaving over 30 women and girls dead

Police in Georgia said Tuesday that three people, including two juveniles, have been arrested in connection with a plot to carry out a shooting at a high school in metro Atlanta

Three residents and a nonprofit have sued Vermilion Parish officials over alleged open meetings violations related to a SpaceX deal

A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter has been convicted of receiving weapons training from the militant group

DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of a Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, more than 50 years after her body was discovered by a hunter

U.S. and Cuban officials have engaged in a stunning shouting match on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly

The most prominent glaciers in Colorado thinned dramatically over the past year due to record low mountain snow and record warm temperatures

A U.S. congressional investigation has found that the U.S. governments response to surging cyberscams remains fragmented and leaves victims struggling to recover losses

Congos fast-moving Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 confirmed cases as authorities race to slow the spread across Africa

A U.N.-backed inquiry is reporting that Russia committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine by intentionally attacking energy infrastructure, which left millions of people without electricity and heat in freezing temperatures

Police say a United Airlines flight heading to Newark, New Jersey, returned to Las Vegas shortly after takeoff due to a report that a passenger had made a terroristic threat

The University of New Mexico Health System is racing to fix a cybersecurity issue that has disrupted its operations

Parts of the Southwest's Four Corners region remain under a flood warning as saturated neighborhoods begin cleaning up and assessing damage after days of flooding

Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a massive presence at the polls on Election Day

Carving pumpkins is a Halloween tradition

A historic ocean liner is a step closer to becoming the worlds largest artificial reef

A coastal city in Oregon has issued evacuations after a fire erupted at a seafood wholesaler and there was concern the smoke contained ammonia

A rain-soaked swath of the Southwest U.S. is bracing for another round of potentially heavy showers and thunderstorms after days of rain forced evacuations and water rescues

Authorities say at least 12 people were injured, including six children, in a shooting near a football stadium in Tallahassee on homecoming weekend for Florida A&M University

President Donald Trump has announced that Audi will build a new auto factory in Georgia

The major candidates in Alaskas U.S. Senate race are both casting themselves as strong voices on Alaska Native issues as they seek support from the key constituency ahead of the Nov. 3 election

The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who say they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims

Robin Rue Simmons has been working to address the legacy of slavery in the United States

Reliably Democratic Colorado and Washington have ballot measures that would bar transgender girls from some sports competitions

It turns out Winnie-the-Pooh and his fluffy friends arent being bear-napped from their longtime home at the New York Public Library

President Donald Trump says U.S. warships returning from Iran could stop in Cuba

President Donald Trump is exempting some imports including plywood sheets, packing crates and some machinery from the 50% tariffs he slapped on $20 billion worth of Canadian products over the summer

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower-court ruling that prevented portions of a Mississippi ban on diversity, equity and inclusion from being enforced

NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years

A man who struck and killed a county deputy with his car the day after his teenage son was fatally shot by a Cincinnati police officer has been convicted of murder

Federal prosecutors are demanding that county registrars across California set aside and verify ballots that may belong to noncitizens

A 31-year-old Georgia man has been charged after he allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in downtown Atlanta

The Oregon man who fatally shot a teenage gunman to end a rampage at an elementary school says he was the children's last line of defense.