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As officials review widely circulated bystander videos of the fatal police shooting of a homeless man in Madison, Wisconsin, one key perspective wont be emerging: footage from the officers body-worn cameras
A man has been arrested after police said he stabbed two men in separate, nonfatal attacks on Manhattans Upper West Side
A man using a wheelchair was struggling to get across six lanes of traffic on an Arkansas roadway when help came in an unexpected way from a spidery superhero in a Jeep
The Trump administration is seeking to rename Manhattans Penn Station as part of a planned $8 billion redesign of the countrys busiest transit hub
Officials are gathering Friday in Ontario to take delight in a new U.S.-Canada bridge over the Detroit River
A teenager accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Georgia is due in court for a plea and sentencing hearing
Democrats are expected to recommend the states that will hold the first presidential nominating contests in 2028, likely cementing a calendar that moves away from Iowa and New Hampshire in favor of more racially diverse states
President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court
Alaska has sent more than 3,000 letters to residents asking them to verify their citizenship ahead of this year's elections
A federal judicial panel has allowed a new Tennessee congressional map that splits apart a majority-Black district in Memphis
Giant metal roosters are popping up on lawns in and around a coastal Maine community and as far away as New Zealand in support of a 6-year-old autistic girl and her love of the colorful creations
Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court may be deeply conservative but it is not simply a rubber stamp for President Donald Trump
More than two dozen states have sued the Trump administration after it required them to comply with election and immigration conditions to get billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters
A nun who was taken into immigration custody after being arrested while walking to Mass in her habit last month in South Texas says she wants to speak out to help others
A tugboat captain has pleaded guilty to causing a deadly Miami collision that killed three girls from a sailing camp last summer
A new report from the Council on Criminal Justice shows an 18% decrease in the homicide rate across 30 American cities from 2025 compared to the same period in 2026
Tropical Storm Bertha has made landfall in Louisiana
The U.S. Navy is restricting press access to information about service members by no longer releasing details about sailors' service history
The family of Nolan Xavier Wells is still grappling for answers about the 18-year-old athlete's death
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is giving up on its plan to use two rural Pennsylvania warehouses to hold thousands of people
Two witnesses have told a federal court the immigration agent who fatally shot a Mexican man in Houston on July 7 was in no danger of being run over
Madison's chief of police says an officer in Wisconsin's capital city shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest
University of Miami scientists are working to save an endangered coral species from extinction by bringing them ashore
The rocky relationship between the U.S. and Canada is spoiling the celebration of an extraordinary project between the two countries
The head of the World Trade Organization says surging global demand for critical minerals should be a once-in-a-lifetime chance for resource-rich countries in Africa and elsewhere to harness wealth and improve life for millions
New protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales are almost certain to face a nearly decade-long delay
Torrential rains in West Virginia have caused flash flooding that inundated homes and businesses
FBI Director Kash Patel has met with Cambodia's prime minister to discuss how to tackle online scams targeting victims worldwide
The Trump administration is expected to sign an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program
Communities on the U.S. Gulf Coast distributed sandbags and closed beaches before Tropical Storm Bertha brings flooding and wind from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana
President Donald Trump plans to attend the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members recently killed in the Middle East
The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie is going on trial again
A small Texas town is challenging the Trump administration's border wall plans, arguing they could cause flooding and bypass legal processes
President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could lift children out of poverty and help more Americans invest in the stock market
U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs has won the Republican nomination for Arizona governor
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump plans to release the results of an independent autopsy into the death of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells on Wednesday
Honduran authorities have confirmed that four of the five people who drowned in an Ohio river over the weekend are Honduran citizens
An active-duty soldier who was hit by a stray bullet outside the White House plans to sue the Secret Service over the severe injuries he suffered
The Mexican man who was struck and killed by a tractor trailer while running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida had been vacationing in the U.S. on a tourist visa
The Wisconsin Democratic Party is urging the state elections commission to allow voters who already cast absentee ballots to vote again
A cargo plane packed with food and hygiene kits has left Miami for Cuba as part of the U.S. governments humanitarian assistance efforts for the people of the island nation
The Trump administration says it's deferring over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota and California because of suspected fraud and noncompliance
A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president
Powerball ticket sales in the United Kingdom will begin Tuesday, allowing players there to compete for the same massive jackpots as U.S. players
An appeals court has set aside convictions for two men involved in a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
The Supreme Court has agreed to review an Alaska bush pilots claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village
Authorities say five people have died on a river in Ohio after several of them went into the water to assist another person who was struggling to swim
A shorebird known for its sharp, orange bill and beady eyes is making a comeback in North America thanks to a yearslong conservation effort
Infants, toddlers and young children need outdoor activity to build strong bodies and minds, but they also require extra care in the heat

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