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Pentagon tightens rules on getting medical waivers to join the military

The Pentagon says people with congestive heart failure, undergoing treatment for schizophrenia or who have a history of paraphilic disorders will no longer be eligible for a medical waiver to serve in the military

22 Jul 2025 11:04 pm
Thousands of Afghans face possible deportation after court refuses to extend their legal protection

Thousands of Afghans in the U.S. are no longer protected from deportation after a federal appeals court refused to postpone the Trump administrations decision to end their legal status

22 Jul 2025 11:04 pm
New York to make phone calls free in its state prisons

New York will soon make phone calls free in its state prisons

22 Jul 2025 11:04 pm
Florida signs $245 million in contracts for 'Alligator Alcatraz.' Here's a look by the numbers

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis administration has already signed at least $245 million in state contracts to set up and run the new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades

22 Jul 2025 10:40 pm
Judge sets February trial for man who faces death penalty in Memphis shooting rampage

A Tennessee judge has set a February trial date for a man who faces the death penalty if convicted on charges of killing three people and wounding three others in a daylong series of shootings in Memphis that was livestreamed on social media

22 Jul 2025 9:37 pm
Republican Jim Jordan deposed in federal suit tied to sex abuse by late Ohio State team doctor

A court filing shows Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan was questioned under oath after the release of a new documentary about the sexual abuse of Ohio State University athletes decades ago by a team doctor

22 Jul 2025 9:03 pm
Wall Street dips in premarket but remains near record highs as another raft of earnings pours in

Wall Street dipped to small losses in premarket trading, but indexes remained near record highs on another big day for corporate earnings reports

22 Jul 2025 5:36 pm
Hundreds were reported missing after Texas floods. Most of them were found safe

Two weeks after deadly floods swept through Texas, officials dropped the number of still-missing people in the hardest-hit area to three down from nearly 160 in the days following the July Fourth weekend floods

22 Jul 2025 11:50 am
San Francisco to ban homeless people from living in RVs with new parking limit

San Francisco is set to ban homeless people from living in RVs with a new citywide parking limit of two hours on large vehicles

22 Jul 2025 11:43 am
Mountain lion bites 4-year-old on popular Olympic National Park trail, injuring child

Park officials say a mountain lion bit a 4-year-old who was walking with their family over the weekend on a popular trail in Olympic National Park

22 Jul 2025 11:04 am
Things to know about the release of federal documents related to MLK's assassination

Federal records related to the investigation into the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. have been released

22 Jul 2025 10:56 am
Trump and Philippine leader plan to talk tariffs and China at the White House

President Donald Trump plans to host Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the White House

22 Jul 2025 10:49 am
Man accused of setting fire to 11 NYPD vehicles is arrested and charged with arson

A 21-year-old man has been charged with setting fire to 11 New York City police vehicles in Brooklyn during a time of nationwide protests in June

22 Jul 2025 8:42 am
Alabama man's death is ruled a homicide after police kneeled on his neck

A county coroner in Alabama is ruling the death of a man who died in an encounter with police as a homicide

22 Jul 2025 12:13 am
Minnesota lawmaker to resign after being convicted of felony burglary

Minnesota state senator Nicole Mitchell's lawyer says that she will resign after she was convicted of burglary

22 Jul 2025 12:11 am
Postal inspectors investigating fiery car crash at California post office as an intentional act

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service says it's investigating a fiery car crash at a San Jose, California, post office over the weekend as an intentional act

21 Jul 2025 10:56 pm
Second suspect arrested in the shooting of an off-duty US customs officer in a Manhattan park

A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting of an off-duty customs officer at a park in Manhattan over the weekend

21 Jul 2025 10:40 pm
Ex-NYPD commissioner accuses NYC mayor of 'character assassination' in $10 million defamation claim

New York Citys former interim police commissioner has filed a $10 million defamation claim against Mayor Eric Adams for questioning his mental fitness for the job

21 Jul 2025 10:40 pm
Arkansas man pleads guilty in 2024 mass shooting at grocery store that killed 4

An Arkansas man has pleaded guilty in the mass shooting at a grocery store that killed four people and injured nearly a dozen others

21 Jul 2025 9:52 pm
Father arrested in New York in death of 9-year-old daughter he had reported missing

A Canadian man whose 9-year-old daughter was found dead after he reported that she was abducted while they were vacationing in upstate New York has been charged with murder

21 Jul 2025 9:52 pm
Wall Street rises toward records as Verizon begins a big week for profit reports with a beat

U.S. stocks are rising toward more records ahead of a week full of profit updates from big U.S. companies

21 Jul 2025 7:44 pm
How a federal monument's new welcome center in Maine honors Native Americans

A new welcome center at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine tells the story of the land from the perspective of its original inhabitants the Native Americans who comprise the Wabanaki Confederacy

21 Jul 2025 5:44 pm
Missing loved ones leave those left behind with 'ambiguous loss' a form of frozen grief

Families of missing loved ones face a unique and agonizing grief called ambiguous loss

21 Jul 2025 5:44 pm
Suspect in Los Angeles car-ramming incident has a criminal history and was on parole, police say

Officials say a man suspected of driving his car into a crowd on a sidewalk in Los Angeles, injuring 36 people, has a criminal history that includes a conviction for felony battery

21 Jul 2025 9:36 am
Suspect arrested after car crashes into post office and catches fire

A car crashed into a post office in San Jose, building catches fire.

21 Jul 2025 5:15 am
1 killed and 2 missing after a group is swept over an Oregon waterfall

Authorities say one person is dead two missing after a group of people went over an Oregon waterfall

21 Jul 2025 1:52 am
Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways

A diverse group of volunteers from faith leaders to grandmothers to retired lawyers have been escorting people to immigration courts across the country

20 Jul 2025 6:40 pm
The 2026 Senate map is tough for Democrats, but Republicans have their own headaches

Republicans are encountering some early headaches in Senate races viewed as pivotal to maintaining the partys majority next year

20 Jul 2025 5:21 pm
Memory cafes at the National Comedy Center ignite laughter and connection for dementia patients

The National Comedy Center has begun hosting regular Memory Cafes, inviting people with conditions like dementia and Alzheimer's through the western New York museum to share laughs and connection

20 Jul 2025 10:08 am
Execution date set for man who abducted woman from insurance office, killed her

A man who abducted a woman from a Florida insurance office and killed her is scheduled for execution in Florida under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis

20 Jul 2025 9:39 am
3 people are still missing from deadly July 4 floods in Texas county, down from nearly 100

Officials in a Texas hill country community pummeled by deadly flooding on July 4 say just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100

20 Jul 2025 9:04 am
Arizona governor tours wildfire destruction along Grand Canyon's North Rim

Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has toured the destruction left by a wildfire along the Grand Canyons North Rim

20 Jul 2025 9:04 am
Napheesa Collier leads her team in 151-131 win over Team Clark in the WNBA All-Star Game

Napheesa Collier leads her team in 151-131 win over Team Clark in the WNBA All-Star Game

20 Jul 2025 8:24 am
Trump administration imposes limits on Mexican flights and threatens Delta alliance in trade dispute

The Trump administration has imposed new restrictions on flights from Mexico and threatened to end a longstanding partnership between Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico

20 Jul 2025 7:12 am
Crews work to contain petroleum spill in Washington after tanker truck accident

Cleanup crews are working to contain petroleum that leaked from a tanker truck that crashed and flipped upside down on Washingtons Olympic Peninsula, spilling fuel into a tributary of a river that was recently restored for salmon runs

20 Jul 2025 1:20 am
Man dies after large chain necklace pulls him into MRI machine

A large chain necklace pulled him into an MRI after he wandered into the room.

19 Jul 2025 9:32 pm
Florida Rep. Joe Casello dies while in office

Florida Democratic lawmaker Joe Casello has died while in office following a heart attack

19 Jul 2025 9:17 pm
Immigration arrest outside Oregon preschool rattles parents

Parents at a preschool in Oregon are reeling after immigration officers arrested a father in front of the school

19 Jul 2025 6:48 pm
Trump's pace of early travel largely mirrors Biden's, but with more sports events and golf

Moving at the speed of Trump is one of the White Houses favorite phrases, but when it comes to presidential travel, Donald Trumps pace is about the same as that of his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden

19 Jul 2025 6:00 pm
Winning numbers drawn in Fridays Mega Millions

The winning numbers in Friday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 11-43-54-55-63, Mega Ball: 3, Megaplier:

19 Jul 2025 3:11 pm
Tanker truck crashes and spills fuel into a creek on Washingtons Olympic Peninsula

A tanker truck has crashed into a creek on Washingtons Olympic Peninsula, spilling fuel into a tributary of a river where salmon runs were recently restored after a decades-long fight to remove its dams

19 Jul 2025 1:51 pm
What to know as Texas' search for flood victims stretches into a 3rd week

The search for victims of deadly flooding in Texas Hill Country is headed into its third week as officials try to pin down exactly how many people remain missing

19 Jul 2025 9:52 am
Two surrogates speak out about California couple under investigation

Authorities are investigating a Southern California couple after their infant child was taken to a hospital with a traumatic head injury and 21 children were discovered in their custody

19 Jul 2025 9:52 am
Makeup artist is one of the US deportees sent from El Salvador to Venezuela, congressman says

Andry Hernndez Romero, a makeup artist from Venezuela who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration and held in a notorious mega-prison, was among the scores of migrants sent back to Venezuela in a three-nation exchange Friday

19 Jul 2025 9:52 am
Man who stabbed teenage tourists at iconic NYC train station gets 26 years in prison

A New York City man who stabbed two teenage tourists at Grand Central Terminal has been sentenced to over 26 years in prison

19 Jul 2025 8:31 am
EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees

19 Jul 2025 8:27 am
NY agrees to settle lawsuit with ex-aide who accused Andrew Cuomo of sex harassment

The state of New York has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit from an ex-aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo who alleged Cuomo sexually harassed and groped her while he was in office

19 Jul 2025 8:23 am
Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal that frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US

Venezuela has released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administrations immigration crackdown

19 Jul 2025 7:20 am
Lawyer argues Call of Duty maker can't be held responsible for actions of Uvalde, Texas, shooter

A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty is arguing that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting

19 Jul 2025 6:56 am
Fashion startup founder charged with $300M fraud freed on $1M bail

The former chief executive of clothing technology companies was released on $1 million bail after pleading not guilty to charges alleging that she bilked investors of over $300 million since early 2019

19 Jul 2025 6:32 am