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The man who firebombed Colorado demonstrators in 2025, killing 1, is sentenced to life in prison
Jurors in Ohio have convicted a former sheriffs deputy of reckless homicide in the shooting of a Black man who was carrying sandwiches into his grandmothers home
A note attributed to Jeffrey Epstein in his first suspected jail suicide attempt in 2019 has been made public
President Donald Trump has visited the Lincoln Memorial to see the reflecting pool he's painting in a color he calls American flag blue.
A federal judge in New York has ruled that the Trump administration's cancellation of over $100 million in humanities grants was unconstitutional
The Trump administration is conducting a review of the 53 Mexican consulates in the United States
A federal judge says instructions received by immigration enforcement officers to make civil immigrant arrests without warrants do not meet probable cause standards and should not used as guidance
A Utah judge is set to decide if news outlets can continue to film, photograph and livestream the murder case against the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk
The only person ever charged in the unsolved 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay is set to be sentenced Friday in federal court
A cyberattack has caused chaos for students at thousands of schools as they study for finals
United Arab Emirates says its air defenses are intercepting drone and missile fire as Iran wars ceasefire challenged
Alabama lawmakers are set to vote on a measure that could change the state's congressional primaries as part of a bid to switch its U.S. House districts
Authorities plan to update the public Friday on a search of a home tied to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996
U.S. immigration officials have quietly lifted a hold on green card and visa applications for doctors from three dozen countries
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz always was meant to be temporary
President Donald Trumps border czar has threatened to flood the zone with immigration agents if New York passes bills to limit local coordination with the federal governments crackdown
A jury has found the city of Los Angeles not liable in the killing of a 14-year-old girl who was hit by a police officers stray bullet during a shootout in 2021
Newly released data suggests that someone intentionally cut off the fuel to both engines of a China Eastern Airlines jet and there was a struggle over the controls before the plane slammed into a mountain in 2022
Storm chaser Ashton Lemley was helping search through a Mississippi trailer park destroyed by tornadoes when he heard a kitten meowing from the rubble
The man charged with assault for spraying vinegar at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis has pleaded guilty in federal court after reaching a deal with prosecutors
The FBI says the man who killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others in a mass shooting at a downtown Austin, Texas, bar in March acted alone and there's no evidence he was supported or directed by a foreign terrorist group
A council appointed by President Donald Trump has proposed significant changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency
The United States Postal Service is considering a rule change that would allow anyone to send handguns through the mail for the first time in nearly 100 years
Former FBI Director James Comey is seeking to cancel his upcoming court appearance in North Carolina
Man accused of firebombing Colorado demonstrators pleads guilty to murder
A clean energy group says the Pentagon is holding up the development of more than 250 new onshore wind farms on private lands by failing to complete its national security reviews
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is now the second longest-serving justice in history, overtaking someone who was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln
China is signaling that Taiwan will be a priority ahead of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping next week
Faith leaders in Southern California are uniting after devastating twin wildfires that hit the region in January 2025 causing unprecedented losses
Cruise company says 29 passengers left hantavirus outbreak ship on April 24, after 1st fatality on board
China gives suspended death sentences to 2 former defense ministers who were accused of bribery
President Donald Trump's plan to put a coat of white paint on the granite exterior of a historic building that's part of the White House complex is getting a hearing by a key federal agency
Michigan Republicans once viewed 2026 as their best chance to reclaim power in the battleground state
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting the Vatican to mend ties after President Donald Trumps criticisms of Pope Leo XIV and the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran
A man accused of a firebomb attack on a demonstration in Colorado is set to plead guilty to murder and other charges
Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center are set to appear in federal court in Alabama
The winning numbers in Wednesday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 18-27-51-65-68, Powerball: 5
Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court justices are not political actors.
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are poised to vote on a plan to reshape a majority-Black congressional district
Tech leaders are betting on a former executive to take the lead in the California governor's race
Authorities are searching the home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department is working to remove immigration judges who are slow or not following the law
A judge says Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing bears as part of a plan to help recover a herd of caribou that was once an important source of food for Alaska Native hunters
A runner in a grueling 250-mile ultramarathon on trails across northern Arizona has died after experiencing a medical emergency
Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva plans to discuss organized crime and tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to Brazils finance minister
Ted Turner was a sportsman and visionary media mogul who transformed the Atlanta Braves into a national sensation
A 28-year-old woman has been arrested for impersonating a student at a New York City high school
The leading candidates for California governor are trying to stand out from the crowded field as mail voting is underway
A jury has begun deliberating in the retrial of a former sheriff's deputy in Ohio charged with murder and reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. in 2020

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