The second Oval Office meeting in six months between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went off smoothly, in sharp contrast to their disastrous encounter in …
Rip currents are one of the coast’s greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year. Hurricane Erin is bringing the potentially deadly currents to the East Coast this week. About …
A federal judge in Miami has issued a split decision in a lawsuit about detainees’ rights at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center in the Florida Everglades. On Monday, U.S. District Judge …
Judge dismisses part of lawsuit over Florida immigration detention center and moves case to another jurisdiction.
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2025. There are 134 days left in the year. Today in History: On Aug. 19, 2010, the last American combat brigade exited Iraq, seven years and five …
The top U.N. human rights body has accused both the Sudanese Armed Forces and Darfur’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of detaining tens of thousands of people without charge since Sudan’s war broke …
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The Menendez brothers are set to make their cases for parole this week. The California state parole board will determine whether they should be released after serving almost 30 years in prison for …
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of the matriarch of a South Florida family on charges of orchestrating the hit-man murder of her ex-son-in-law. Donna Adelson is accused of …
Alabama has scheduled an October execution using nitrogen gas. Gov. Kay Ivey set an Oct. 23 execution date for 53-year-old Anthony Boyd. Boyd is one of four men convicted in the 1993 slaying of …
Texas Republicans will resume pushing through U.S. House maps that would carve out a bigger GOP advantage in the 2026 elections after state Democrats indicated they were ready to end a two-week …
Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. It reintensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds …
Missouri's attorney general is resigning to take a leadership position with the FBI. Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey says Monday that he is resigning effective Sept. 8 and will serve as …
Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold …
A sheriff says a shooting in southern West Virginia has left two people dead, include a suspected gunman, and three others have been wounded. Fayette County Sheriff Jess McMullen says the shooting …
Ukraine’s future could hinge on a hastily assembled meeting at the White House as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brings an extraordinary cadre of European leaders with him to show U.S. …
The California Legislature comes back from a summer recess and is slated to vote on a partisan plan to redraw congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms. Democrats plan to send a measure to …
The judges of the Southern District of New York have approved Jay Clayton to remain as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan. The approval was announced in a release Monday by District Executive …
The trial of a man charged with organizing the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young Dolph at a Memphis bakery in 2021 is underway. Hernandez Govan faces charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy …
A second airman at Wyoming's F.E. Warren Air Force Base is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a shooting death. Twenty-year-old Airman First Class Jadan Orr allegedly shot …