Top church leaders in the Holy Land headed into Gaza Friday for a rare solidarity visit one day after an Israeli shell slammed into the only Catholic church in the territory, killing three people. …

Florida Democratic lawmaker Joe Casello has died while in office following a heart attack. He was 73. The Florida House Democratic Caucus says Casello was surrounded by his girlfriend and family when …

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 …

Parents at a preschool in Oregon are reeling after immigration officers arrested a father in front of the school. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested Mahdi Khanbabazadeh this week …

Newer airport screening machines that operate like medical CT scanners are better at spotting liquid explosives, but many airports still lack that expensive equipment. So security experts remain …

Artisans in South Sudan are turning discarded tires into affordable footwear as the country faces a severe economic crisis. Shoemaker Emmanuel Achuil, working in Wau, says demand for his durable …

The Los Angeles Fire Department says a vehicle has driven into a crowd in East Hollywood, injuring more than 20 people.

Today in History Today is Saturday, July 19, the 200th day of 2025. There are 165 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 19, 1848, the first “Convention to discuss the …

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

Three members of the arson and explosives unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have been killed in a blast at the department’s training facility. It is not immediately clear what …

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. Families of shooting …

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says at least three people are dead after an incident at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department facility. There was a reported explosion at the facility Friday …

Police arrested two journalists and at least 11 others during a protest in Cincinnati over the detainment of an Egyptian immigrant. Some protesters blocked the Roebling Bridge that carries traffic …

Republican majorities in both houses of Congress have now approved President Donald Trump’s clawback of about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid that lawmakers had appropriated. The …

A 10th victim has died following a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility earlier this week. Officials said Thursday that 66-year-old Brenda Cropper died the previous evening. She had been …

The former chief executive of clothing technology companies has been indicted on charges alleging that she bilked investors of over $300 million since early 2019. Christine Hunsicker was charged with …

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. The former …

A judge is ordering state officials to turn off a death-row inmate's heart-regulating implanted device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his execution by lethal injection …

A Minnesota state senator has been convicted of burglary for breaking into her estranged stepmother’s home. The jury on Friday found Nicole Mitchell guilty of first-degree burglary and possession …

Authorities in Maine have charged a 17-year-old with murder in the death of a paddleboarder on a rural pond. Sunshine Stewart was found dead this month on Crawford Pond in Union, a popular summer …