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NATIONAL NEWS


A firefighter battles the Canyon Fire on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Hasley Canyon, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
4 minutes ago

Fast-growing brush fire forces thousands to evacuate north of Los Angeles

Read full article: Fast-growing brush fire forces thousands to evacuate north of Los Angeles
The Rev. Oona Casanova Vazquez, lead pastor of the South Bay Church of the Nazarene in Torrance, stands outside Santa Ana Immigration Court during a prayer vigil for immigrants in Santa Ana, Calif., Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Deepa Bharath)
44 minutes ago

Faith leaders rally to support immigrants facing deportation in Southern California

Read full article: Faith leaders rally to support immigrants facing deportation in Southern California
FILE - An woman walks past Rice University's Lovett Hall, the oldest building on campus, Jan. 23, 2001, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
1 hour ago

College endowment tax is leading to hiring freezes and could mean cuts in financial aid

Read full article: College endowment tax is leading to hiring freezes and could mean cuts in financial aid
FILE - First responders from College Station Fire Department search along the banks of the Guadalupe River, as rescue efforts continue following extreme flooding, July 6, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez, file)
2 hours ago

Emergency recordings and videos detail the chaotic rescue efforts during the deadly Texas floods

Read full article: Emergency recordings and videos detail the chaotic rescue efforts during the deadly Texas floods

The Associated Press has assembled a chronology of chaotic rescue efforts as a flash flood barreled through the Hill Country of Central Texas before dawn July 4.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for a new way for California to redraw it's voting districts during a news conference In Sacramento, Calif., Friday July 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
7 hours ago

California rushes to plan a still unscheduled election in US House seats standoff with Texas

Read full article: California rushes to plan a still unscheduled election in US House seats standoff with Texas

California Democrats are rushing to schedule an election to remake U.S. House districts to counter plans to boost Republican seats in Texas.

FILE - Immigrants seeking asylum walk through the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, on Aug. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
7 hours ago

Judge to consider the fate of an agreement on protecting immigrant children in US custody

Read full article: Judge to consider the fate of an agreement on protecting immigrant children in US custody

A federal judge is set to hear a Trump administration request to end a long-standing policy on protections for immigrant children in federal custody.

FILE - This still image from a deputy's body camera video provided by the Camden County Sheriff's Office shows Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge following a chase and arrest in Camden County, Ga., June 24, 2022. (Camden County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
12 hours ago

Former Georgia deputy indicted on charges he used excessive force and covered it up in reports

Read full article: Former Georgia deputy indicted on charges he used excessive force and covered it up in reports

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Georgia sheriff's sergeant on civil rights charges.

President Donald Trump holds charts as he speaks about the economy in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
14 hours ago

Trump defends the US economy with charts after job reports showed warning signs

Read full article: Trump defends the US economy with charts after job reports showed warning signs

President Donald Trump has summoned reporters to the Oval Office to present charts that he says shows the economy is solid.

FILE - Demonstrators gather at the Supreme Court as the justices finish the term with key decisions on gerrymandering and a census case involving an attempt by the Trump administration to ask everyone about their citizenship status in the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 27, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
15 hours ago

Q&A: Can Trump hold a census in the middle of a decade and exclude immigrants in the US illegally?

Read full article: Q&A: Can Trump hold a census in the middle of a decade and exclude immigrants in the US illegally?

President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to have the Census Bureau start work on a new census that would exclude immigrants who are in the United States illegally from the head count which determines political power and federal spending.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
11 hours ago

Trump opens the door for private equity and crypto as 401(k) retirement plan options

Read full article: Trump opens the door for private equity and crypto as 401(k) retirement plan options

Millions of Americans saving for retirement through 401(k) accounts could have the option of putting their money in higher-risk private equity and cryptocurrency investments.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends an event to mark National Purple Heart Day in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
14 hours ago

US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service

Read full article: US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service

The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.

A protester stands outside the migrant detention dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Facility, Saturday, July 12, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Alexandra Rodriguez)
9 hours ago

Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center

Read full article: Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center

A federal judge has ordered a two-week halt to construction at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as she considers whether it violates environmental laws.

FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin speaks, Feb 3, 2025, in East Palestine, Ohio. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
15 hours ago

EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy

Read full article: EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy

The Environmental Protection Agency has terminated $7 billion in funding for solar programs approved under the Biden administration, including projects for nearly 1 million households in low-income communities.

The Little Miami River flows in Oregonia, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)
11 hours ago

JD Vance went kayaking for his birthday. Secret Service had the river level raised

Read full article: JD Vance went kayaking for his birthday. Secret Service had the river level raised

Vice President JD Vance’s security detail had an Ohio river’s water level raised last weekend to accommodate a kayaking trip he and his family took for his 41st birthday.

This image provided by Adam Briggs shows smoke fills the air from a barge after a helicopter crash in the Mississippi River near Alton, Ill., on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Adam Briggs via AP)
13 hours ago

Two die when helicopter strikes powerlines and crashes into a barge on the Mississippi River

Read full article: Two die when helicopter strikes powerlines and crashes into a barge on the Mississippi River

A helicopter flying over the Mississippi River ran into a powerline then crashed into a barge and sparked a fire, killing two people.

FILE - Brendan Carr listens during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 24, 2020. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via AP, File)
17 hours ago

Paramount and Skydance close their $8 billion merger, kicking off reign of new entertainment giant

Read full article: Paramount and Skydance close their $8 billion merger, kicking off reign of new entertainment giant

Skydance and Paramount officially closed their $8 billion merger on Thursday — kicking off the reign of a new entertainment giant after a contentious, over year-long endeavor to get the transaction over the finish line.

Police officers block the street leading to where two Pennsylvania state troopers were ambushed and shot Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, near the village of Thompson in Susquehanna County, Pa. (AP Photo/Aimee Dilger)
8 hours ago

Rural Pennsylvania man kills neighbor and wounds responding troopers in gunfire ambush, police say

Read full article: Rural Pennsylvania man kills neighbor and wounds responding troopers in gunfire ambush, police say

Police say a 61-year-old man fatally shot a neighbor in rural Pennsylvania and then ambushed responding state troopers, wounding two while firing dozens of rounds from a semiautomatic weapon.

Sgt. Quornelius Radford, a suspect in the shooting of five soldiers at Fort Stewart, is escorted by military police into a booking room at the Liberty County Jail in Hinesville, Ga., Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine)
13 hours ago

Soldiers hailed as heroes for tackling armed assailant at Georgia Army base

Read full article: Soldiers hailed as heroes for tackling armed assailant at Georgia Army base

Six soldiers at a Georgia Army base are being hailed as heroes for tackling a fellow soldier accused of shooting five people.

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22 hours ago

Al Roker joins Hill Country Flood recovery efforts as part of ‘Lend a Hand’ series

Read full article: Al Roker joins Hill Country Flood recovery efforts as part of ‘Lend a Hand’ series

The series looks to shine a light on recovery efforts and the inspiring stories of hope. KPRC 2's Re'Chelle Turner is in Texas Hill Country and spoke with Roker to learn more.

FILE - The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet, Oct. 30, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Leon Keith, File)
23 hours ago

Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chats

Read full article: Roblox rolls out open-source AI system to protect kids from predators in chats

Roblox, the online gaming platform wildly popular with children and teenagers, is rolling out an open-source version of an artificial intelligence system it says can help preemptively detect predatory language in game chats.

Passengers seeks updates on their delayed flight at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Kenner, La. (AP Photo/Jack Brooks)
16 hours ago

United Airlines resolves tech issue that grounded flights, but travel disruptions continue

Read full article: United Airlines resolves tech issue that grounded flights, but travel disruptions continue

A disruption to a system housing United Airlines’ flight information that caused more than 1,000 delays has been resolved.

SPORTS HEADLINES


Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald, left, hugs Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll after an NFL preseason football game Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Maddy Grassy)
4 hours ago

Raiders tie Seahawks 23-23 in Pete Carroll's Seattle return

Read full article: Raiders tie Seahawks 23-23 in Pete Carroll's Seattle return
Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll leaves the field after an NFL preseason football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
5 hours ago

Pete Carroll, Geno Smith return to Seattle with Raiders

Read full article: Pete Carroll, Geno Smith return to Seattle with Raiders
Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marquise Robinson (28) reacts after making a hit on Indianapolis Colts running back Ulysses Bentley IV, not visible, during the second half of an NFL preseason football game Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
7 hours ago

Anthony Richardson injured as Colts fall to Ravens 24-16 in their preseason opener

Read full article: Anthony Richardson injured as Colts fall to Ravens 24-16 in their preseason opener
Texans safety Jimmie Ward arrested again in Montgomery County
40 minutes ago

Texans’ Jimmie Ward arrested for testing positive for alcohol in violation of bond, per attorney

Read full article: Texans’ Jimmie Ward arrested for testing positive for alcohol in violation of bond, per attorney
FILE - A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
17 hours ago

Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally

Read full article: Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally

President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to change how the Census Bureau collects data, seeking to exclude immigrants in the United States illegally.

Natasha Torkzaban stands outside Lawrence High School, where she and other students have filed a lawsuit against the school district's use of digital surveillance software, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
30 minutes ago

Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarms

Read full article: Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarms

Surveillance systems in American schools increasingly monitor everything students write on school accounts and devices.

Gloria Simeon, co-founder of the Mother Kuskokwim Tribal Coalition, speaks during an interview outside her smokehouse in Bethel, Alaska, on June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
18 hours ago

Trump's push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacred

Read full article: Trump's push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacred

When Alaska Natives debate proposals to drill and mine the landscape of the nation’s largest state, it involves more than an environmental or economic question.

FILE - President Donald Trump sits at a desk as he and religious leaders listen to a musical performance before Trump signs an executive order during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
22 hours ago

Trump energizes conservative Christians with new religious policies

Read full article: Trump energizes conservative Christians with new religious policies

President Donald Trump has repeatedly delivered for the conservative Christians who form the bedrock of his Republican support.

FILE - Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is interviewed, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
22 hours ago

Independent candidate for Michigan governor is betting on partisan fatigue in the midterms

Read full article: Independent candidate for Michigan governor is betting on partisan fatigue in the midterms

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has been a career Democrat in the battleground state of Michigan but is now planning to run for governor as an independent.

A sign welcoming people to Fort Stewart in Georgia is seen on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
1 day ago

Fort Stewart army base shooting raises questions about military gun policies

Read full article: Fort Stewart army base shooting raises questions about military gun policies

A shooting at Fort Stewart on Wednesday has injured five people and raised concerns about safety on military bases.

Alicia Arden, who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual battery in 1997, reads a statement alongside her attorney, Gloria Allred, during a news conference in Los Angeles Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
1 day ago

Victims feeling exhausted and anxious about wrangling over Epstein files

Read full article: Victims feeling exhausted and anxious about wrangling over Epstein files

Women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein are feeling skeptical and anxious after the Justice Department requested a court take the rare step of unsealing transcripts of secret testimony related to the sex-offending millionaire’s case.

This artist rendering provided by NASA shows the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2. (NASA/John Howard/JPL via AP)
1 day ago

Trump moves to shut down NASA missions that measure carbon dioxide and plant health

Read full article: Trump moves to shut down NASA missions that measure carbon dioxide and plant health

The Trump administration wants to end two NASA missions that monitor a potent greenhouse gas and plant health.

President Donald Trump makes an announcement about Apple in the Oval Office, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
1 day ago

Trump plans 100% tariff on computer chips, unless companies build in US

Read full article: Trump plans 100% tariff on computer chips, unless companies build in US

President Donald Trump says he's imposing a 100% tariff on computer chips— a move that raises the specter of higher prices for electronics, autos, household appliances and other essential goods that depend on the processors.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with a reporter on her plane while in the air en route from Quito, Ecuador to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
1 day ago

A new immigrant detention partnership nicknamed after Indiana's iconic racetrack inspires backlash

Read full article: A new immigrant detention partnership nicknamed after Indiana's iconic racetrack inspires backlash

Top Trump administration officials boast that a new partnership to expand immigrant detention in Indiana will be the next so-called “Alligator Alcatraz.”.

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 15, 2020, in Washington. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, and Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
1 day ago

Trump once hailed mRNA vaccines as a 'medical miracle.' Now RFK Jr. is halting advancement

Read full article: Trump once hailed mRNA vaccines as a 'medical miracle.' Now RFK Jr. is halting advancement

President Donald Trump once hailed mRNA vaccines as a "miracle" for combating COVID-19.

FILE - Students walk past Royce Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles, campus in Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
1 day ago

UCLA says Trump administration has suspended $584 million in grants, threatening research

Read full article: UCLA says Trump administration has suspended $584 million in grants, threatening research

The Trump administration has suspended $584 million in federal grants for the University of California, Los Angeles.

An air tanker drops retardant on the Gifford Fire burning on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Los Padres National Forest, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
1 day ago

Massive central California wildfire keeps growing and becomes state's largest blaze of the year

Read full article: Massive central California wildfire keeps growing and becomes state's largest blaze of the year

Rising temperatures pose new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California that has injured four people as it has become the biggest blaze in the state so far this year.

This handout photo released by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. shows Denna Fredericka Campbell, who was an officer for the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. She was killed in 1995. (Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. via AP)
1 day ago

Boyfriend charged with killing police officer in their Maryland home nearly 30 years ago

Read full article: Boyfriend charged with killing police officer in their Maryland home nearly 30 years ago

Authorities say a man charged this week with fatally shooting a police officer in her Maryland home nearly 30 years ago was the officer’s live-in boyfriend and had blamed her 1995 killing on a burglary.

Wooldridge Gate at Fort Stewart in Georgia is seen on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
1 day ago

Military base shootings have ranged from altercations to workplace violence and terrorism

Read full article: Military base shootings have ranged from altercations to workplace violence and terrorism

The shooting of five U.S. Army soldiers at a base in Georgia is the latest in a list of violent occurrences at American military installations over the years.

A federal agent escorts a man to a bus after he was detained following an appearance at immigration court, Monday, July 28, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
1 day ago

Homeland Security removes age limits for ICE recruits to boost hiring for Trump deportations

Read full article: Homeland Security removes age limits for ICE recruits to boost hiring for Trump deportations

The Department of Homeland Security has removed age limits for new hires at the agency responsible for immigration enforcement.

FILE - Damage from wildfires is seen in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 11, 2023 . (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
1 day ago

New studies tie unrecognized deaths and health problems to Maui and LA wildfires

Read full article: New studies tie unrecognized deaths and health problems to Maui and LA wildfires

Three new studies highlight the severe health impacts of recent wildfires on Maui and in Los Angeles.

Lewes Beach Patrol Chief Mark Woodard rests a moon jellyfish on the sand at Savannah Beach, in Lewes, Del., on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mingson Lau)
1 day ago

Many Delaware beachgoers feel the sting of a blooming jellyfish population

Read full article: Many Delaware beachgoers feel the sting of a blooming jellyfish population

More beachgoers have been getting an unexpected shock this summer as jellyfish numbers bloom along the Delaware coast.

ENTERTAINMENT HEADLINES


FILE - Gina Carano attends the LA premiere of "The Mandalorian" at El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, Nov. 13, 2019. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
12 hours ago

Lucasfilm and Disney settle with actor Gina Carano following her firing from 'The Mandalorian'

Read full article: Lucasfilm and Disney settle with actor Gina Carano following her firing from 'The Mandalorian'
FILE - Dean Cain speaks during a ceremony honoring Mehmet Oz with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
12 hours ago

Dean Cain, former TV Superman, will be sworn in as honorary ICE officer

Read full article: Dean Cain, former TV Superman, will be sworn in as honorary ICE officer
FILE - Brandon Blackstock, from left, Kelly Clarkson appear at the Billboard Music Awards on May 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
15 hours ago

Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband and former manager, dies at 48

Read full article: Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband and former manager, dies at 48
FILE - The Beatles, from left, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney arrive in Liverpool, England on July 10, 1964, for the premiere of their movie "A Hard Day's Night." (AP Photo, File)
18 hours ago

Mets to celebrate 60th anniversary of the Beatles' Shea Stadium concert with special night

Read full article: Mets to celebrate 60th anniversary of the Beatles' Shea Stadium concert with special night
Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
1 day ago

New study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens

Read full article: New study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens

New research from a watchdog group reveals ChatGPT can provide harmful advice to teens.

(Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)
1 day ago

‘Back in China?’ Texas lawmaker’s post about Houston Rep. Gene Wu draws fire during Democratic quorum break

Read full article: ‘Back in China?’ Texas lawmaker’s post about Houston Rep. Gene Wu draws fire during Democratic quorum break

A tweet by Sen. Mayes Middleton questioning if Houston lawmaker Gene Wu was "back in China" sparked backlash amid a Democratic walkout to block GOP redistricting plans.

FILE - State troopers swing billy clubs to break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala., March 7, 1965. (AP Photo, File)
1 day ago

The Voting Rights Act is turning 60. Civil rights marchers recall a hard-won struggle

Read full article: The Voting Rights Act is turning 60. Civil rights marchers recall a hard-won struggle

The nation is marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

FILE - Luci Baines Johnson looks at the desk May 16, 2023, on display at the LBJ Presidential Library, that President Lyndon B. Johnson sat at in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965, on Aug. 6, 1965. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman, File)
1 day ago

Things to know about the Voting Rights Act and the cases that could unravel it

Read full article: Things to know about the Voting Rights Act and the cases that could unravel it

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.

FILE - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a ceremony in the President's Room near the Senate chambers in Washington, Aug. 6, 1965. Surrounding the president from left directly above his right hand, Vice President Hubert Humphrey; Speaker John McCormack; Rep. Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y.; Luci Johnson; and Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill. Behind Humphrey is House Majority Leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma; and behind Celler is Sen. Carl Hayden, D-Ariz. (AP Photo, File)
1 day ago

Protections of the Voting Rights Act are under threat as the law marks its 60th anniversary

Read full article: Protections of the Voting Rights Act are under threat as the law marks its 60th anniversary

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law 60 years ago but has been slowly eroding for more than a decade.

The Jackson Home, where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches to call for Black voting rights in the early 60s in Selma, Ala., is shown being reconstructed at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Mich., Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
1 day ago

Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black history

Read full article: Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black history

An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been reconstructed in its entirety at a museum near Detroit.

A protester stands outside the migrant detention dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Facility, Saturday, July 12, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Alexandra Rodriguez)
1 day ago

Judge considers whether Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center violates environmental law

Read full article: Judge considers whether Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center violates environmental law

A federal judge heard arguments about an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”.

Flower wreaths with the words "Rest In Peace" stand at a vigil for the four people killed in the previous day's shooting at 345 Park Avenue, including NYPD officer Didarul Islam, in Bryant Park, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
2 days ago

NYC gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers suffered from sports concussion, mom said

Read full article: NYC gunman who blamed NFL for hiding brain injury dangers suffered from sports concussion, mom said

The mother of the man who killed four people at a Manhattan office tower home to the NFL told 911 dispatchers during a 2022 incident when he threatened to kill himself that he suffered from a sports-related concussion and other issues.

Texas State Senator Carol Alvarado, a Democrat, speaks in a crowd of other Democratic state lawmakers outside the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025 in Boston. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)
1 day ago

Several states threaten to redraw congressional maps after Texas kicks off fight

Read full article: Several states threaten to redraw congressional maps after Texas kicks off fight

Texas Republicans have launched efforts to redraw congressional maps to secure more GOP seats in the U.S. House.

This image released by the Navajo Nation Police Department shows a medical transport plane after it crashed near the airport in Chinle, Ariz., on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (Navajo Nation Police Department)
2 days ago

4 people die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona

Read full article: 4 people die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona

A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people.

FILE - This undated image provided by the U.S. Department of State shows Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. (U.S. Department of State via AP)
2 days ago

US won't seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero

Read full article: US won't seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero

U.S. prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican drug lords Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero.

The outside of the Montgomery County Circuit Court is seen in Rockville, Md., Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Lea Skene)
2 days ago

Mother of 2 missing children held without bail after previous case dropped for mental health reasons

Read full article: Mother of 2 missing children held without bail after previous case dropped for mental health reasons

A Maryland woman with a long history of severe mental illness has been held without bail and ordered to receive psychiatric treatment behind bars after she was recently rearrested and charged with murder in the 2014 disappearance of her two children.

FILE - A sign marks the entrance to Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, a site used by the Florida National Guard, near Starke, Fla., July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/David Fischer, File)
2 days ago

Florida prepares to build a second immigration detention center to join 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Read full article: Florida prepares to build a second immigration detention center to join 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis’ administration is apparently preparing to build a second immigration detention center, awarding at least one contract for what’s labeled in state records as the “North Detention Facility.”.

CORRECTS CITY TO AURORA, ILL., Texas Rep. Gene Wu speaks as Illinois Governor JB Pritzker looks on during a news conference in Aurora, Ill,, on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
2 days ago

Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout

Read full article: Texas governor asks court to remove House Democratic leader from office over walkout

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove from office a top state lawmaker he called the “ringleader” of Democrats who left the state to block a vote on a new congressional voting map pushed by President Donald Trump.

This photo provided by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 shows Austin Drummond, moments after having been taken into custody. (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation via AP)
2 days ago

Man accused in Tennessee family's killings captured, but motive and why he spared a baby unknown

Read full article: Man accused in Tennessee family's killings captured, but motive and why he spared a baby unknown

Police say the man facing charges that he killed the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found left in a western Tennessee yard last week has been arrested.

FILE - Matthew Perry appears at the GQ Men of the Year Party in West Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 17, 2022. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
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'Ketamine Queen' accused of selling Matthew Perry fatal dose gets September trial date

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A woman charged with selling Matthew Perry the ketamine dose that killed him is headed for trial in September.

FILE - Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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Epstein's ex, Ghislaine Maxwell, doesn't want grand jury transcripts released

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Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend wants to keep grand jury records secret in the sex trafficking case that sent her to prison.

FILE - The seal of The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen on the Headquarters in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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Violent crime in the US dropped 4.5% last year, FBI data shows

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A new FBI report says violent crime in the United States fell 4.5% last year while property crime dropped 8% from the year before.

FILE - Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., right, talks with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., during the ninth vote in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for George Santos' 7-year sentence to be commuted

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants George Santos' seven-year prison sentence to be commuted.

President Donald Trump holds a full set of medals from the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, during an event regarding the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Trump creates task force to prepare for 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday established a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles that he said would ensure the event is “safe, seamless and historically successful.”.

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