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A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, collapsing buildings and homes, killing at least two people and causing panic in a region prone to deadly quakes.
Five people were killed and a suspect is dead Friday after a series of killings in Michigan.
The U.S. Army has halted all Apache helicopter training missions Friday after a fatal crash in Texas earlier this week.
President Donald Trump downplayed concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment in the Middle East.
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
A suspect has been arrested and will be charged in connection with the vandalism of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall
A British sociologist who resigned from the University of Cambridge following weeks of public accusations of plagiarism was found dead Friday.
President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work.
A potential disaster was averted Friday when a Phoenix air traffic controller recognized two American Airlines jets mistakenly were flying the same flight number and acted quickly to avoid confusion and keep them a safe distance apart.
Nigel Farage has regained his seat in Parliament, beating a field of fringe candidates led by trash-can-wearing comic Count Binface in a special election boycotted by mainstream parties.
The Las Vegas Aces secured a playoff spot with an 83-76 victory over the Washington Mystics on Thursday night.
Police say a Minnesota man used a screwdriver to fatally stab his wife and their 7-year-old daughter at a daycare before killing himself.
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Lala has formed in the Pacific Ocean and a hurricane watch has been issued for the Big Island of Hawaii.
Every year, automakers discontinue vehicles, and it flies under the radar of most car shoppers until it’s too late.
The parts that flew out of the engine shattered the window and also damaged the fuselage in several other places, the National Transportation Safety Board said in its report.
Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln.
Court finds lack of evidence of fraudulent intent, delivering blow to state prosecutors who vow to appeal.
The battle over the Kennedy Center’s future escalated Thursday.
Drugmakers would need to revive a slate of individual vaccines that have not been widely used in the U.S. for decades.
Around 250,000 minifridges are under recall due to burn and fire hazards.
Police in Ecuador have seized a cocaine shipment featuring soccer star Erling Haaland's face on it.
A former law enforcement officer accused of planning to kill Black people in a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival was quietly released from custody over the summer.
Nigel Farage, the leader of the anti-immigration party Reform UK, is having to fend off a random collection of candidates led by Count Binface, a comic space alien with a trash can on his head.
Russell Westbrook, the NBA’s career leader in triple-doubles and the 2017 MVP, announced he’s retiring after 18 seasons.
Three of the five players charged and acquitted of sexual assault in the high-profile 2018 Canada world junior case have had their international play suspensions extended for at least another year.
A man killed his partner and their child at a Hopkins, Minnesota home daycare Wednesday before dying by suicide. Six other children were present but unharmed.
A Los Angeles County grand jury has indicted Nick Reiner on murder charges in the killings of his parents.
Heidi Beirich, a political extremism expert who left the law center about six years ago, was named in an indictment unsealed Wednesday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, youngest person to hold the role, will leave at month’s end, Trump says.
Medicaid said it won't pay for gender-affirming surgeries or hormones for transgender minors.
Body camera footage shows how rescue teams found two women and 9-year-old boy who were stranded for three days when their river tubing trip went wrong.
U.S. inflation slowed last month and a measure of underlying price pressures also cooled, suggesting higher oil and gas prices from the Iran war are only having a limited impact on broader costs in the economy.
Lindsay Clancy messaged one of her caregivers less than two months before she killed her three young children in 2023 that she was having “intrusive thoughts I never had before,” “feeling completely hopeless” and worried about becoming addicted to some medications.
David Crowley, who reentered the Wisconsin governor’s race after securing the endorsement of Gov. Tony Evers, won the battleground state’s primary.
It was a rare loss for a Republican primary candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump.
Sen. Darline Graham has advanced to a runoff in South Carolina’s special Republican primary.
Preliminary information indicated that the system that swept from Iowa into Indiana qualified as a derecho, the National Weather Service said.
A judge on ruled against Trump’s executive order that sought to create a federal voter list and directly involve the U.S. Postal Service in election operations.
The singer canceled his upcoming performances after undergoing a successful coronary stent procedure.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks.
Most of the now-recalled cars were sold in the U.S. — where more than 508,000 model year 2025-2026 Camry Hybrids are affected.
How A's shortstop Jacob Wilson broke a 24-year-old defensive record at Fenway Park in Boston.
A former U.S. Marine who has been held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges has been released.
The U.S. military said Tuesday that its forces fired on a Panamanian-flagged ship in the Gulf of Oman that tried to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports.
President Donald Trump likes to say he started his war with Iran after 50 years of economic pressure failed to stop its nuclear weapons ambitions. But now the Republican president is betting another financial squeeze can end the war.
President Donald Trump used an elaborate ruse to fly out of last month's NATO summit due to an Iranian threat, according to a report by The Washington Post.
The driver of a speedboat that capsized, killing a mother and her infant daughter, has been charged with causing their deaths through misconduct or neglect.
The proposed rule change would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods.
Las Vegas jury selection begins in the murder trial of rap icon Tupac Shaku
