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— The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s crime statistics collection experienced a prolonged, systemic breakdown of its internal control system, according to a report released Tuesday by the city’s inspector general. The investigation, conducted at the request of Mayor Muriel…
A federal labor union and two prison employees have filed a lawsuit accusing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of unlawfully halting their sexual harassment case as part of a sweeping order to indefinitely suspend all federal-sector class complaints before the…
An Emporia High School physics teacher was arrested after interrupting a public meeting over plans for a proposed data center. Lux Claridge, 37, was one of several people warned during the July 22 Emporia City Commission meeting, but authorities said…
A newly released Netflix documentary claims investigators were not warned before the University of Idaho issued a campus-wide alert confirming a homicide in the 2022 student murders case, while the surviving roommates were reportedly still waiting to learn for certain…
Travelers have been reminded of American Airlines’ delay and cancellation rules after the FAA temporarily stopped all of the carrier’s flights, leading to widespread disruption. The nationwide ground stop affecting American Airlines was later lifted following Tuesday evening’s pause on…
Costco shoppers have a limited window to submit a claim tied to the wholesaler’s recent $14 million class action settlement. The case was brought after customers claimed Costco sent marketing emails to people in Washington with subject lines that were…
Florida has carried out its oldest-ever execution, putting 80-year-old Dominick Anthony Occhicone to death by lethal injection after he delivered a final statement to both his relatives and the family of the people he killed. Occhicone was executed on Tuesday,…
Police in Michigan say the man responsible for the deaths of his wife and six children last Friday was Kristopher Karolkiewicz. Investigators have said the mass killing falls under the definition of a “family annihilation,” a term used for cases…
Images captured during a closely watched White House visit on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, have led one body language expert to offer her take on what may have been happening beneath the surface as President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime…
Emilie Kiser has spoken out after an old video was recirculated online showing her 16-month-old son, Teddy, on a boat without a life jacket. The footage came from a TikTok uploaded in June by influencer Madi Curtis, who documented a…
The United States military said it successfully intercepted multiple Iranian ballistic missiles in an attack on American forces in the Middle East on Tuesday evening, shattering a brief pause in fighting between the two adversaries. All Iranian missiles were knocked…
Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is now underway in Plymouth Superior Court, but some of the most disturbing evidence in the case will not be aired or made publicly available. The 911 recording and the children’s autopsy photographs are barred from…
Gabriel Perez, who operated President Donald Trump’s teleprompter since 2016, is no longer working in the federal government, a White House official announced on Tuesday. The official declined to specify whether Perez resigned or was fired from his position. The…
Newly released court documents and police records reveal disturbing conditions inside a remote Ohio residence, where authorities found 16 children in what officials have described as a real-life ‘House of Horrors.’ Investigators from the Vinton County Sheriff’s Office, working alongside…
Football remains one of America’s most popular sports, but it also carries an exceptionally high injury risk. The National Football League has long been recognized as having higher injury rates than other major team-based collision sports, including rugby and ice…
President Donald Trump says a 16-year-old lifeguard will be invited to the White House to receive a High Civilian Honor after dramatic footage showed him fighting through huge waves to pull a young boy to safety. The incident took place…