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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…
Roughly 350,000 Haitian immigrants lost federal work authorization and deportation protections as Temporary Protected Status came to an end on July 27, 2026, leaving thousands of business owners and workers scrambling to navigate an unprecedented situation clouded by legal uncertainty…
A 16-year-old lifeguard became a national hero over the weekend after rescuing a 10-year-old boy from powerful, pounding surf at a California beach. The dramatic rescue, captured on video, has sparked widespread praise and calls for official recognition of the…
A Nevada judge ruled Tuesday that a police interview recording from 2008 will be admissible as evidence in the upcoming murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Judge…
The Trump administration’s Education Department has launched formal investigations into two school districts over concerning incidents involving students and materials officials said violated federal parental rights laws. The investigations target Bethel School District in Washington state and Denver Public Schools…
Female athletes are capturing an unprecedented share of college sports marketing opportunities, with a new report showing explosive growth in name, image and likeness partnerships. College sports marketing company Learfield released data showing that female athlete participation in NIL activities…
eBay and three former executives have agreed to pay $55.7 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed by a Massachusetts couple who endured a bizarre and coordinated harassment campaign designed to silence their critical reporting of the company. David and…
Mary Jo Campbell’s official cause of death has now been confirmed, nearly two weeks after she died at the age of 91. The Kardashian-Jenner family matriarch, who was also Kris Jenner’s mother, died on July 16, 2026, just days before…
Colt Gray, the Georgia teenager who carried out a deadly shooting at Apalachee High School in September 2024, repeatedly asked his mother to search the internet for mentions of his name and bring him “fan art” drawings of himself during…
A person cited in the David Hearn case says the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool had already sustained damage before the former Olympian is accused of making contact with it. David Hearn, a former US Olympian, was indicted by a grand…
Andy Lippman, the longtime Los Angeles bureau chief for the Associated Press who oversaw coverage of some of the most significant events of the 20th century, has died at 78. He died at his home in Tucson on July 25,…
— American consumers’ confidence in the nation’s economy continued its slide this month as renewed fighting between the United States and Iran sent gasoline prices soaring back above four dollars per gallon, undoing fragile gains from a brief period of…
Fraudsters are constantly finding new ways to target people’s money, and one payment scam experts want consumers to watch for is ‘ghost tapping’. With fewer people relying on notes and coins, most purchases are now made electronically. The Federal Reserve’s…