— Election officials in Arizona’s most populous county have reached a settlement ending a legal battle that has consumed county leadership for more than a year. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and County Recorder Justin Heap approved the deal…
President Donald Trump’s administration fired the newly appointed U.S. attorney for Western Washington less than an hour after he was sworn in Wednesday, immediately setting up a potential legal battle over presidential authority and the power of federal judges to…
Music consumption continues its explosive growth midway through 2026, with streaming services recording unprecedented levels of listening worldwide. Equally striking is the dramatic shift in which genres are winning audiences. Latin and country music are surging across the United States,…
Lindsey Vonn surprised fans at the 2026 ESPY Awards by revealing that her right ankle remains broken, five months after the serious injuries she suffered at the Winter Olympics. The American alpine skiing icon arrived at the Los Angeles event…
Attorneys representing the family of Nolan Wells have agreed to jointly inspect the recovered cellphone of the 18-year-old college football player with investigators from the Jackson County District Attorney’s office, marking a significant development in the investigation into the teen’s…
George Santos, the disgraced former congressman who once served New York’s 3rd congressional district, is taking his next step in the post-political world: reality television. Fox announced Wednesday that Santos will compete on the fifth season of “Special Forces: World’s…
Ashley Johnson has opened up about a disturbing incident from her childhood, revealing that an armed man allegedly tried to abduct her from the set of Growing Pains. Johnson, now 42, shared the story on a recent episode of her…
More than 100 inmates at New York’s sprawling Rikers Island correctional facility gathered Wednesday in a gymnasium at the complex’s main intake center for an unusual event: a World Cup semifinal watch party. Dressed in tan uniforms and seated at…
A family traveling in a vehicle that stopped on a Toledo roadway due to a flat tire experienced a deadly carbon monoxide exposure on Wednesday that left three people dead and two children hospitalized in critical condition, officials confirmed. Toledo…
Tom Holland has shared the amusing story behind how Zendaya pushed him toward joining Christopher Nolan’s latest epic, The Odyssey, revealing she gave him a dramatic warning when he hesitated over the role. The film opens in theaters across the…
Vice President JD Vance acknowledged Wednesday that the Trump administration bungled its handling of communications surrounding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, admitting in a lengthy podcast interview that the effort became a significant political liability for the administration.…
Hong Kong authorities raided two independent bookstores on Wednesday and arrested five people on suspicion of selling seditious publications, marking the third wave of such arrests targeting the city’s independent booksellers in recent months. Officers in police vests seized boxes…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday a new military policy requiring annual testosterone screening for active-duty service members age 30 and older. The initiative represents one of the Pentagon’s latest health directives aimed at optimizing troop performance and will be…
A former cargo ship captain has pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually assaulting a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy cadet during a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, bringing an historic end to a case that exposed vulnerabilities in the maritime industry’s…
In Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, a group of mothers united by the loss of their sons to police violence are demanding the federal government implement a nationwide policy to support families devastated by state violence. Their plea represents one of…
Warren Buffett, the 95-year-old billionaire investor, has announced a sweeping overhaul of his philanthropic plans, redirecting nearly his entire fortune away from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to charitable organizations controlled by his three children. In an interview Wednesday,…