Breaking US news and top American headlines — from politics and crime to the viral stories sweeping the nation.
— A federal judge has dismissed the landmark seditious conspiracy case against four far-right Proud Boys members, erasing convictions that represented some of the government’s most serious prosecutions stemming from the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. U.S. District Judge Timothy…
A teenager convicted in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Kayla Rincon-Miller addressed her family in court before learning he would spend the rest of his life in prison. Thomas Stein appeared in court on July 10 for sentencing after being…
Harry Kane has opened up about what it was like to play golf with Donald Trump, offering his verdict on the president’s game after the pair shared a round around 18 months ago. Trump’s enthusiasm for golf is well established,…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is reportedly considering changes that could make it simpler for people to seek compensation for injuries they say were caused by Covid-19 vaccines. The Department of Health and Human Services has…
A popular vacation hotspot has been added to the list of destinations where travelers are being urged to stay more alert, following an updated advisory from the US Government. As summer travel ramps up and temperatures rise across much of…
The execution of death row prisoner Pedro Medina became notorious after a malfunction turned it into one of the most disturbing scenes in modern capital punishment history. Cases where an execution does not go to plan are relatively uncommon, and…
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has addressed the speculation over who covered the public costs connected to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding in the city last week. The high-profile couple got married at Madison Square Garden earlier this…
A rapidly growing wildfire in a remote high desert region northeast of Los Angeles prompted evacuation orders and warnings Friday as firefighters battled extreme fire conditions in one of Southern California’s most sparsely populated areas. The blaze, known as the…
A 52-year-old Mexican construction worker who spent 35 years building Houston’s suburbs was mourned this week as hundreds gathered to demand answers after he was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during a traffic stop in the…
Martha Ann Lillard, the last American to rely on an iron lung, has died at age 78 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She passed away on June 26 from complications of long-haul COVID-19, just eight days after speaking with a local television…
Global oil demand is set to decline this year for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to a report released by the International Energy Agency. The projected drop of about one million barrels per day in…
A NetJets-operated Cessna Citation Latitude business jet lost power in both engines while attempting an emergency approach to Laredo International Airport, forcing pilots to make a desperate glide toward the ground that ended in a crash on a Texas highway,…
Dozens of people have been rescued from catastrophic flooding in southeastern Missouri after a rare, extreme rainfall event triggered an emergency situation across multiple counties on Friday. The disaster prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency as emergency crews…
Kristi Noem’s mother has said her daughter is planning to end her marriage to husband Bryon after 34 years together. The claim follows reports published in April alleging that Noem’s husband, whom she married in 1992, had been leading what…
King Charles III hosted Prince Harry and his family for the first time in years on Friday at Highgrove House, a country estate in Gloucestershire, west of London, in an attempt to repair a rift that has defined the royal…
A man on a budget airline flight was reportedly left “partially sucked out” of a cabin window after a mid-air emergency, with fellow passengers saying his wife helped keep him from being pulled further outside. The Ryanair service had departed…