Trump says Islamic State group leader was killed in a joint US-Nigerian mission
President Donald Trump says U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out a mission to kill a leader of the Islamic State group
May 16, 2026President Donald Trump says U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out a mission to kill a leader of the Islamic State group
May 16, 2026
A train has crashed into a public bus in Bangkok, killing at least eight people
May 16, 2026
A stillbirth and Facebook post expressing her grief landed her in prison for over 2 years. Experts say it’s part of a pattern
May 16, 2026
DHS says its new deportation planes are almost ready for takeoff. Critics doubt the plan will work
May 16, 2026
A New York has declared a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s rape case from the #MeToo-era that has gone to trial three times so far after a jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision
May 16, 2026
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is commuting the sentence of a former county clerk and election conspiracy theorist following pressure from President Donald Trump
May 16, 2026
Election denier Tina Peters will get clemency after admitting she ‘made a mistake,’ Colorado’s Democratic governor says
May 16, 2026
Woman who scammed thousands of hopeful parents looking to adopt is sentenced to 20 months in prison
May 16, 2026
An Iraqi national accused of plotting at least 18 terror attacks in Europe in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel's war in Iran has been arrested and charged with supporting Iran-backed terrorist organizations
May 15, 2026
The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, three people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press
May 16, 2026
Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial has ended in a mistrial
May 15, 2026
Iraqi militant leader ‘directed and urged’ attacks on Americans and Jews over Iran war, feds say
May 16, 2026
US Justice Department working to indict former Cuban president Raul Castro
May 16, 2026
'Like a coward': Kansas City woman saw deadly hit-and-run wreck involving mail carrier, later learned it was her brother
May 16, 2026
U.S. Marshals find Pennsylvania fugitive living in the woods in Florida
May 16, 2026
Two women pickpocketed older adults for seven months, Florida police say
May 16, 2026
80-year-old Pittsburgh woman charged with stealing nearly $1 million from man with dementia
May 16, 2026
‘Creeps need not apply’: How a team of bipartisan women plan to change Capitol Hill’s culture of harassment
May 16, 2026
Maldivian authorities have suspended a high-risk operation to recover the bodies of four Italian divers believed trapped inside a deep underwater cave, after one body was recovered the day before
May 15, 2026
The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for the man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum
May 15, 2026
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed legislation banning certain semi-automatic firearms
May 15, 2026
Investigators are looking into what caused a small plane crash to crash into a house in northeast Ohio Thursday and explode into flames, killing both people aboard
May 15, 2026
The Texas Supreme Court has refused to declare that Democratic state lawmakers who briefly left the state last year in a quorum break to stop a vote on new congressional voting maps pushed by President Donald Trump vacated their offices
May 15, 2026
Elon Musk's social media platform X is pledging to crack down on hate and terrorist content in Britain
May 15, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping is considering the case of detained pastor Ezra Jin Mingri
May 15, 2026
The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the capture of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013
May 15, 2026
French singer and actor Claudine Longet has died at age 84
May 15, 2026
Suspect in deadly Santa Clara shooting, fire was victim's estranged brother, police say
May 15, 2026
Somali piracy on the rise as Iran war forces ships into high-risk detours
May 15, 2026
A timeline of former death row inmate Richard Glossip’s legal battles spanning nearly 30 years
May 15, 2026
Explosive device safely detonated after being found in critical Alabama reservoir
May 15, 2026
Justice Clarence Thomas laments ‘very dicey’ threats to judiciary and heightened security for Supreme Court
May 15, 2026
Tensions are escalating again near the Strait of Hormuz after a ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another was attacked and sank near the coast of Oman
May 14, 2026
Former death row inmate Richard Glossip released on bond after nearly 30 years in prison
May 15, 2026
The six people found dead inside a sweltering railroad boxcar in Laredo, Texas, over the weekend were stowaway migrants from Mexico and Honduras who fell victim to
May 15, 2026
The U.S.
May 14, 2026
Police in Florida are investigating vandalism at a historic, predominantly African
May 14, 2026
An Oklahoma man who has narrowly avoided execution three separate times could walk free from a county jail after a judge agreed to grant him bond while awaiting retrial
May 14, 2026
A tourist from Washington state is facing federal charges after a witness recorded what prosecutors say was a video of him hurling a coconut-sized rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal
May 14, 2026
Former death row inmate Richard Glossip has been granted bond by an Oklahoma judge who ruled Thursday that Glossip could be freed from jail while awaiting a new trial for a 1997 killing
May 15, 2026
Voting rights groups are arguing that a federal judge should stop President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail voting because he doesn’t have the authority to do so
May 15, 2026
The House Ethics Committee is investigating Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina over allegations that he created a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment
May 15, 2026
Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller of Ohio has filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife and her legal team
May 15, 2026
A top California Democratic political aide has pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal campaign funds from Xavier Becerra when he served as the federal health secretary
May 15, 2026
More details are out after six people were found dead in a rail yard shipping container in Laredo, Texas, last weekend
May 15, 2026
A federal jury in Chicago has awarded $49.5 million to the family of a 24-year-old nonprofit global health worker killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia
May 15, 2026
Czech police detained a 35-year-old man suspected of stealing a revered 800-year-old saint's skull from a church in the northern Czech Republic this week, they said on
May 15, 2026
Russia carried out its largest aerial attack over a two-day period since the start of its war in Ukraine, pounding the capital Kyiv and
May 14, 2026
Construction worker alive after 30-foot fall from building in Madison, Wisconsin
May 15, 2026
Three students charged after assaults on teachers, SRO at Siegel High School
May 15, 2026
Detective works full time to revisit decades-old cold cases
May 15, 2026
Russia hammers Ukraine in biggest prolonged drone attack since war began
May 14, 2026
A man accused of wounding two drivers when he fired at least 70 rounds from an assault-style weapon on a busy street near Boston pleaded not guilty to assault and other charges
May 14, 2026
'He had planned this': Mother of attempted abduction victim concerned over sex offender's sentence
May 15, 2026
Georgia safety Ja'Marley Riddle has been arrested on two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor speeding charge
May 15, 2026
New Hampshire gets its first Safe Haven baby box at Manchester Fire Department
May 15, 2026
After 2 suspicious fires, restaurant owners in "feel like we're under attack"
May 15, 2026
The head of U.S. Border Patrol has announced his resignation
May 14, 2026
Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions are gone. Here’s what that means for a retrial
May 15, 2026
A small medical plane crashed in a mountain range outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, killing all four people aboard and sparking a wildfire in the surrounding forest
May 14, 2026
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May 14, 2026
Allies of Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro scrambled on Thursday to play down ties to a jailed banker that threatened his odds in
May 15, 2026
Harvey Weinstein has returned to court in his rape retrial a day after he reported chest pains while in the courthouse
May 14, 2026
Scottsdale Fire Department honors Costco employees who helped save a customer's life
May 15, 2026
A former New York City judge who resigned last year while under investigation for professional misconduct has been charged with abusing his position to swindle real estate investors out of at least $5 million and then using some of the loot to pay his own bills
May 14, 2026
Man fights HOA over outdoor security cameras he says stopped package theft
May 15, 2026
Witnesses and USD 259 speak out after post-graduation fight at Century II
May 15, 2026
Scam involving actor Billy Bob Thornton making rounds on social media
May 15, 2026
Former western Kansas mayor surrenders to ICE custody
May 15, 2026
Man faces 75 years to life for allegedly sexually assaulting children and cat
May 15, 2026
The Justice Department is challenging efforts to sanction attorneys from the first and second Trump administrations, asserting in a lawsuit that the District of Columbia Bar is unfairly playing politics with the legal disciplinary process
May 14, 2026
Couple charged with sexually abusing intoxicated underage female
May 15, 2026
Oklahoma executes man convicted of killing ex-girlfriend and her baby in Tulsa fire
May 15, 2026
Mother’s advocacy leads to new nitrous oxide law
May 15, 2026
Man charged after allegedly hurling rock at endangered monk seal
May 15, 2026
Israel and Lebanon have started a third round of direct talks in Washington
May 14, 2026
FBI offers $200,000 for information on former Air Force intelligence specialist charged with spying for Iran
May 15, 2026
Livestreamer known for posting racist content faces attempted murder charge after shooting outside courthouse
May 14, 2026
A U.N. war crimes court said on Thursday it had denied a bid for early release by Ratko Mladic, the 84-year-old Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide and crimes
May 14, 2026
A jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million to the family of a woman who was killed in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX.
May 14, 2026
The Supreme Court says man can sue a major logistics company after he lost part of his leg in a semi tractor-trailer crash
May 14, 2026
Oklahoma has executed a man who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter nearly 20 years ago
May 14, 2026
As tension and gunfire erupted inside the Philippine Senate, where Senator Ronald dela Rosa had taken refuge to evade arrest and later escaped,
May 14, 2026
The internationally recognised Yemeni government and the Iran-aligned Houthi group will exchange more than 1,600 prisoners, the office of the U.N. special envoy for
May 14, 2026
King Charles was greeted by cheering crowds on Thursday when he visited an area of London which has suffered a spate of antisemitic attacks in recent weeks, in a show of
May 14, 2026
Israel plans to sue The New York Times and one of its journalists for defamation over an article that said Israeli soldiers, prison guards and settlers
May 14, 2026
Afghanistan's Taliban government has detained at least three journalists on unspecified charges, the United Nations mission there said on Thursday in
May 14, 2026
Fighting fraud is a top Trump administration priority. Here’s what you should know
May 14, 2026
An intruder was killed on a Denver runway after exploiting a security gap at one of the nation’s busiest airports
May 14, 2026
Italy's defence minister said on Thursday he had written twice to the Treasury urging a decision on whether to tap a European Union arms-
May 14, 2026
Justice Department sues DC’s attorney disciplinary authorities for recommending a Trump ally be disbarred
May 14, 2026
Exclusive: Acting AG Todd Blanche was told last year to recuse from Justice Department matters involving Trump
May 14, 2026
Cross-country scheme to steal cryptocurrency involved fake food orders and violent break-ins, prosecutors say
May 14, 2026
Kouri Richins’ boys wanted her to get life in prison. Their wish was granted
May 14, 2026
Illinois park district director used taxpayer credit card for daughter's prom helicopter, invoice shows
May 14, 2026
Teen suspect in triple homicide returns to North Carolina to face murder charges
May 14, 2026
Quintayvious Hutchins, Patriots draft pick from Boston College, charged with assault at campus dorm
May 14, 2026
The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group has been sentenced in New York to 15 years in prison for trying to recruit others to commit violent acts against Jews and racial minorities
May 14, 2026
A museum in Illinois is wondering how it got a speeding ticket for its replica of the car in the TV show “Knight Rider” that hasn't moved from its display in years
May 14, 2026
Prince Harry warns of ‘deeply troubling rise’ in antisemitism in UK after spate of attacks
May 14, 2026
Judge orders US government to return Colombian woman deported to DR Congo
May 14, 2026
Dust storms, heavy rain, and lightning have damaged homes and killed at least 96 people in northern India
May 14, 2026
Guns that are antiques or replicas of antiques are not considered firearms under federal law
May 14, 2026
A Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court has fled from the Senate, where he sought refuge to evade arrest
May 14, 2026
A Maryland attorney took in his daughter’s family. His son-in-law then fatally shot him, prosecutors say
May 14, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's former right-hand man was taken into custody on Thursday on money-laundering charges, part of a
May 14, 2026
A top Philippine politician wanted by the International Criminal Court was no longer taking refuge at the Senate after what his wife
May 14, 2026
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has secured the backing of his party's top decision-making body over a scandal triggered by the theft of bundles of cash in
May 14, 2026
The Philippine Senate will convene as an impeachment court on May 18 ahead of the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, its president said on Thursday,
May 14, 2026
Gunshots fired in Philippines parliament as senator wanted by ICC resists arrest
May 13, 2026
Authorities say a man who livestreams himself saying racially derogatory statements to Black people in public settings has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a shooting outside a Tennessee courthouse
May 14, 2026
A violent storm bringing rain and hail scythed across India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, killing more than 100
May 14, 2026
M23 rebels and the Rwandan army carried out killings, rapes and abductions during a month-long occupation of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in late 2025 and
May 14, 2026
A judge has ruled that a Utah mother who wrote a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death will serve life in prison without parole for his murder
May 13, 2026
Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son have been overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the court clerk at his trial suggested he was guilty
May 13, 2026
A New York man was found guilty on Wednesday of acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government after a trial over federal prosecutors' allegations
May 14, 2026
Lutnick downplayed contact with Epstein in House Oversight interview, transcript shows
May 14, 2026
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler blasts ‘disgusting’ antisemitic and homophobic comments from Sen. Rand Paul’s son
May 14, 2026
Taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlements involving lawmakers exceeded $550,000, newly released documents show
May 14, 2026
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has backed away from a previous claim that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed people
May 14, 2026
Quintayvious Hutchins, Patriots draft pick from Boston College, charged with assault at campus dorm
May 13, 2026
The U.S. military says the remains of the second U.S. Army soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered
May 14, 2026
Brazilian financial markets reeled on Wednesday as traders pointed to a report alleging ties between Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and a scandal-plagued banker, with some
May 14, 2026
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked U.S. sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a U.N. expert on the Palestinian territories, finding that the Trump
May 14, 2026