President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom is expected to get final approval from a key commission.
U.S. gas prices are climbing fast, and drivers are paying the highest pump prices since 2022 as the Iran war shakes oil markets.
Iran has fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to attack.
Artificial intelligence-generated content is everywhere these days, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to breaking news.
The Senate is expected to try quickly passing a measure Thursday that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, though it’s unclear how swiftly the House will follow to largely end the longest partial government shutdown in history.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University are creating virtual replicas of patients’ hearts so they can test how to fix a life-threatening irregular heartbeat before treating the real organ.
A Utah sheriff's office says DNA testing has definitively linked the unsolved death of a Utah teenager in 1974 to the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy.
Medical examiners have ruled that the death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, five days after Border Patrol left him at a Buffalo, New York, doughnut shop, was a homicide.
Elon Musk’s space exploration company has filed preliminary paperwork to sell shares to the public, according to two sources familiar with the filing, a blockbuster offering that is likely to rank as the biggest ever and make its founder the world’s first trillionaire.
A judge has granted Luigi Mangione only a slight delay of his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by the parents of an environmental activist who was killed while protesting the construction of an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that critics dubbed “Cop City.”.
A Maryland judge has denied bail to a quadruple amputee professional cornhole player accused of fatally shooting a passenger in his Tesla last month.
A U.S. resident of 27 years who was deported to Mexico by the Trump administration has returned home to Sacramento.
Hydrologists working high in the Rocky Mountains have measured what they say is Colorado’s driest winter of snow moisture on record.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance are both seen as the Republican Party’s strongest potential candidates in the next presidential election, but the Iran war could prove to be a political millstone for them.
The Supreme Court seems poised to reject President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship in a consequential case that was magnified by his unparalleled presence in the courtroom.
Advocacy groups and experts have slammed YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children.
A federal judge ruled against conservation groups in their efforts to block a proposed lithium-boron mining project in Nevada.
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration's effort to change the criteria for using tens of millions of dollars in funding to aid homeless people was unlawful.
A federal judge has thrown out a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing Colorado and Denver of interfering with the enforcement of immigration laws.
Travelers can expect roughly one quarter of the flights to be delayed by at least half an hour at San Francisco International Airport over the next six months.
A real-life Las Vegas showgirl is suing Taylor Swift, saying the branding surrounding her album “The Life of a Showgirl.”.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to tighten voting rules by creating a national list of eligible voters and limiting mail ballots.
A federal appeals court in the United States has denied a request to reopen a criminal case against Boeing tied to two fatal crashes of 737 Max jets.
U.S. carrier JetBlue has raised its checked bag fees by as much as $9 as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies.
A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Army pilots who hovered two helicopters near Kid Rock’s Tennessee home during a training run while he clapped and saluted have had their suspensions lifted.
Everything seems to be going NASA's way as the countdown proceeds toward a Wednesday launch of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century.
A fire destroyed the main meditation hall at Tassajara Mountain Zen Center in Central California, as monks neared the end of a long retreat.
In a new lawsuit, one of the first three women to officiate an NFL game describes her three years at the pinnacle of her profession as a descent into the grip of a sexist institution unable to treat a woman as an equal.
A jury has deadlocked in the trial of two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives charged for their roles in Ohio's $60 million bribery scandal.
Federal prosecutors probing public corruption in New York have charged the leaders of a homeless shelter nonprofit with stealing $1.3 million from the taxpayer-backed organization.
U.S. consumer confidence inched higher in March despite soaring energy prices brought on by the war in Iran.
U.S. job openings fell slightly last month to 6.9 million, another sign of sluggishness in the American labor market.
In 1965, Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers in California became inextricably linked when they mobilized to strike against grape growers.
U.S. gas prices have jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as fuel prices continue to soar worldwide amid the Iran war.
Sexual abuse allegations against the revered labor leader César Chavez have led to a swift fallout, leaving many to reconcile the legacy of a man who fought tirelessly for the rights of farmworkers.
A proposal in Georgia could allow DNA to be collected from immigrants taken into custody for minor offenses.
Bruce Springsteen was in a defiant but upbeat mood in Minneapolis as he launched his latest U.S. tour.
Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters — an exercise to help them understand what writing, thinking and classrooms were like before everything turned digital.
One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice's whale, is in the way of the Trump administration's desire to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says the systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel are convenient but don’t improve safety because people who use them often pay less attention to the road.
Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act.
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a New York City council member and her sister accepted bribes linked to the appropriation of city funds to a migrant shelter provider.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including its desalination plants.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf allies of the United States are urging President Donald Trump to keep prosecuting his war against Iran, saying the month of strikes has not weakened Tehran enough.
The Army is investigating after two AH-64 Apache helicopters on a training run maneuvered near the hillside home of Kid Rock.
The FBI says a man with an assault-style rifle who crashed his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue earlier in March was carrying out an attack inspired by the militant group Hezbollah and was seeking to kill many Jewish people.
About 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential public health threat to millions of Americans.
The leader of a sex-focused women’s wellness company that promoted “orgasmic meditation” has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for federal forced labor conspiracy.
A Portland soccer tournament brought girls from immigrant and refugee families together to push back against fear tied to federal immigration enforcement.
Authorities say a 15-year-old student shot a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself.
A notebook with meeting minutes and a ledger are among the Ku Klux Klan-related items found recently when a Mississippi government office was cleared out.
The Trump administration has carried out on a threat to sue the state of Minnesota and its school athletics governing body for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.
The Transportation Safety Administration says most of its officers received most of their backpay Monday for working during the shutdown.
The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back.
Heading into the weekend, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay the tens of thousands of TSA officers who have been working without pay for over a month during a partial government shutdown.
Braylon Mullins sank a desperation 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left to give UConn an astonishing 73-72 victory over top-seeded Duke, earning the Huskies a spot in the Final Four after they rallied from a 19-point first-half deficit.
Chesney the kangaroo jumped an eight-foot fence to escape his petting zoo in Wisconsin, spending three days on the lam.
Authorities in Los Angeles deployed tear gas near a federal detention center and made dozens of arrests following a “No Kings” rally this weekend.
Long security lines at airports are driving people crazy as Congress and President Donald Trump try to work out a budget stalemate.
“Project Hail Mary” stayed aloft in its second weekend, holding strongly with $54.5 million, adding to the long-term prospects of the year’s biggest hit thus far.
From California to Minnesota, elected leaders and civil rights groups are scrambling to distance themselves from César Chavez’s name in the wake of sexual abuse allegations.
Some names will be familiar to the Supreme Court in the latest case involving a Black death row inmate from Mississippi.
Actor James Tolkan, known for his roles as a cigar-chomping naval commander in “Top Gun” and a gruff high school administrator in “Back to the Future,” has died.
Hundreds of employees at one of the U.S. Navy’s biggest shipbuilding contractors have voted to approve a deal with Bath Iron Works, ending a weeklong strike.
Members of Congress have repeatedly introduced bills to ensure the federal employees who control air traffic and conduct airport security screenings get paid during government shutdowns.
The four astronauts making NASA's next lunar leap bear little resemblance to the Apollo era.
Airports serving Washington, D.C., Baltimore and some cities in Virginia briefly halted all flights Friday evening because of what federal authorities said was a strong chemical smell at the flight center that controls traffic into the airports.
Tiger Woods’ arrest for a car crash in Florida is at least the fourth auto incident involving the golfer and the second in which he was charged with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Officials say Tiger Woods has been released on bail hours after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
A Missouri judge has allowed the use of new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump.
Thousands of striking workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants are extending their walkout to a third week.
Alabama guard Aden Holloway, who was arrested on felony drug charges, has been granted permission by a judge to leave the state as his team prepares to face Michigan in the Sweet 16 in Chicago.
When stock markets are falling, it’s natural to want to do something quickly to protect your retirement savings.
The sight of travelers suffering through long security lines at U.S. airports this week have many people showing up way before their flights.
Federal law enforcement officials have disrupted a plot to fire bomb the New York City home of a prominent Palestinian activist.
The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year says doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.