Students aged 12 to 15 steered bus to safety and called for help after driver lost consciousness from asthma attack Middle school students in Mississippi acted quickly to halt their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a highway, prompting the operator to declare: “They saved my life.” The bus in question had just left the Hancock middle school in the Mississippi community of Kiln on Wednesday when the driver, Leah Taylor, suffered an asthma attack and lost consciousness. Continue reading...

Crews are applying an "American flag blue" coating to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Friday, as part of a roughly $1.5 million resurfacing President Donald Trump announced Thursday.

Birmingham High's closer is armed with a 92-mph fastball

A former University of South Florida student has been charged with killing his roommate and the roommate's girlfriend - two doctoral students from Bangladesh who disappeared earlier this month, authorities said Saturday.

The White House said it would send envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan for negotiations, but Iranian officials said no direct talks are expected.

Three appellate immigration judges sided with Department of Homeland Security lawyers who appealed a decision from Immigration Judge Michael Pleters terminating removal proceedings for DACA recipient Catalina "Xóchitl" Santiago.

Iran's foreign minister departed Islamabad without meeting U.S. negotiators Saturday, raising new questions about the prospects for direct talks as tensions with Washington persist.

Canadian oil producer MEG Energy said on Friday it has agreed to be acquired by larger peer Cenovus Energy in a cash-and-stock deal worth C$6.93 billion, to create one of the largest oil sands companies in Canada.

For centuries, Canada hasn’t needed to prioritize its military. But the US transformation calls for a Finland-style approach

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi, son of Jon Bon Jovi, adopted their first child a year after tying the knot. 'And then there were 3,' the pair announced on Instagram.

Three Federal Reserve officials appeared lukewarm on Thursday to the idea of an interest rate cut next month, as investors geared up for U.S. central bank chief Jerome Powell's speech to the annual Jackson Hole conference in Wyoming.

Reports of overdoses, hospitalizations, and deaths tied to compounded drugs are mounting. Yet these unregulated copies of patented medicines, often churned out in makeshift facilities or unlicensed pharmacies, continued to be falsely marketed as safe, personalized alternatives.

Far-right influencers are menacing charities and individuals to further isolate the people we work with. Ensuring safety is now part of the job, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

Online gaming company Roblox is under fire for its decision to ban pedophile hunters from its platform.Roblox, which has nearly 82 million daily active players, this month cut off user "Schlep" for identifying pedophiles and helping authorities arrest them. Roblox then...

An analysis of real-time train data shows its passengers face major service disruptions at six times the rate of riders on other NYC commuter railways.

IPC says famine is ‘entirely man-made’ and immediate response is needed or avoidable deaths will soar * Israel-Gaza war – latest updates An “entirely man-made” famine is taking place in Gaza’s largest city and its surrounding area, UN-backed experts have declared, in an escalation in the devastated territory’s humanitarian crisis. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a globally recognised organisation that classifies the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition, found that three key thresholds for famine had been met. Continue reading...

Our review of Stephanie Wambugu's new book, "Lonely Crowds."

Women’s basketball players are demanding higher pay. That’s what happens when business is booming.

We’ve promised to provide equal care to all. Now we’re being punished for speaking out against the killing of medics and patients in Gaza, says Palestinian doctor Lina Qasem-Hassan

Fannie Mae, which now resides in one of the glitziest nearly 1 million-square-foot high-story office buildings in the Washington, D.C., area, is still in conservatorship. Hopefully, the Trump administration will move toward setting it free and severing all its federal strings.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has denied a report from CBS that he requested the setup of a vanity makeup room at the Pentagon.

China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beijing's latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea...

Pope Francis continues his recovery from double pneumonia at Rome's Gemelli hospital with the Vatican expected to issue the traditional Sunday Angelus prayer as a written text for the fifth straight week.The pope typically delivers the Angelus from a…

Sale of the $300mn Amadea is expected to move forward but cases that were not charged yet are likely to be abandoned

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