Florida panhandle directly in Isaias’ path as officials warn of life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-force winds in parts of Florida, Mississippi and Alabama

Only Iran and Afghanistan routinely carry out sentences in public, with Saudi Arabia appearing to have ended practice

Deadly barrage prompted several international carriers to suspend flights

The US defense industry’s use of commercial freight companies is facing scrutiny after a shipment diverted to Hong Kong by United Parcel Service Inc. resulted in potentially sensitive F-35 stealth jet parts falling into the hands of the Chinese government.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said a 5-year-old child was in the car when Oscar Belgal, 28, was shot. DHS said that an immigration officer fired his weapon during a “targeted enforcement operation.”

Police say man taken to hospital and mayor says child physically unharmed as he condemns ‘unconscionable’ act

As wildfires surge through some of the most treasured landscapes in the nation, two new studies show that supercharged blazes make it harder for forests to recover.

Hurricane Isaias is gathering strength Thursday morning despite persistent crosswinds, raising the threat of damaging winds and flooding across a wide stretch of the US Gulf Coast.

Democrats from the House Oversight Committee on Thursday asked U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle for financial records and communications with Trump administration officials after allegatio...

Bernadette Greene-Placentia said she was hit from behind and knocked unconscious before waking up to two men attacking her.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”

A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration's national security defense of its White House ban on three news outlets is undercut by the president's own words, according to Politico."That's an uphill climb," U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said of the Justice Department's effort to ...

A bipartisan duo is asking House members to pledge that they won’t block winners from taking their seats.

Conflicting reports and a lack of transparency around the death have fueled concerns.

The 18-year-old had been under investigation for nearly two years, the FBI said.

‘Transparent information sharing’ from Moscow is required to conduct full risk assessment, UN agency says The World Health Organization has said it does not have the “full picture” from Russia following the suspected death from plague last week of a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Siberia. Darya Shipilova died two days after falling ill with cold-like symptoms. She was an employee at the anti-plague research institute in the eastern city of Irkutsk, with some reports suggesting she was infected after a workplace accident. Continue reading...

The Trump administration obtained tens of millions of unspecified records as part of a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud.

Optogenetic therapy, based on Nobel prize-winning science, involves turning nerve cells on and off using light A type of gene therapy based on Nobel prize-winning science is safe and can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers have revealed. The approach, known as optogenetic therapy, harnesses the technique for turning nerve cells on and off using light that scooped the 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Continue reading...

The National Design Studio has been something of a successor agency to DOGE. A WIRED investigation finds some of its members are on loan from a nonprofit run by SpaceXAI’s general counsel.

ICE was targeting voting rights groups in swing states—and beyond.

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The deaths of two college students have renewed calls to ban the addictive drug.

Sharp spikes in food and energy prices will likely become more common, the International ​Monetary Fund said, warning such crises drive inflation expectations higher for longer, worsen poverty and threaten economic stability.

Supreme Court decisions that were small comfort in 2026 will turn out to be no comfort at all in 2028.

The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.