NATIONAL NEWS
Georgia O'Keeffe's views of the New Mexico desert will be preserved with conservation plan
Read full article: Georgia O'Keeffe's views of the New Mexico desert will be preserved with conservation planA new conservation plan would preserve pristine desert vistas beside the longtime home of 20th century painter Georgia O’Keeffe and ensure visitors continued access to a spiritual retreat, along with winter pasture for livestock.
ICE arrests of Afghans are on the rise in the wake of National Guard attack, immigration lawyers say
Read full article: ICE arrests of Afghans are on the rise in the wake of National Guard attack, immigration lawyers sayImmigration lawyers and authorities say arrests of Afghans are on the rise following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. The suspect in the attack is an Afghan national.
Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba resigns as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
Read full article: Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba resigns as top federal prosecutor in New JerseyPresident Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Alina Habba, announced her resignation as acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey.
Court settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims
Read full article: Court settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victimsA federal judge has approved a federal settlement that will clear the way for the New Orleans Archdiocese to pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse.
ICEBlock app maker sues Trump administration over its pressure on Apple to remove app
Read full article: ICEBlock app maker sues Trump administration over its pressure on Apple to remove appThe maker of an iPhone app that flagged sightings of U.S. immigration agents has sued the Trump administration for free speech violations.
Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
Read full article: Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline LeavittA Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from immigrant detention while she fights potential deportation.
Bullets in Luigi Mangione’s bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect
Read full article: Bullets in Luigi Mangione’s bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspectMoments after Luigi Mangione was put in handcuffs at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear.
12 FBI agents fired for kneeling during racial justice protest sue to get their jobs back
Read full article: 12 FBI agents fired for kneeling during racial justice protest sue to get their jobs backTwelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington have sued to get their jobs back.
Honduran man is held without bond in North Carolina train stabbing that drew comments from Trump
Read full article: Honduran man is held without bond in North Carolina train stabbing that drew comments from TrumpA North Carolina judge says a Honduran man charged in a non-fatal stabbing on a Charlotte commuter train will remain held without bond.
Rubio and Hegseth discuss Indo-Pacific security with Australian counterparts
Read full article: Rubio and Hegseth discuss Indo-Pacific security with Australian counterpartsSecretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have met their Australian counterparts for annual talks focused on Indo-Pacific security and countering China’s increasing assertiveness in the region.
Court clerk who helped with Alex Murdaugh's trial pleads guilty to showing sealed exhibits
Read full article: Court clerk who helped with Alex Murdaugh's trial pleads guilty to showing sealed exhibitsFormer South Carolina court clerk Becky Hill has pleaded guilty to showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court.
Government waives part of a Biden-era fine against Southwest Airlines
Read full article: Government waives part of a Biden-era fine against Southwest AirlinesThe U.S. Department of Transportation is waiving part of a fine assessed against Southwest Airlines after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022.
Bad reviews didn’t scare off the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ audience. It even broke a record
Read full article: Bad reviews didn’t scare off the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ audience. It even broke a record“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” is dominating the box office in its opening weekend in North America.
Bullet-pocked marker memorializing 1918 lynching goes on display in Atlanta
Read full article: Bullet-pocked marker memorializing 1918 lynching goes on display in AtlantaAn exhibit opening Monday in Atlanta shows a historical marker from the site of a 1918 lynching that was repeatedly vandalized.
Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, a touchstone in his attack against what he calls 'woke' culture
Read full article: Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, a touchstone in his attack against what he calls 'woke' cultureSylvester Stallone, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries celebrated at the annual Kennedy Center Honors.
Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing
Read full article: Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombingSurvivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront.
National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump’s birthday
Read full article: National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump’s birthdayThe National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, but will waive admission costs on President Donald Trump's birthday.
Man wounded in 2nd stabbing attack on North Carolina commuter train since August
Read full article: Man wounded in 2nd stabbing attack on North Carolina commuter train since AugustPolice in North Carolina have charged a 33-year-old man with stabbing someone on a commuter train in Charlotte.
Magnitude-7.0 earthquake hits in remote wilderness along Alaska-Canada border
Read full article: Magnitude-7.0 earthquake hits in remote wilderness along Alaska-Canada borderA powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake has struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon on Saturday.
Sheriff hunting for the last of 3 inmates who escaped from a Louisiana jail
Read full article: Sheriff hunting for the last of 3 inmates who escaped from a Louisiana jailAuthorities are hunting for the last of three inmates who escaped from a Louisiana jail after removing concrete blocks from a deteriorating wall.
San Diego considers $30 million settlement in police-involved shooting death of Black teen
Read full article: San Diego considers $30 million settlement in police-involved shooting death of Black teenThe San Diego city attorney’s office has agreed to pay $30 million to the family of a 16-year-old youth who was fatally shot by police last January in what would be one of the largest settlements of a police-involved killing case in U.S. history.
Threats pile up as Indiana Republicans confront pressure from Trump on redistricting
Read full article: Threats pile up as Indiana Republicans confront pressure from Trump on redistrictingRepublicans in the Indiana Senate are facing threats as President Trump pushes for lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional map.
Young adults are waiting in line to worship at this fast-growing Atlanta church
Read full article: Young adults are waiting in line to worship at this fast-growing Atlanta churchAn Atlanta church with a viral pastor has grown from less than 200 weekly churchgoers in 2023 to about 6,000 today.
Released 911 calls reveal desperate pleas and tragic outcomes during Texas Hill Country flood
Read full article: Released 911 calls reveal desperate pleas and tragic outcomes during Texas Hill Country floodNewly released recordings of 911 calls show Texas residents and staffers at Camp Mystic caught up in the catastrophic flooding in July pleaded for help as rushing waters rise around them, stranding them in attics and on roofs.
High school student, 18, charged with arson in fire that burned New York City subway passenger
Read full article: High school student, 18, charged with arson in fire that burned New York City subway passengerA New York City high school senior has been jailed on a federal arson charge days after authorities say he set a fire that severely burned a sleeping subway passenger.
911 calls reveal terror of July 4 floods as those trapped in attics and camp cabins beg for help
Read full article: 911 calls reveal terror of July 4 floods as those trapped in attics and camp cabins beg for helpA man clinging to a tree on the Guadalupe River and screaming for a helicopter rescue.
Vanity Fair parts ways with Olivia Nuzzi amid Robert F. Kennedy Jr. controversy
Read full article: Vanity Fair parts ways with Olivia Nuzzi amid Robert F. Kennedy Jr. controversyVanity Fair is parting ways with West Coast editor Olivia Nuzzi amid controversy over her past coverage of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A statement Friday from Nuzzi and the magazine says they have mutually agreed to let her contract expire at the end of the year.
Federal judge appears skeptical of Trump's ongoing command of California National Guard troops
Read full article: Federal judge appears skeptical of Trump's ongoing command of California National Guard troopsA federal judge has questioned the Trump administration’s authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent protests.
What to know as lawmakers disclose vivid new details of US boat strikes
Read full article: What to know as lawmakers disclose vivid new details of US boat strikesMembers of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers.
A timeline of the US military's buildup near Venezuela and attacks on alleged drug boats
Read full article: A timeline of the US military's buildup near Venezuela and attacks on alleged drug boatsThe Trump administration has built up a fleet of warships near Venezuela as American forces keep blowing up small boats accused of smuggling narcotics for drug cartels.
Former DEA agent charged with agreeing to launder millions of dollars for Mexican drug cartel
Read full article: Former DEA agent charged with agreeing to launder millions of dollars for Mexican drug cartelA former DEA agent and an associate have been charged with conspiring to launder millions of dollars and obtain weapons for a Mexican drug cartel.
The Social Security Administration plans to cut field office visits by 50%. What it means for you
Read full article: The Social Security Administration plans to cut field office visits by 50%. What it means for youThe Social Security Administration plans to cut foot traffic to its field offices by 50% next year.
Florida congressional Republicans tell Trump to keep oil drilling off state's coasts
Read full article: Florida congressional Republicans tell Trump to keep oil drilling off state's coastsFlorida’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling off the state’s coast.
Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids
Read full article: Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kidsMassachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users.
Harvard professor leaves US after arrest with pellet gun near synagogue, said he was hunting rats
Read full article: Harvard professor leaves US after arrest with pellet gun near synagogue, said he was hunting ratsA Harvard visiting law professor from Brazil who told police he was shooting at rats when he fired a pellet gun near a synagogue on Yom Kippur has left the United States after his visa was revoked.
Suspect in DC pipe bomb case was 'disappointed' after Trump lost 2020 election, prosecutor says
Read full article: Suspect in DC pipe bomb case was 'disappointed' after Trump lost 2020 election, prosecutor saysA prosecutor says the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators he was “disappointed” in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida can be released, judge rules
Read full article: Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida can be released, judge rulesA federal judge has given the Justice Department permission to release transcripts of a grand jury investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of underage girls in Florida.
US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth
Read full article: US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birthA federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
Day 4 of Luigi Mangione's pretrial hearing is postponed because he's sick, judge says
Read full article: Day 4 of Luigi Mangione's pretrial hearing is postponed because he's sick, judge saysA pretrial hearing on Luigi Mangione’s bid to exclude evidence from his state murder case has been postponed because his lawyers and the judge say he's sick.
Another line of attack: White House sets up a hall of shame for news outlets
Read full article: Another line of attack: White House sets up a hall of shame for news outletsPresident Donald Trump's White House has established a hall of shame for journalists it finds guilty of media bias as it looks for new avenues of attack against legacy news outlets.
In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries to boost industry
Read full article: In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries to boost industryThe Cooper family has worked in the coal industry in Colorado for generations.
Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to Louisiana
Read full article: Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to LouisianaFederal border agents have descended on a Hispanic enclave just outside New Orleans, and local business owners are suffering.