Sweltering heat wave grips central and southern US for a second straight day
At least 40 million people were under extreme heat warnings across central and southern parts of the United States on…
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Oil prices ease after US and Iran pause their attacks
NEW YORK — Oil prices eased in early trading Sunday, falling further from a two-month high set last week, after…
Cori Bush and Wesley Bell’s rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri
ST. LOUIS — Gripping a microphone outside the courthouse where the infamous Dred Scott case over slavery was argued in…
Video appears to show a person kicking a sea lion; federal officials investigating
SAN DIEGO — Federal wildlife authorities are investigating after a video appeared to show a person kicking a protected sea…
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries kicks off 100 days till midterms with affordability agenda
The stage is in battleground Pennsylvania. The stakes are control of the House. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday…
Airstrikes have paused and talks are pressing forward. But can the US and Iran take the off-ramp?
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing, while diplomatic…
Seattle police seek two men who parachuted from the Space Needle
The Seattle Police Department is searching for two men who climbed over the glass wall of the city’s iconic Space…
How lighthearted social media trend of ‘teen takeovers’ took a serious turn
When Damarion Spann, 18, saw an Instagram flier calling for a massive gathering on a beach near downtown Chicago, he…
Iran-backed Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia in response to airstrikes in Yemen
CAIRO — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Saturday that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to…
4th firefighter dies from injuries in western Colorado blaze
A fourth firefighter has died from burns after he and several colleagues were overcome by a fast-moving wildfire near the…