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Iran's Economy Minister Ali Madanizadeh said Iran should 'expect an attack' in response to the U.S. Treasury's expanded sanctions announced Monday under an initiative called Operat
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 49,571 people in July 2026, a 15 percent increase from the prior month and the highest single-month total during Trump's second ad
Multiple adults and juveniles were killed in a shooting at a Billings, Montana home Sunday evening, followed by a fire that fully engulfed the structure. The gunman died by self-in
Sean Grayson, the police officer convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey, died in prison Sunday at age 32, according to the Illinois Department
Police and fire responded to a family disturbance at a Billings home on Sunday evening that escalated to gunfire and a house fire. Multiple adults and children were killed, and the
A fast-moving wildfire that began Saturday in western Nevada has grown to more than 23 square miles, prompting authorities to order some 42,000 residents to evacuate immediately an
Luis Manuel Aviles, father of Navy sailor Joshua Aviles deployed aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, was arrested by Border Patrol during a traffic stop in Key West, Florida, on Saturday.
An arbitrator ruled that The Washington Post lacked sufficient cause to fire opinion writer Karen Attiah over social media posts about Charlie Kirk's death and ordered her reinstat
The Trump administration began enforcing 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products including dairy, beverages, cement, and hockey equipment after trade negotiations col
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without a spouse already serving in Congress, died Friday at age 94 of natural causes. She served three terms repr
Jonah Neal's family attorney says body camera footage shows a federal Homeland Security Investigations agent unjustifiably shot the 25-year-old during a mental health crisis in Mem
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, died at age 94. Her son told CBS News she died of natural causes. She serv
California State Sen. Aisha Wahab won a special election for the state's 14th House District, defeating fellow Democrat Melissa Hernandez with 53% to 47% when 95% of votes were cou
Kai Spears, a walk-on for the University of Alabama men's basketball team, won a $9.25 million defamation judgment against the New York Times after the newspaper falsely reported h
Federal Judge Nusrat Choudhury ruled on August 21 that former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries is competent to stand trial on sex trafficking charges, reversing an earlier fin
Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, were convicted of inciting others to subvert state power under Hong Kong's national security law for organizing annual vigils commemorati
Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, New York, was charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS and plotting to deploy an explosive device at the New York State Capitol to
Federal agents executed search warrants on former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell's residence and seized an iPhone and MacBook Pro as part of a criminal investigation into sexual mis
The Israeli military confirmed for the first time that it fired on a car carrying five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Gaza in 2024, reversing earlier denials. Israel annou
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbott to compel extradition of ICE agent Christian Castro, charged with assault with a
The Supreme Court declined on August 17, 2026, for a second time to hear President Trump's appeal of a $5 million jury verdict awarded to E. Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and defam
Camron Harris, 19, charged in a Virginia State University shooting that wounded five people, sent Instagram messages saying 'I'm tryna find the gun' and 'We js got the shootin,' ac
One person killed and four wounded, including children ages 14 and 4, in shooting at Charles Young Park in downtown Lexington, Kentucky on Saturday evening. Police have not identif
Five people were injured in a shooting outside a residence hall at Virginia State University early Saturday. A 19-year-old suspect, identified as Camron Harris of Henrico, Virginia
Heavy rains caused the White River to break records set more than 100 years ago, forcing hundreds to evacuate in central Indiana. Six deaths have been linked to the storms, includi
A Polish tourist bus carrying pilgrims from Bosnia and Herzegovina overturned on Hungary's M3 motorway near Nyíregyháza early Sunday, killing 12 people. Firefighters rescued 35 sur
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Indonesia's Flores region early Saturday, killing at least 47 people and triggering more than 235 aftershocks. A second 6.4-magnitude quake s
A 13-year-old girl, shot four times, called 911 during a shooting rampage in rural Michigan that killed five people across multiple locations. The suspected gunman, Chad Hickman, 3
Omar Habib, an NYPD officer, was found guilty Thursday of second-degree felony strangulation, third-degree misdemeanor assault, and violating New York City's 2020 chokehold ban, pe
Arjun Aravind, 17, of Acton, Massachusetts, was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his mother and 14-year-old brother. Prosecutors say he used ChatGPT to search for
Luigi Mangione, 28, is expected to plead guilty Friday in federal court to charges related to the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50. The guilty plea
A 14-year-old student opened fire on another student in a bathroom at Warner Robins High School in Georgia on Wednesday afternoon at approximately 2:15 p.m., injuring one student,
The Justice Department charged 11 people with operating an extensive marriage fraud scheme involving over 1,000 sham marriages between Chinese nationals and U.S. citizens from 2016
An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter based at Fort Hood crashed in a field near Salado, Texas on August 12, killing both crew members on board. The impact ignited a large wildfire tha
Daniela Largo, a 32-year-old woman, was pulled alive from beneath four concrete slabs in Pereira, Colombia, after a 36-hour entrapment following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake. A 10-ho
Two adults and a child, believed to be related, were found dead at Brown Bear Daycare in Hopkins, Minnesota on August 12, 2026. Police believe one of the adults killed the other tw
Robert Gilman, 32, was released from a Russian prison on August 11, 2026, after more than four years in custody. President Trump announced the release, saying it was on a humanitar
The Bald Range wildfire in British Columbia killed at least one person and forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate from communities along Okanagan Lake. The fire scorched more t
A boat carrying 14 people capsized near Liberty Island in New York Harbor on Saturday night. A 27-year-old woman identified as Sara Sanchez and her 5-month-old daughter Antonella G
Western North America is experiencing a cascading wildfire emergency: 183 new U.S. fires since Saturday, over 100 active fires in British Columbia, tens of thousands evacuated, and
The Senate voted 90-to-6 on Saturday to approve a continuing resolution extending federal government funding through December 11. The bipartisan bill now goes to the House, which p
A 14-year-old opened fire at a school northwest of Bangkok on Friday, killing at least five school staff, his two grandparents, and a 12-year-old girl who died after hospitalizatio
A 38-year-old man was arrested at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on Sunday after plainclothes federal agents reported him taking photos and appearing
Aaron Farinacci, 37, was arrested Monday on suspicion of first-degree arson in connection with the Old Trails Fire in the Spokane area. Farinacci has a prior manslaughter convictio
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, an 80-year-old Democratic congresswoman from Ohio, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a hit-and-run crash in Toledo on Sunday morning. She
Three people were killed and five injured in a shooting outside an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho on Saturday afternoon. The suspected shooter is also dead. Police say there
A Cessna Caravan C-208 carrying sightseers to the Nazca Lines archaeological site crashed in southern Peru on August 2, 2026, killing all 13 people on board. The aircraft was opera
The Justice Department dropped its felony destruction-of-property charge against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn on July 31, 2026, after the Interior Department provided docume
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Thursday that the Trump administration cannot deny migrants detained inside the U.S. a bond hearing, rejecting the administration's exp
Colin Gray, 55, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for providing his son an AR-style rifle used in the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia that killed four peo
Hadi Matar, 28, was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism in the August 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie at
Joniah Walker, 15 when she was allegedly kidnapped outside a Chicago movie theater on June 23, 2022, was found alive in Blacksburg, Virginia in July 2026. According to NBC News, a
Hungary's only nuclear power plant, Paks, will shut down entirely for the first time as the Danube River falls to its lowest levels in 30 years, according to BBC reporting. The shu
A cruise missile crashed near the village of Tarnawa Kolonia in eastern Poland on Thursday, leaving a 10-meter crater 92 kilometers from the Ukraine border. Polish Prime Minister D
Colt Gray, 16, was sentenced to life without parole on July 28, 2026, after pleading guilty to all 55 counts, including four counts of malice murder, in the September 4, 2024, shoo
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on Friday that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act preempts Texas H.B. 18, which required social media platforms to filter ha
Over 330,000 people have been evacuated from wildfires spanning France and Spain as a single fire in southwestern France burns 42,000 hectares, one of the largest forest fires in F
Abdul Ballout, a 21-year-old German citizen with Lebanese roots sought in connection with a deadly van ramming at Berlin's Pride festival, was killed in a police confrontation on J
Two mosques in West Bank villages were set on fire by Israeli settlers, and cars and property were vandalized, according to BBC reporting. The attacks followed a deadly clash near
India's Cockroach Janta Party, an online satirical movement with 26 million Instagram followers, called off its five-week protest hours after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
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