Severe weather forecast around US with high Southwest temperatures, Gulf rain and Rockies snow
Heat and cold extremes are expected in the U.S. Extreme weather that ranged from triple digit temperatures in the Southwest to unseasonable cold in the Pacific Northwest has been forecast over the U.S. into the early part of the week.
The anti-abortion movement is making a big play to thwart citizen initiatives on reproductive rights
Anti-abortion groups and their Republican allies in state governments are using a range of strategies to counter proposed ballot initiatives that are intended to protect reproductive rights or prevent voters from having a say in the fall.
On Father's Day, this LGBTQ+ couple celebrates the friend who helped make their family dream reality
On Fatherโs Day, Kansas residents Jen and Whitney Wilson will pack up their three young children and head to the home of a childhood friend for a picnic to celebrate the man who helped make their family possible.
What we know about the fight between conspiracist Alex Jones and Sandy Hook families over his assets
Bombastic conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to liquidate his personal assets as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
How Elon Musk's $44.9B Tesla pay package compares with the most generous plans for other U.S. CEOs
Even though the median U.S. CEO pay package last year was nearly 200 times more than a worker in the middle of their company pay scales, Elon Muskโs record-setting Tesla compensation dwarfs them by comparison.
Reacting to Supreme Court ruling, governor wrongly says Buffalo supermarket killer used bump stock
Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly said a gunman who carried out a racist massacre in her hometown of Buffalo had used the gun accessory that can allow semiautomatic rifles to shoot as fast as a machine gun.
The RNC is launching a massive effort to monitor voting. Critics say it threatens to undermine trust
The Republican National Committee is launching a battleground state initiative to mobilize some 100,000 polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as โelection integrityโ watchdogs in November.
Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nations
A report published by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of Indigenous homelands in Colorado, quantifies the value of the land and resources taken and outlines the state education systemโs omission of that history in its curriculum.
AI startup Perplexity wants to upend search business. News outlet Forbes says it's ripping them off
The artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has raised tens of millions of dollars from the likes of Jeff Bezos and other prominent tech investors for its mission to rival Google in the business of searching for information.
Florida prepares for next round of rainfall after tropical storms swamped southern part of the state
Forecasters have warned Floridians to prepare for additional flash flooding after a tropical disturbance dumped as much as 20 inches of rainfall in the southern parts of the state earlier this week.
Judge blocks Biden's Title IX rule in four states, dealing a blow to protections for LGBTQ+ students
The Biden administrationโs new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Departmentโs authority.
Executives of telehealth company accused of fraud that gave easy access to addictive Adderall drug
Top executives at a California telemedicine company were arrested for allegedly distributing Adderall online and conspiring to commit health care fraud through reimbursements for the medication.
Gov. Hochul considering a face mask ban on New York City subways, citing antisemitic acts
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she is considering a ban on face masks in the New York City subway system, following what she described as concerns over people shielding their identities while committing antisemitic acts.
Takeaways from Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but opponents say fight not over
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld access to a drug used in the majority of U.S. abortions, though abortion opponents say the ruling wonโt be the last word in the fight over mifepristone.
Toxic garlic should have prompted EPA to warn against gardening near Ohio derailment, watchdog says
A watchdog group says the Environmental Protection Agency should conduct additional soil studies around the site of a toxic train derailment in Ohio after independent testing found high levels of chemicals in locally grown garlic.
The head of the FAA says his agency was too hands-off in its oversight of Boeing
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has acknowledged his agency should have been more aware of problems at Boeing before a door plug blew off a 737 Max jet during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
Maine shooting exposes gaps in mental health treatment and communication practices, official says
An Army health official told a panel investigating a mass shooting by a reservist experiencing a psychiatric crisis that there are health care differences for Army reservists that could limit the flow of information to commanders.
Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights and using excessive force, Justice Dept. says
The U.S. Justice Department says Phoenix police violate peopleโs rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force.
Report says unsecured tanker hatch spilled out gas in crash that destroyed I-95 bridge in Philly
New details from federal investigations into the crash of a gasoline delivery truck that destroyed an I-95 bridge in Philadelphia a year ago says gasoline spilled out from an unsecured hatch on the top of the tanker.
Audit finds Minnesota agency's lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program
A watchdog report says a Minnesota state agencyโs inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the countryโs largest pandemic aid fraud cases.