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A dozen former FDA leaders lambast claims by current FDA vaccine chief

A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a scathing denunciation of an FDA memo to staff that made sweeping claims casting doubt on vaccine safety

Americans gave $4B on GivingTuesday 2025 as donations and volunteering gain big over last year

Americans gave $4 billion to nonprofits on GivingTuesday in 2025, an increase from the $3.6 billion they gave in 2024

Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84

Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classic songs, including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour," during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died

Safety volunteer charged in the fatal shooting of a Utah 'No Kings' protester

Prosecutors say a safety volunteer accused of fatally shooting a man participating in a "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City in June has been charged with manslaughter

Air Force pilot safely ejects before F-16 fighter jet crashes in California desert

Military officials say a fighter jet with the Air Force's Thunderbirds demonstration squadron has crashed in the Southern California desert

Church sparks controversy with empty Nativity scene and ICE enforcement message: 'Politicizing Christmas'

Massachusetts Catholic Church sparks controversy with Nativity scene featuring missing Holy Family and an 'ICE was here' sign, drawing criticism from community members.

The Latest: Pope Leo ends first foreign trip with silent prayer at Beirut blast site, Mass at port

Pope Leo XIV has offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon

Fatal shooting rocks luxury MGM casino as police hunt for gunman

Police hunt for gunman who killed man in his 20s at MGM National Harbor Casino food court Wednesday. Targeted shooting caught on video, suspect fled scene.

Illegal immigrant with prior DUIs, deportation order, suspected in crash killing 8-year-old California girl

An 8-year-old girl was killed in a head-on California crash allegedly caused by a driver with prior DUI charges and a deportation order, according to ICE.

A vocal Jeffrey Epstein accuser is urging judges to unseal his court records

One of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's most vocal accusers is urging judges to grant the Justice Department's request unseal to records from their federal sex trafficking cases, saying that "only transparency is likely to lead to justice."

Thunderbirds pilot ejects safely as F-16C crashes during California training mission over controlled airspace

Thunderbirds pilot ejects safely from F-16C during California training mission. Air Force investigates crash as aviator recovers in stable condition.

US opens massive $796M consulate in Irbil to strengthen Kurdish ties

The United States has inaugurated a massive new consulate compound in Irbil, the capital of northern Iraq's Kurdish region

Suspect arrested twice after allegedly carrying out two separate unprovoked assaults only minutes apart

Portland man arrested twice in one week for random assaults, including unprovoked attack on 69-year-old woman, after being released from jail.

Jury convicts man who wore clown mask, brandished chain saw in upstate New York

An upstate New York jury has convicted a man who wore a clown mask and brandished a chain saw during a menacing, daytime walk through a neighborhood

New Mexico man jailed for threatening Trump on social media

Tyler Leveque was sentenced to roughly 10 months in federal prison for using social media to issue violent threats against President Trump.