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Deputies find bodies of missing college students who went hiking on treacherous mountain trail

Kaden Matsuda and Jackson Donlon left Colorado Mountain College's Leadville campus to hike near Ice Mountain before a heavy snowstorm struck the area.

Florida dad who swam to tangled seagull and was carried away from shore drowns

Stone Romberg drowned after swimming out to untangle a seagull from his fishing line when an ocean current swept him away from the Florida shore.

UN holds annual vote on condemning US embargo on Cuba as tensions spill into public

The United Nations is set to vote on a resolution condemning the decades-long U.S. economic embargo on Cuba as President Donald Trump's administration intensifies its campaign to undermine Cuba's socialist government

As Midterm Ads Focus on Epstein, a Florida Senator Is the Latest Target

BETH REINHARD

A new ad criticizes Senator Ashley Moody, a Republican, for voting against releasing files on Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of sex crimes in Palm Beach.

Virginia GOP says shooting outside its offices in Richmond appears unrelated to its operations

A woman has been shot just outside the Republican Party of Virginia's offices in Richmond

Woman shot outside Virginia GOP headquarters in Richmond, party confirms

A woman was shot outside the Republican Party of Virginia's headquarters in Richmond on Thursday afternoon. The party said all staff members are safe and there is no indication the shooting was politically connected.

California, feds continue election war after courts rebuke challenge to 20,000 ballots

KEVIN RECTOR, BRITTNY MEJIA

Two recent court rulings rejecting the Trump administration's demands to block 20,000 California ballots from voters it asserts are "likely noncitizens" have not ended the litigation.

Sandy Hook families urge Supreme Court to uphold state and local bans on AR-15-style rifles

Relatives whose loved ones were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold bans on certain semiautomatic rifles

Judge grills AG’s office in Cornell sex assault case as ex-frat bro’s lawyer demands ouster over alleged bias

Defense attorneys argue Letitia James' social media posts show pre-existing bias in the reopened Cornell University gang rape criminal investigation.

Mysterious freezer failures at US military bases trigger federal investigation

Army investigators are probing whether a cyberattack caused mysterious freezer failures that spoiled food at U.S. military bases and may be linked to similar incidents in France.

House Judiciary report accuses NYC DAs of downgrading charges to protect illegal immigrants from deportation

Letitia James, Melinda Katz, and Eric Gonzalez faced pointed questions about a House Judiciary Committee report on immigration-safe plea bargains.

Seeing an opening, a Democratic super PAC decides to spend on the South Carolina Senate race.

EMILY DAVIES

Polymarket paused international trading after security issue

Polymarket temporarily halted trading on its international platform Thursday due to a security incident involving a third-party provider

2 helicopters collide southwest of Portland, Oregon, shutting down highway

Authorities say two helicopters collided near a small airport southwest of Portland, Oregon

Fallout in Alaska Senate Race Over Peltola’s Ballot Stacking Plot

JESS BIDGOOD

Both sides have a long tradition of promoting spoiler candidates.