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Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s national intelligence director, citing husband’s health

Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer.
2 months ago

Kyle Busch was more than a villain and the greatest NASCAR driver of his generation

Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR’s three national series, died Thursday at age 41.
2 months ago

California turns to AI as whale deaths spike

The effort comes amid an alarming rise in gray whale deaths in the bay. Last year, 21 dead gray whales were found in the wider Bay Area — the highest number in 25 years.
2 months ago

Shooting at San Diego mosque kills 3 men and both suspects are dead, police say

A shooting at a San Diego mosque on Monday killed three men, and two teenage suspects are also dead, the police chief said.
2 months ago

Minnesota county charges an ICE officer in a nonfatal shooting during Trump’s immigration crackdown

A Minnesota prosecutor on Monday announced charges against an ICE officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s crackdown in Minnesota.
2 months ago

Trump says China agreed to buy 200 Boeing planes and signaled interest in as many as 750

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing will make its first major sale to China in nearly a decade with an order for 200 planes, President Donald Trump told reporters Friday.
3 months ago

Southern California mayor resigns, will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government

A Southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, and has resigned from her city position.
3 months ago

Canvas cyberattack disrupts finals week for thousands of WA students

Tens of thousands of students in Washington and across the country lost access to Canvas after a cybersecurity incident shut the software down.
3 months ago

Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after first fatality

More than two dozen passengers from at least 12 different countries left a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak on April 24 without contact tracing.
3 months ago

CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87

Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer who raced yachts, owned huge chunks of the American West and transformed the news business by launching CNN in 1980, has died at age 87.
3 months ago

Person shot by law enforcement near Washington Monument, Secret Service says

An individual was shot by law enforcement on Monday near the Washington Monument. The person’s condition and the circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately known.
3 months ago

Trump administration says war in Iran has been ‘terminated’ before 60-day deadline

The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April.
3 months ago

Iran’s economy has been battered. Its leaders still think Trump will blink first

Iran has its own weapon pointed at the global economy, with its grip on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said they will only reopen it if the blockade is lifted and the war ends.
3 months ago

DC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family

The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner railed against Trump administration policies in writings sent to family members.
3 months ago

Accused gunman at correspondents’ dinner was believed to be targeting top officials, Blanche says

The accused gunman who tried to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is believed to have been targeting members of the Trump administration.
3 months ago

Shots fired as gunman charges toward ballroom at White House correspondents’ dinner, Trump unharmed

President Donald Trump and other top leaders of the U.S. were evacuated from a dinner of White House correspondents Saturday after an unspecified threat.
3 months ago

SNAP benefits don’t pay for rotisserie chicken. A bipartisan bill might change that

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants government food assistance programs to foot the bill for rotisserie chicken from the grocery store.
3 months ago

Millions of Americans may now also be considered Canadian under new law

Potentially millions of Americans suddenly have a much easier path to Canadian citizenship, prompting a rush of people to file paperwork seeking dual citizenship.
3 months ago

Earth Day started as a US ‘teach-in’ 56 years ago. Now it’s a global event

April 22 is Earth Day, an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now home to some 8 billion humans.
3 months ago

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is grounded after launching satellite into the wrong orbit

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, blamed a bad engine Monday for a failed weekend launch that left a satellite in the wrong orbit, dooming it.
3 months ago

US seizure of Iranian ship near Strait of Hormuz casts doubt on fresh ceasefire talks

The U.S. attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship it said had tried to evade its naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
3 months ago

Businesses can claim refunds starting Monday for Trump tariffs declared unconstitutional

A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed without the constitutional authority to do so is scheduled to launch Monday.
3 months ago

Japan warns of slightly increased risk of mega-quake after a 7.7-magnitude one

An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off northern Japan on Monday prompted a short-lived tsunami alert and the advisory of a possible mega-quake.
3 months ago

Man kills 8 children and shoots his wife and another woman in Shreveport, Louisiana

A Louisiana man fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, in an attack on his family that stretched across two houses in a Shreveport, Louisiana.
3 months ago