SALT LAKE CITY — Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot (18-meter) crack opened and sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the […]
Mom who threw 2 kids onto LA freeway, killing her infant, appeared agitated by impending eclipse
LOS ANGELES — A woman who authorities say fatally stabbed her partner at their Los Angeles apartment Monday then threw her two children from a moving SUV onto the freeway, […]
US military veteran accused of having explicit images of a child apparently joined Russian army
BOSTON — A U.S. Air Force veteran who fled a charge of possessing sexually explicit images of a child told his lawyer he joined Russia’s army, and video appears to […]
Kansas City Chiefs’ Rashee Rice facing aggravated assault charge after high-speed crash in Dallas
DALLAS — Dallas police said Wednesday that Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice faces charges including aggravated assault after he and another speeding driver of a sports car caused […]
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders urges lawmakers to pass budget as session kicks off
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday urged lawmakers to pass her $6.3 billion budget proposal that boosts spending on a new school voucher program. But […]
Assistant principal ignored warnings that 6-year-old boy had gun before he shot teacher, report says
NORFOLK, Va. — A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school showed a “shocking” lack of response to multiple warnings that a 6-year-old had a gun in the hours […]
Cornell student accused of posting violent threats to Jewish students pleads guilty in federal court
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A former Cornell University student accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus shortly after the start of the war in Gaza in the […]
New Jersey officials probing hate crime after Islamic center is vandalized at Rutgers
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — An Islamic center at New Jersey’s Rutgers University was vandalized on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr, according to authorities who said they are investigating it as […]
Milei, the president of cash-strapped Argentina, starts another US tour and plans to meet Elon Musk
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — President Javier Milei of Argentina kicked off a visit Wednesday to the United States, where he’ll meet with tech billionaire Elon Musk, as his government seeks […]
Man arrested in connection with device that exploded outside Alabama attorney general’s office
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Federal authorities have arrested a man they said placed an explosive device outside the Alabama attorney general’s office in February. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, […]