NEW YORK — The nation’s infant mortality rate dropped last year after two years of hovering at a late-pandemic plateau. Some experts think one reason for the drop could be […]
US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of […]
Federal officials set timeline for Helene aid to farmers as Georgia enacts tax breaks
FORSYTH, Ga. — Georgia’s governor signed a law Thursday to exempt federal crop insurance and disaster payments following Hurricane Helene damage from Georgia state income taxes, but it could be […]
Man gored by bison in year’s first attack by Yellowstone’s most dangerous wild animal
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — A Yellowstone National park visitor from Florida was gored by a bison — the first such violent encounter of 2025 — just weeks into the […]
Ex-model tearfully tells jury Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16
NEW YORK — A former model tearfully testified Thursday that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old, calling it the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced” […]
Texas man convicted of threatening to lynch Nashville DA
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Texas man associated with a neo-Nazi group was convicted on Wednesday of posting threats to lynch and kill Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk after another […]
Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina’s second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as […]
Police say 2 students turned themselves in after fatal stabbing outside California high school
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Two high school students have turned themselves in to police in connection with a fatal stabbing in front of a Southern California high school, authorities said. […]
Pilot of small plane reported a rudder problem before crash that killed 3
BOCA RATON, Fla. — One of the pilots of a small plane that crashed last month in South Florida, killing all three people on board, reported only being able to […]
After a deadly shooting, AI allowed a man to deliver his own victim impact statement
CHANDLER, Ariz. — There were dozens of statements submitted to the court by family and friends of Christopher Pelkey when it came time to sentence the man convicted of shooting […]