Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic, the National Park Service said, marking the latest […]

Trump and Hegseth set to meet with hundreds of military leaders as speculation grows
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plan to address hundreds of U.S. military officials in person Tuesday after the Pentagon suddenly asked top commanders from around […]

Suspect in Charlie Kirk assassination case faces court hearing
PROVO, Utah — The 22-year-old man charged with killing Charlie Kirk will have a court hearing Monday where he and his newly appointed legal counsel will decide whether they want […]

3 killed and 8 injured in North Carolina waterfront bar shooting
SOUTHPORT, N.C. — Three people were killed and at least eight others wounded late Saturday when someone opened fire from a boat into a crowd gathered at a waterfront bar […]

UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves amid biodiversity challenges and climate change
An Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70% of the country’s plant life and an area along Angola’s Atlantic coast […]

Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan, Honduran children
TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal judge in Arizona on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting dozens of Guatemalan and Honduran children who came to the U.S. […]

Winning numbers drawn in Wednesday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 15-31-45-49-53, Powerball: 19, Power Play: 3 (fifteen, thirty-one, forty-five, forty-nine, fifty-three, Powerball: nineteen, Power Play: three) Estimated jackpot: […]

As enrollment falls, districts mull which schools to close
Thomasina Clarke has watched school after school close in her once thriving St. Louis neighborhood, which was hit by a tornado this spring and whose population has plummeted in recent […]

US and China ‘talking past each other’ on key issues, says US lawmaker in Beijing
BEIJING — The United States and China are talking past each other on key issues, said a U.S. lawmaker leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to Beijing on Tuesday. The visit, […]

US lawmakers visiting China seek to improve military cooperation
BEIJING — The United States wants to improve military-to-military ties with China, a U.S. lawmaker leading a bipartisan congressional delegation said Monday in a meeting with China’s defense minister in […]

