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Trump has a deal to build US military presence in Greenland while leaving island in Denmark's hands
Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful
U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to order the firings o…
Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were dead for some time, warrant shows
Denise Avila, a sheriff's office spokesperson, said there was no indication they had been shot or had any wounds.
Trump plans tariffs on Mexico and Canada for Tuesday, while doubling existing 10% tariffs on China
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that she hoped to speak with Trump after the Cabinet-level meetings occurring in Washington this week. Mexico…
The US Christian population has declined for years. A new survey shows that drop leveling off
By some measures, the U.S. remains overwhelmingly spiritual. Many Americans have a supernatural outlook, with 83% believing in God or a universal spirit and 86% believing that people have a soul or spirit. About se…
Michelle Trachtenberg, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' and 'Harriet the Spy' star, dies at 39
Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in the 1996 “Harriet the Spy” hit movie and went on to co-star in two buzzy millennial-era TV shows — “…
A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
A child who wasn't vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, officials there said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious respiratory disease since 2015.
Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump's bird flu plan unveiled
The Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices for eggs could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new deta…
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say
ESA has since lowered the odds to 0.001%. NASA had it down to 0.0027% — meaning the asteroid will safely pass Earth in 2032 and there's no threat of impact for…
Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees as coffee chain streamlines
Niccol said in January that corporate layoffs would be announced by early March. He said the company needed to reduce complexity and ensure that all work is ov…
January home sales fall as high mortgage rates, prices freeze out would-be buyers
The U.S. housing market has been in a sales slump dating back to 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied …
Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, chose his 83rd birthday to share his decision not to run for another term in Kentucky and t…
2 people are dead after a small plane collision in Arizona, authorities say
At least two people are dead after a midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona, authorities said Wednesday.
Winter's next wave of storms takes aim at the East Coast
A storm that dropped snow in the Midwest was spreading across the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys on Wednesday, bringing more misery to some places just starting to…
All 80 aboard a Delta jet survive after it burst into flames on a Toronto runway
Authorities said the cause of the crash remains under investigation. Communications between the tower and pilot were normal on approach and it’s not clear what…
None dead and 17 injured in Delta jet crash in Toronto, airport official says
The Canadian Press reports that one passenger is critically injured and seven others were also hurt on the flight from Minneapolis. Images posted on social med…