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US charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK airbase
NTSB says bolts on Boeing jetliner were missing before a panel blew out in midflight last month
The investigators said that the lack of certain damage around the panel indicates that all four bolts were missing before the plane took off from Portland, Ore…
Jury finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan school shooter’s mother, guilty of manslaughter
The guilty verdicts — one for each student slain at Oxford High School — were returned after roughly 11 hours of jury deliberations.
Trump is not immune from prosecution in his 2020 election interference case, US appeals court says
Sets the stage for additional appeals from the Republican ex-president that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court and result in further delays
Grammys are Taylor Swift’s world on a night when women like Cyrus, Mitchell and Chapman also shine
Not to diss more elaborately-staged affairs, but there was a certain power to Cyrus' performance of “Flowers.”
US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack
It was unclear what the impact will be of the strikes
Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring at Groundhog Day festivities
Just after sunrise Friday, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club announced Phil did not see his shadow
Skyscraper-size asteroid will buzz Earth on Friday, safely passing within 1.7 million miles
NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies estimates the space rock is between 690 feet and 1,575 feet (210 meters and 480 meters) across
Federal judge dismisses Disney's free speech lawsuit against DeSantis
Disney said it plans to appeal the federal judge's decision
A grainy sonar image reignites excitement and skepticism over Earhart's final flight
A 16-person crew began a roughly 100-day search in September 2023, scanning over 5,200 square miles of seafloor.
The US hasn't seen syphilis numbers this high since 1950
But there's some unexpected good news: The rate of new gonorrhea cases fell for the first time in a decade.
Dying thief who stole ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers from the Judy Garland Museum gets no prison time
The FBI recovered the shoes in 2018 when someone else tried to claim a reward. Martin wasn’t charged with stealing them until last year.
Avian flu is devastating farms in California's 'Egg Basket' as outbreaks roil poultry industry
Following government rules, Weber's company, Sunrise Farms, had to slaughter its entire flock of egg-laying hens — 550,000 birds
Speaker Johnson warns Senate against border deal, suggesting it will be 'dead on arrival' in House
Ever since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, the U.S. has tried to temper its descriptions of the strikes targeting its bases and warships to try to prevent the …
AP VoteCast: What the first contests tell us about the Trump and Biden coalitions
At stake is not just control of the presidency, but how the world’s wealthiest and most militarily powerful nation sees itself
Despite 2 losses, Nikki Haley tries to claim victory thus far in the Republican presidential race
Haley had been banking on a stalwart showing in New Hampshire, a state where her attempt to appeal to independents and more moderate-leaning Republicans appear…