2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (568+ words) A California couple's surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child, who was born with a serious heart defect. McKenna West filed the emergency…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (603+ words) Erik and Lyle Menendez will be before a parole board again next March, about 17 months earlier than expected. The brothers were originally sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for the 1989 fatal shootings of their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (636+ words) Nearly a quarter century after a day “etched forever into the memories of Americans,” President Donald Trump honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Tuesday by vowing to “never forget.” The event at the Ellipse was spearheaded by the…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (293+ words) Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution following a tumultuous year in which President Donald Trump tried to remake the portrayal of U.S. history by the Smithsonian museums and other cultural entities. Bunch said in a…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1151+ words) Mathew Davis, who lives in a homeless shelter in Austin, Texas, would love an apartment of his own. But with the little money he makes donating blood plasma, even a $450-a-month tiny home with no running water and a communal…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (788+ words) Federal investigators examining why an Amazon cargo jet barreled off a runway at Miami International Airport and into vehicles, killing at least five people, are likely to focus on a crucial moment in the landing: whether the plane touched down…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (404+ words) Officials in Hawaii urged residents and visitors to prepare for heavy rains, flooding and possibly mudslides as Hurricane Lowell, a major Category 3 storm, prompted the National Hurricane Center to issue a tropical storm warning for two islands on Sunday. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (450+ words) NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith is being sued by a Native American investment company over claims that the former Dallas Cowboys running back and his business partners misappropriated a $2.5 million loan that was supposed to fund a wind farm…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (312+ words) Missouri appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow the use of new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump in the fast-approaching midterm election. Video above: Reaction swift to Supreme Court ruling on redistricting The appeal comes after…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (336+ words) Lawsuits and whistleblower claims are challenging the Trump administration's mail-in voting policies, raising concerns about their impact on the upcoming election. Legal challenges are mounting against the Trump administration's mail-in voting policies as North Carolina prepares to send out its…...