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(WASHINGTON) — New data shows U.S. students continue to fall behind their peers in reading as the country’s achievement gap widens, according to results from the latest globally recognized international exam. The 2025 Program for [Read More…]

NTSB investigators examine the wreckage field Monday after a Boeing 767 cargo plane operating as 21 Air LLC Flight 7598 overran the end of runway 30 while landing Sunday at Miami International Airport; Sept. 7, [Read More…]

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie Bunch speaks during an event at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on Feb. 20, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch [Read More…]

Kevin Reddington appears on “Good Morning America,” Sept. 8, 2026. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — Lindsay Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington said he is hopeful for an agreement between the defense and the district attorney after Clancy’s trial ended last [Read More…]

Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office. A 38-year-old Ohio man was arrested Sunday after allegedly “pushing his way” through a crowd at a fair where Amy Acton, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Ohio, was speaking, according to [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images Miami — Five people are dead and five people are injured after an Amazon Air cargo plane from Puerto Rico overran a runway at Miami International Airport, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine [Read More…]

ABC News Severe, damaging thunderstorms targeted parts of the Southeast on Saturday, with more severe weather possible on Sunday. Several homes were damaged due to fallen trees in Rogersville, Tennessee and the community of Persia, [Read More…]

Plymouth Superior Court during Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial on Aug. 26, 2026, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Mel Musto/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom who killed her three young [Read More…]

(Getty Images stock photo) (NEW YORK) — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who is accused of shooting a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis in January and then lying about the incident was charged with six federal counts [Read More…]

Cordon tape blocks off a daytime emergency scene. (Getty Images stock photo/MattGush) (MINNEAPOLIS) — A man who allegedly shot and killed two residents and wounded several other people, including police officers, at his Minneapolis apartment [Read More…]

Barry Morphew is shown in this booking photo released by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. (Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office) (NEW YORK) — A Colorado judge ordered that Barry Morphew be confined to his home after [Read More…]

(Getty Images stock photo/Marcia Straub) (NEW YORK) — Three Pennsylvania youth football coaches were charged Thursday, days after they were part of a massive brawl caught on video during the final minutes of a game, [Read More…]

Cordon tape blocks off a daytime emergency scene. (Getty Images stock photo/MattGush) (MINNEAPOLIS) — Two people were killed and several others, including police officers, were injured in a shooting at a high-rise apartment building in [Read More…]

People wait on line to enter Plymouth Superior Court during Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial on Aug. 26, 2026, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Mel Musto/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — After 30 hours of deliberations spanning five days, [Read More…]

Photo of Minneapolis Police Department exterior. (Facebook / Minneapolis Police Department) (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — Two people are dead and multiple others injured after gunfire broke out in a high-rise apartment building in downtown Minneapolis on [Read More…]

Gloria Steinem speaks onstage during Ms. Foundation For Women’s 24th Comedy Night at Carolines on Broadway on January 13, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Ms. Foundation for Women) (NEW [Read More…]

Jimmie Steverson, 23, is wanted for the death of Chris Fisher, a Warm Springs Police Department officer, who was killed late Tuesday night. (Georgia Bureau of investigation) (NEW YORK) — A 23-year-old man wanted in [Read More…]

(NEW YORK) — The parents of a 5-year-old girl who was found dead after being reported missing in South Carolina have been arrested in connection with her death, with arrest warrants alleging they misled authorities [Read More…]

Tyler Robinson, charged in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, speaks with defense attorney Staci Visser as he sits during a preliminary hearing in 4th District Court on Sept. 1, 2026, in Provo, Utah. (Francisco [Read More…]

Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher, 22, pictured in this undated photo, was fatally shot by a police officer in Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23, 2026. (Courtesy the Pysher family) (NEW YORK) — A Pennsylvania police officer has [Read More…]