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Bill Gates watches the Women’s Singles Final at the 2026 Australian Open, January 31, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia. (James D. Morgan/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Microsoft founder Bill Gates is speaking out publicly for the [Read More…]

The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office released this image of a man in connection with a homicide, Feb. 2, 2026, in rural Momence near the Illinois/Indiana border. (Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office) (KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill.) — A [Read More…]

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago on February 1, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida. Al Drago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon on Wednesday sentenced Ryan [Read More…]

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department announced on Sunday that a woman missing in Arizona is the mother of “Today Show” host Savannah Guthrie. (Pima County Sheriff’s Department) (NEW YORK) — No suspect or person of [Read More…]

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing in the Oval Office of the White House on February 03, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A federal judge [Read More…]

Voters casting ballot (CREDIT: Hill Street Studios/Getty Images) (FULTON COUNTY, Ga.) — Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, filed a motion Wednesday seeking the return of all files from the 2020 election that were seized by the [Read More…]

Stephen Miller, deputy White House chief of staff for policy, walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. US President [Read More…]

Luke Ganger and Brent Ganger speak during a public forum on violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Feb. 3, 2026, [Read More…]

Savannah Guthrie attends the Project Healthy Minds World Mental Health Day Gala at Spring Studios on October 09, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Project Healthy Minds) (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]

The booking photo for William Stevenson. (New Castle County Police) (NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Del.) — Former first lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband has been charged with murdering his wife following an “extensive weeks-long investigation,” police in [Read More…]

High U.S. temperatures through the week (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — As a deep freeze continued Tuesday from the Northeast to the Southeast, Southern California and other parts of the West are expected to see [Read More…]

The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office released this image of a man in connection with a homicide, Feb. 2, 2026, in rural Momence near the Illinois/Indiana border. (Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office) (MOMENCE, Ill.) — Investigators are [Read More…]

The Department of Homeland Security seal (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Domestic partners are “increasingly likely” to use chemical and biological toxins to kill or harm their partners, a trend so alarming that the [Read More…]

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department announced on Sunday that a woman missing in Arizona is the mother of “Today Show” host Savannah Guthrie. (Pima County Sheriff’s Department) (NEW YORK) — Investigations are continuing on Tuesday [Read More…]

President’s House Site, Memorial Wall. The names of the nine enslaved members of President Washington’s household who lived at this site. NPS (PHILADELPHIA) — U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, who is overseeing Philadelphia’s federal lawsuit against [Read More…]

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks onstage at Conrad Washington on January 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Democracy Forward) (NEW YORK) — Observers from the New York Attorney General’s office [Read More…]

The entrance to a U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) detention facility is seen following a shooting, on September 25, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images (ARLINGTON, Texas) — A family in Arlington, Texas, grieved [Read More…]

Brendan Banfield testifies in his own defense on Jan. 28, 2026, during his double murder trial in Fairfax County, Virginia. (Pool/ABC News) (FAIRFAX, Va.) — A jury has reached a verdict in the double murder [Read More…]

John McCarthy, the state’s attorney for Montgomery County speaks during a press conference at the Montgomery County Police Department in Gaithersburg, Md., Feb. 2, 2026. (Montgomery County Police Department) (MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md.) — Maryland and [Read More…]

In this handout, the mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein, 2019. (Photo by Kypros/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Department of Justice officials say they have taken down “several thousand documents and media” from its website containing files [Read More…]