Residents in the Western U.S. are enduring a heat wave with temperatures reaching dangerous levels across Washington, Oregon, Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona
The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional
The former Trump national security adviser whose home and office are being searched by federal agents has been a vocal critic of the Republican president
President Donald Trump’s administration has been pushing for the death penalty, but judges are blocking attempts to reverse previous decisions against capital punishment
In Cedar Rapids, Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic portrait of a man and a woman standing in front of a white frame house
A federal appeals court in New York has rejected challenges to a ban on assault weapons that Connecticut put in place after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
A judge has ruled the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts
Famine is now occurring in Gaza City. That’s according to the world’s leading authority on food crises. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification released an analysis Friday, saying more than half a million people in… What is a famine and who declares one?
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has resumed its eruption by shooting an arc of lava high into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It’s Kilauea’s 31st display of molten rock since December,… Kilauea’s eruption is back as the Hawaii volcano shoots lava for the 31st time since December
Another U.S. military mini shuttle has blasted off on a secret mission. Launched Thursday by SpaceX, the craft with no one aboard took off from Florida. It’s the eighth such flight for the space planes… Another US military mini shuttle launches on a secret mission