Supreme Court refuses to halt South Carolina murderer's execution by firing squad
The Supreme Court on Friday denied a South Carolina murderer’s request to not be executed, about two hours before he is set to die by a firing squad.
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Causes of death for actor Gene Hackman and wife revealed
Authorities in New Mexico revealed Friday that Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman and his pianist wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of natural causes, ending intense media speculation over their mysterious deaths in their Santa Fe home last month.
Speaker Johnson, Democrats at odds over latest government funding extension
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans are largely united behind a plan to avert a partial government shutdown in the coming week, while Democratic leaders are threatening to withhold their support of a funding extension over what they say are partisan nonstarters.
Trump says it's hard to deal with Ukraine, while Russia escalates attacks
President Trump said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to make peace, even though Russian forces are ramping up their attacks on Ukraine, while Mr. Trump believes it’s getting “more difficult” for him to deal with Ukraine.
Slovakian crowds continue protest against pro-Russian policies of populist Premier Robert Fico
Large crowds again took to the streets across Slovakia on Friday to voice their opposition to populist Prime Minister Robert Fico and his pro-Russian policies.
F1 stamps Cadillac ready to join the grid in 2026. American team will be 11th in global series
Cadillac’s Formula 1 team received official approval Friday to join the grid in 2026 and its owners insist the team will be ready to compete.
Smith, ESPN agree to 5-year extension. The deal is worth at least $100 million, AP source says
Stephen A. Smith will not be leaving ESPN’s airwaves anytime soon.
Enola Gay plane among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion … Read more
SpaceX launches Starship mega rocket on another test flight after an explosion marred the last one
Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on a test flight Thursday to release mock satellites into space.
Car being pulled from Columbia River might have belonged to Oregon family that vanished in 1958
Authorities were working Thursday to pull a station wagon from the Columbia River that’s believed to have belonged to an Oregon family of five who disappeared nearly 70 years ago while they were out searching for Christmas greenery.