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Bronny James returned to full-contact basketball practice on Thursday for the first time since suffering cardiac arrest in July, paving the way for the son of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James to make his college debut with Southern California.
Authorities say she left a loaded gun in a worn and tattered cardboard box in her car.
Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the president’s son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election.
The episode in the state capital of Albany took place amid rising fears of antisemitism worldwide and fallout from Israel’s intensifying war in Gaza, which faces heightened criticism for the mounting Palestinian death toll.
Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut plane’s engines is released from jail; must avoid aircraft
An ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight while off-duty and riding in an extra seat in the cockpit was released from jail pending trial Thursday, after an Oregon judge approved it with conditions that include keeping away from aircraft.
The development comes 25 days before the deadline for the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund try to finalize their shocking June 6 agreement to become commercial partners in a for-profit enterprise, along with the European tour.
Lawyers for the 2024 Republican presidential primary frontrunner filed a notice of appeal Thursday indicating that they will challenge U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision rejecting Trump’s bid to dismiss the case headed to trial in Washington, D.C., in March.
It could become the first test of the union’s strategy to simultaneously try to organize the nonunion plants.
A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people — three in the U.S. and five in Canada, health officials reported Thursday.
With testimony winding down after more than two months, court officials and Trump’s attorneys and aides have indicated that he is expected to show up as a spectator Thursday.
Israel has widened its offensive against Hamas from the devastated north to southern areas already packed with displaced people.
After hitting the officer and utility worker, the suspect reportedly pulled a knife on another officer before stealing his cruiser.
CNN will host a Jan. 10 debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and a Jan. 21 debate at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
She is 20 weeks pregnant, and doctors say her fetus has a fatal diagnosis.
The dangerous bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year has infected two babies this year, killing a Kentucky child and causing brain damage in a Missouri infant.
The government would consider overriding the patent for high-priced drugs that have been developed with the help of taxpayer money and letting competitors make them in hopes of driving down the cost.
If the Republican censure resolution passes, the prominent progressive will become the third Democratic House member to be admonished this year.
The young nurse says the experience changed her perspective on life.
Israeli forces are battling Hamas militants across Gaza after expanding their ground offensive to its second-largest city.
The Air Force said it was unknown how long the aircraft would be grounded.
The City and Borough of Wrangell on Wednesday said the decision to end the search for Derek Heller followed “15 days of tireless and exhaustive efforts” by search and rescue teams.
The four Republican presidential candidates debating Wednesday night mostly targeted each other instead of Donald Trump.
The body of Sergio Brown's mother, 73-year-old Myrtle Brown, was discovered Sept. 16 near a creek in Maywood, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) west of Chicago.
A deputy U.S. marshal was detained in the United Kingdom on suspicion of acting inappropriately while intoxicated on a flight from New York, the agency said Wednesday.
Biden said Republicans who are insisting on border policy changes as a condition for voting for the aid “are playing chicken with our national security,” even as he expressed openness to some changes.
McCarthy is the only speaker in history to be voted out of the job.
The former president has condemned the lawsuits as “anti-democratic” and designed to block voters from having their say.
In all, four who died were found in two homes in Austin and two others were found in a home more than 80 miles away in the San Antonio area.
In December 2020, six Nevada GOP members signed certificates falsely stating that Trump won Nevada and sent them to Congress and the National Archives, where they were ultimately ignored.
Hunter Biden has insisted that he will only testify to the House if it’s in public, but top Republicans told him that their subpoena for a closed-door deposition on Dec. 13 is non-negotiable.
The burger giant said Wednesday that it aims to have 50,000 restaurants in operation worldwide by the end of 2027.
Administration officials indicated Wednesday the process will continue into next year.
President Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have greater autonomy over how to invest those funds.
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appear to be leading the fight for a distant second place, yet conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are still factors.
Lear fashioned bold and controversial comedies that were embraced by TV sitcom viewers who long had to watch the evening news to find out what was going on in the world.
US files war crime charges against Russians accused of torturing an American in the Ukraine invasion
The American said the Russian soldiers had abducted him, stripped him naked, pointed a gun at his head and badly beaten him.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said that contaminated cinnamon is the likely source of the lead.
David Schultz’s semi-truck was found two weeks ago on a rural highway in northwest Iowa, its trailer still filled with baby pigs he was transporting.
The pictures show a young humpback whale breaching in front of the Space Needle, capturing a rare display of wildlife next to a major city.
The CV-22B Osprey crashed on Nov. 29 during a training mission.
The 78% approval from the members of SAG-AFTRA was no certainty, with some prominent members voicing dissent on the deal.
New orders to evacuate areas around Khan Younis are squeezing people into ever-smaller areas of the already tiny coastal strip.
All officers escaped serious injury, but it was unclear what happened to the suspect who was inside when it was leveled by the explosion Monday night, Arlington County, Virginia, police spokesperson Ashley Savage said.
Denny Laine was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of the Moody Blues, in 2018.
Joseph Emerson is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on 83 charges of recklessly endangering another person — for each person who was on the plane — and one charge of endangering an aircraft.
The first woman on the Supreme Court, O’Connor died Friday at age 93 in Phoenix.
The student, Darryl George, said he feels like is being singled out because there are other boys in the school with longer hairstyles than his.
Almost 400 military nominations have been in limbo due to Tuberville’s blanket hold on confirmations and promotions for senior military officers.
Testifying for Trump’s defense, a Florida real estate attorney said the club could be sold as a home, notwithstanding decades-old legal documents in which Trump said he intended to forswear its use as anything but a club.
At the funeral home, investigators discovered dozens of stacked bodies, some that had death dates as far back as 2019, according to a federal affidavit.
