Three more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a pest that could potentially devastate the nation’s cattle industry
Defense tries to buttress self-defense claim in Texas trial over teen athlete’s killing
Lawyers for a young man who fatally stabbed a competitor at a Texas high school track meet are calling more witnesses as a trial enters a second week
A watchdog report flags security risks in the IRS-ICE taxpayer data-sharing deal
A new Treasury inspector general report raises concerns about Immigration and Customs Enforcement's ability to safeguard taxpayer information
The Kennedy Center drops ‘Trump’ branding as Bill Maher’s Twain Award guests are revealed
Bill Maher is set to receive the Mark Twain Award for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on June 28
Gordon S. Wood, influential scholar of the American Revolution, dies at 92
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S
Republican senators warn surveillance program may lapse after Trump intel pick backlash
Senators are warning that a key U.S. surveillance authority could expire this week after bipartisan opposition to President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s intelligence community derailed an extension effort
Man in Texas is accused of using a fake boarding pass to get on a United flight to Los Angeles
A Texas man is accused of using a fake boarding pass to get on a United Airlines flight and causing the plane to go back to the gate at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Attorneys urge release of mosque leader, saying he’s been denied diabetes care in ICE custody
Attorneys for the president of Wisconsin's largest mosque say he is being denied basic medical care for diabetes and has lost 30 pounds since he was taken into custody two months ago by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
US appeals court raises concerns about Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas for executions
A federal appeals court has ruled that Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas to put prisoners to death needs more study of whether it violates a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment
Closing arguments set in Texas trial of teen charged in fatal stabbing at a school track meet
Closing arguments are planned Tuesday in a Texas courtroom in a trial involving the fatal stabbing of a student athlete at a school track meet last year