Authorities say four children and two adults were killed when fire ripped through a house in Charles County, Maryland
Trial to start on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law
A federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments on whether military troops deployed this summer by the Trump administration to Los Angeles violated a federal law that bars troops from conducting law enforcement duties within the country
Hundreds honor security guard killed in New York office tower shooting
The life of Aland Etienne, the security guard who was killed last month at a Manhattan office tower, is being remembered
A Congolese refugee’s 8-year struggle to reunite with her family in the US
A Congolese refugee who had been separated from her family for eight years was on the verge of joining them in the United States when President Donald Trump halted the refugee program in January
Flooding cancels last day of Wisconsin State Fair, water rescues in Milwaukee
Heavy rainfall in half a dozen states leads to water rescues, power outages.
Colorado prison evacuated as wildfire grows into one of largest in state history
Officials warn people in remote areas as gusty winds, low humidity feed flames
Tourist who flew to Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny concert was fatally shot, police say
A tourist from the U.S. mainland who was visiting Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny’s residency has been fatally shot at La Perla, a popular seaside shantytown
Tom Hanks pays tribute to Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell
Actor who portrayed commander in 1995 Oscar-winning film says Lovell dared to go to places most wouldn’t go Late Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell has received a tribute from Tom Hanks, the actor who brought him to life in an Oscar-winning movie and said he had gone places most wouldn’t...
Jim Lovell obituary
American astronaut and commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission who dramatically brought the crew back to Earth Just after 9.20pm, Houston time, on Monday 13 April 1970, Jim Lovell, who has died aged 97, looked out of the left side window of Odyssey, the command module of the Apollo...
‘Bizarre and wrong’: Danish zoo sparks debate with plea for pets to use as food
Aalborg zoo points to importance of mimicking natural feeding, but critics say its campaign devalues pets After a Danish zoo posted a reminder of its long-running programme allowing people to donate their healthy, small pets to be “gently euthanised” and fed to predators, reaction poured in from across the globe....