Ukraine's top fencer granted place at Olympics after disqualification for Russia handshake snub
The Ukrainian fencing champion banned from the world championships in Italy for refusing to shake hands with a Russian opponent has been readmitted to the tournament and given an automatic place at next year's Paris Olympics.
2023-07-29 11:27
Federal judge temporarily blocks Montana's ban on 'drag story hours' in libraries
A federal judge on Friday paused a Montana law that bans drag performers from hosting children's story hours at public libraries and bars "sexually oriented shows" on public property that can be seen by minors.
2023-07-29 10:47
Trump largely ignores new federal charges at major Iowa Republican gathering
Former President Donald Trump charged ahead with his bid for the 2024 GOP nomination Friday at a major Republican event in Iowa, largely ignoring the new charges he faces in the federal classified documents probe.
2023-07-29 10:20
Bank robbery suspect drops out of ceiling and into recycling bin before he's arrested, police say
A bank robbery suspect's escape was thwarted when he fell into a recycling bin -- right where police were waiting for him, authorities said.
2023-07-29 08:50
2nd break found on North Carolina roller coaster
Another break or crack has been found on a North Carolina amusement park ride, weeks after the roller coaster was shut down when a visitor spotted a crack in a steel support pillar, state officials say.
2023-07-29 08:22
Fact check: RFK Jr.'s misleading viral claim about Secret Service protection
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination against President Joe Biden, baselessly suggested Friday that the Biden administration is singling him out for rare treatment by denying him Secret Service protection.
2023-07-29 08:19
San Francisco security guard who fatally shot Bako Brown charged $1,500 in fines
The security guard who fatally shot Banko Brown, a transgender man who was suspected of shoplifting from a San Francisco Walgreens in April, must pay $1,500 in fines for code violations, says the agency that regulates security services in California.
2023-07-29 07:58
Bank failure: Kansas Heartland Tri-State Bank closed by FDIC
Heartland Tri-State Bank of Elkhart, Kansas, failed on Friday, with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation taking control.
2023-07-29 07:57
Senate confirms slate of State Department nominees as Tuberville's military hold remains
The Senate confirmed a slate of high-profile State Department nominees late Thursday night, including ambassadors to Italy, Jordan, Georgia, the United Arab Emirates, Niger, Rwanda and Ethiopia.
2023-07-29 07:22
'The family feels like he got trapped': How a low-profile Mar-a-Lago employee got tangled up in Trump's legal problems
A day after he was named as a co-defendant in the criminal case against Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents, a picture is starting to emerge of Carlos De Oliveira, the little known Mar-a-Lago employee who is accused of trying to delete security camera footage at Trump's Florida resort after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for it last year.
2023-07-29 07:19
Bidens publicly acknowledge their seventh grandchild for the first time
President Joe Biden on Friday publicly acknowledged a daughter of his son Hunter for the first time, breaking a long-held silence on the matter by describing the situation as a "family matter."
2023-07-29 06:25
Samuel Alito tells Congress to stay out of Supreme Court ethics controversy
Congress should stay out of the Supreme Court's business and stop trying to impose ethics rules on justices and clerks, Justice Samuel Alito said in an interview published by The Wall Street Journal editorial page Friday.
2023-07-29 05:53