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- Patel faces congressional hearings after missteps in Kirk assassination probe and turmoil at FBI September 13, 2025FBI Director Kash Patel is bracing for scrutiny over his leadership of the Charlie Kirk investigation and other areas when he appears before Congress this coming week for oversight hearings
- Iraq's Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in museum archive September 13, 2025A University of Pennsylvania researcher is leading an effort to connect photos taken of the Yazidi population in northern Iraq in the 1930s with descendants who lost much of their history in the 2014 Islamic State attacks
- Families in crisis after massive immigration raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia September 13, 2025After Koreans detained in a historic raid on a Georgia Hyundai plant were sent home, lawyers and social workers say the nearly 200 non-Korean workers ensnared in the crackdown remain in legal limbo
- California lawmakers to decide on extending key climate program and boosting grid reliability September 13, 2025The California Legislature plans to vote Saturday on whether to extend the state's cap-and-trade program
- Winning numbers drawn in Friday’s Mega Millions September 13, 2025The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 17-18-21-42-64, Mega Ball: 7, Megaplier:
- Waves of fake threats to colleges are putting students on edge and testing dispatchers September 13, 2025Around 50 college campuses across the country have been deluged in recent weeks with hoax calls about armed gunmen and other violence, laying bare the challenges of detecting fake threats quickly to prevent mass panic
- Schools tried to ban phones and avoid politics. Then came Charlie Kirk's assassination September 13, 2025The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University sent shockwaves through classrooms worldwide
- Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter September 13, 2025Workers at a Montana animal shelter were evacuated and sent to the hospital after smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine incinerated by FBI agents started to fill the building
- The EPA wants to end a requirement that large polluters report their greenhouse gas emissions September 13, 2025The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed doing away with a program that has required large, mostly industrial polluters to report their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to the government
- Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as 'vacation home,' undercutting Trump fraud claims September 13, 2025Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook referred to a condominium she purchased in June 2021 as a “vacation home” in a loan estimate
- Rhode Island judge halts effort by HUD to change criteria for homeless funding September 13, 2025A Rhode Island judge has temporarily stopped the Trump administration from changing the criteria for using tens of millions of dollars in funding to aid homeless people
- Prosecution continues case against the man accused in a Trump assassination attempt September 13, 2025Witnesses from the FBI and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office focused mostly on the law enforcement response, as well evidence collection and analyses, as prosecutors continued their case with a second day of testimony in the case of a man accused ...
- Appeals court rules Trump administration can end legal protections for more than 400,000 migrants September 13, 2025A federal appeals court has ruled the Trump administration can end legal protections for around 430,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela
- Taylor Swift can be deposed, but has no role in Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni litigation, lawyer says September 12, 2025A lawyer for Taylor Swift says the singer can answer questions in October — if she is forced — from attorneys involved in the litigation between actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni stemming from their roles in the movie “It Ends With Us.”
- Across the US, cities combine art, shade and education to help people beat the heat September 12, 2025Cities across the U.S. are combining art with shade to shield people from rising temperatures and educate them about our warming world
- Georgia judge won't award attorneys fees to governments in lawsuit over Rivian vehicle plant September 12, 2025A judge has rejected an attempt by Georgia and a local development agency to make residents pay legal fees after they unsuccessfully sued to block the Rivian electric vehicle plant
- 'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees continue to face obstacles to meet with lawyers, court papers allege September 12, 2025Attorneys are still facing obstacles in contacting clients at the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida
- Mississippi sets execution date for man who killed a college student in 1993 September 12, 2025The Mississippi Supreme Court has set an Oct. 15 execution date for the man convicted of kidnapping and killing a college student in 1993
- Nebraska plan for an immigrant detention center faces backlash and uncertainty September 12, 2025Some Nebraska lawmakers and residents say the Republican governor's plan to convert a prison into an immigration detention center has come with few details about the transition
- False active shooter report at Naval Academy leaves 1 injured September 12, 2025Authorities are investigating a false report of an active shooter at the U.S. Naval Academy that led to one person being injured at the Maryland military college on Thursday
