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California proposes allowing testing of self-driving heavy-duty trucks

14 hours ago
California regulators have released a new proposal to allow the testing of self-driving heavy duty trucks on public roads
Harvard researcher held in Louisiana awaits judge's decision on deportation to Russia

6 hours ago
Russian-born scientist Kseniia Petrova has been detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement since February when she failed to declare frog embryo samples at Boston's Logan Airport
Iran, US begin expert talks in Oman over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program

2 hours ago
Iran and the United States have started in-depth negotiations in Oman over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, talks that likely will hinge on the Islamic Republic’s enrichment of uranium
Some see Trump weaponizing government in targeting of judge and Democratic fundraising site

9 hours ago
President Donald Trump's administration is providing another example of how it's targeting those the president feels are blocking his agenda
Bomb threat prompts plane evacuation at Florida airport; no explosives found

7 hours ago
Officials say bomb threat note found on a plane at a Florida airport prompted the evacuation of the aircraft and a temporary closure
More police videos show early days of Gene Hackman investigation

7 hours ago
Authorities in New Mexico have released more videos related to their investigation into the deaths of 95-year-old Gene Hackman and his wife
New tribal national park in North Dakota aims to preserve rugged and scenic landscape

5 hours ago
A new tribal national park in North Dakota is opening a little-seen area of the rugged Badlands to hikers and other outdoors enthusiasts
Winning numbers drawn in Friday’s Mega Millions

5 hours ago
The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 38-40-60-62-70, Mega Ball: 9, Megaplier:
Virginia GOP candidate for lieutenant governor says he won't exit race despite governor's push

10 hours ago
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is asking his party’s candidate vying to be Virginia’s next lieutenant governor to step aside
Big Tech's soaring energy demands are making coal-fired power plant sites attractive

5 hours ago
Coal-fired power plants, long a money-losing proposition in the U.S., are becoming more valuable now
Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area

Apr 25, 2025
Four months after the Los Angeles area wildfires tore through the Angeles National Forest and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses in Altadena, wildlife is returning to the Eaton Fire burn area and scientists are closely tracking them
Legendary civil rights attorney Fred Gray honored with statue in Alabama

Apr 25, 2025
The legendary attorney who was once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been honored with a statue outside the Alabama State Bar Association
Driver convicted in case of Colorado teens who threw fatal rock at car

17 hours ago
The last of three friends accused of killing a driver in Colorado by throwing a rock through the windshield of her car has been convicted
Americans linked to Congo coup attempt plead not guilty to US criminal charges

17 hours ago
Four Americans pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Utah after authorities said they conspired to stage a violent coup in Congo that failed
College journalists wrestle with transparency as students fear deportation for speaking out

15 hours ago
College journalists across the U.S. are navigating a surge in requests to remove previously published content amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on student protesters and what critics describe as unprecedented attacks on campus speech
A bear is spotted in Connecticut playing on family's backyard slide

12 hours ago
A Connecticut family got a chance to see a bear have some fun on their backyard playset
Man fatally stabbed on NYC subway after arguing with rider, police say

17 hours ago
A 38-year-old man was stabbed to death in the New York City subway during a rush-hour dispute with another rider who had stepped on the man’s shoes
Oregon agency won't say if hackers stole data in cyberattack

7 hours ago
Oregon's environmental agency won't say if a group of hackers stole data in a cyberattack that was first announced earlier this month
How the public's shift on immigration paved the way for Trump's crackdown

22 hours ago
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement that has pushed the limits of executive power and clashed with federal judges trying to restrain him
Fears of racial profiling swirl over registration policy for immigrants in the US illegally

Apr 25, 2025
The Trump administration plans to strictly require anyone illegally in the U.S. to register with the government and carry documentation
Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats' top fundraising platform

Apr 25, 2025
President Donald Trump has ordered the Justice Department to investigate the Democratic Party’s top fundraising platform
Forecasters warn of fire risk amid low humidity, wind gusts as Pine Barrens fire burns

21 hours ago
Forecasters are warning of low humidity and gusty wind increased the risk fire could spread across parts of New Jersey, Philadelphia and its suburbs and Delaware as firefighters continued to battled a vast wildfire in the Pine Barrens
ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around US, lawyer says

18 hours ago
A government lawyer said the federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S. Judges around the country had already issued temporary orders restoring the studen...
Trump's attack on diversity takes center stage as Boston remembers 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK

5 hours ago
Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in Boston, thousands of people are expected to gather at the same site to honor and reflect on the historic event
US oversees a peace pledge for east Congo, hoping to access critical minerals

3 hours ago
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has overseen the signing by Congo and Rwanda of a pledge to work toward a peace deal that would ease U.S. access to critical minerals in resource-rich eastern Congo