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Williston Officer Shoots, Wounds Man During Predawn Roadway Call

Vermont State Police are investigating after a Williston officer shot and wounded a man during a 4:50 a.m. call about downed wires on Route 2A, a case that will ultimately go to the state attorney general for review.

Armed Man Killed by Security After Trying to Shoot His Way Into Nashville Federal Courthouse

A man in his 40s was fatally shot by a courthouse security officer after his handgun jammed at the entrance checkpoint of the Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse, forcing the evacuation of the public library next door and renewing attention on the strain of threats facing the federal judiciary.

Lansing police investigate whether five deaths of unhoused men along a trail are linked

Five men found dead or dying along a single stretch of Lansing, Michigan's River Trail since October 2025 have investigators weighing whether one attacker is responsible, as outreach workers warn the city's unhoused population is on edge.

Angeles National Forest wildfire 83% contained after evacuations near Santa Clarita

The Bouquet Fire burned 1,048 acres of brush north of Santa Clarita and forced evacuations across several canyon communities before crews halted its growth within a day and spent the rest of the week building containment lines.

Ex-CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to $194 Million Fraud Built on a Fake Secret Program

David J. Rush, a former senior CIA officer, admitted to inventing a classified Special Access Program and using it to divert federal funds into gold bars, watches, real estate and cars, prosecutors said.

FBI Says It Foiled Mall of America Mass-Shooting Plot

Prosecutors say an 18-year-old Richfield man spent nearly two years building toward an ISIS-inspired attack before federal agents posing as arms dealers sold him a disabled rifle and arrested him.

Tennessee death row inmate survives botched execution, remains hospitalized as state halts death penalty

Christa Pike, who would have become the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than two centuries, is now conscious and speaking nearly a week after a lethal-injection attempt failed to kill her — a failure that has forced the state to pause all executions and open an independent investigation.

FTC Warns 24 Major Hospital Systems Over Deceptive Pricing Practices

The agency says complying with federal price-transparency rules doesn't shield hospitals from liability for incomplete or misleading cost estimates.

Florida declares emergency in 25 Panhandle counties as Tropical Storm Isaias forms in the Gulf

A tropical depression in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico strengthened into Tropical Storm Isaias early Wednesday, and forecasters expect it to become a hurricane by Thursday as it approaches the northern Gulf Coast this weekend.

Underground fire cracks open streets by Florida's Capitol, shuts down county courts

A predawn electrical fire beneath downtown Tallahassee blasted manhole covers into the air and cratered Monroe Street a block from the Capitol, cutting power, knocking out 911 texting and forcing every Second Judicial Circuit Court case to be rescheduled.

Pennsylvania's measles outbreak passes 1,000 cases, its worst in decades

State health officials say the outbreak, centered in Lancaster County's Amish and Mennonite communities, is now the largest in the U.S. this year and the worst Pennsylvania has seen in more than three decades.

Stalled storms trigger flash flooding across Gulf Coast from Alabama to Florida Panhandle

A slow-moving area of tropical moisture dumped repeated rounds of heavy rain on the central Gulf Coast Sunday, prompting flash flood warnings in three states and pushing forecasters to extend flood watches into Monday.

Coast Guard finds debris from missing Bermuda-to-Boston medical jet off Nantucket

A Gulfstream air ambulance carrying six people — a patient, a relative and four Canadian crew members — vanished early Saturday over the Atlantic. By nightfall the Coast Guard had confirmed a debris field matched the missing aircraft; none of the six has been found.

Centuries-Old Hawaii Sea Arch Collapses Into the Pacific After Storm-Battered Summer

The National Park Service says the 90-foot Hōlei Sea Arch, carved by the ocean over roughly 550 years, gave way sometime during a stretch of three tropical systems that battered Hawaii's Big Island this season.

New Jersey Fines Microsoft-Linked AI Data Center $1.07 Million Over Illegal Generators

State inspectors found a Vineland, N.J., data-center campus tied to a $17 billion Microsoft computing deal had quietly installed and run 62 unpermitted gas generators for months, prompting the largest environmental enforcement action against a data center in New Jersey history.

Medevac Helicopter Crash Off Catalina Island Kills Pilot, Flight Nurse and Patient

A REACH Air Medical helicopter went down in the Pacific moments after leaving Catalina Island on Sept. 30, killing the pilot, a flight nurse and the patient they were flying to the mainland, and setting off a 23-hour search by the Coast Guard and Los Angeles County crews.

Wildfire Returns to Same Brunswick County Woods That Burned for Weeks This Summer

A new fire near Shallotte, N.C. forced a brief evacuation and an early school dismissal this week, in the same drought-stricken stretch of coastal forest that burned for nearly a month in July.

FAA Begins Using AI to Manage Air Traffic at Washington-Area Airports

The agency has started testing an $875 million AI tool at three of the nation's busiest airports, drawing pushback from lawmakers less than two years after a fatal midair collision over the Potomac.

Tennessee inmate survives botched execution; state halts death penalty pending review

Christa Gail Pike, who would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than two centuries, survived a lethal-injection attempt that dragged on for close to an hour before she was sent to a hospital. Gov. Bill Lee has pulled the state's last scheduled 2026 execution and ordered an outside review.

Hochul strips Cornell rape case from local DA, names state attorney general special prosecutor

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she had "lost faith" in the Tompkins County district attorney's handling of an alleged fraternity gang rape, handing the investigation to Attorney General Letitia James.

Two Norfolk Southern trains derail in Alabama hours apart, reviving rail-safety questions

A Norfolk Southern train struck a tractor-trailer and derailed near Birmingham on Thursday, the second of two Alabama derailments the same day — neither involving injuries or hazardous-material releases, but both renewing scrutiny of a railroad still under federal watch since the 2023 East Palestine disaster.

Amber Guyger, ex-officer who killed Botham Jean, granted parole after seven years

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles approved early release for the former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering her unarmed neighbor in his own apartment, a decision that landed almost exactly seven years after her conviction and reopened a case that drew national attention over race, policing and forgiveness.

Massachusetts Report Finds Catholic Clergy Abused 944 Children Across Three Dioceses

A six-year investigation into the Worcester, Springfield and Fall River dioceses found decades of cover-ups but produced no new criminal charges, as the attorney general renews a push to abolish the state's civil statute of limitations for child sex abuse claims.

Becerra and Hilton clash over Trump, taxes and immigration in lone California governor debate

In their only televised meeting before ballots go out, Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton sparred for an hour on CNN, with President Trump's shadow falling over nearly every exchange.

Treasury Begins Mailing $500 ACA Refund Checks to Nearly 1 Million Americans

The Trump administration started sending one-time $500 payments this week to Affordable Care Act enrollees in 30 states who receive no premium subsidy, a rollout that lands five weeks before the midterm elections and amid the steepest one-year drop in marketplace enrollment since the exchanges opened.

Flash floods push New Mexico dam to the brink of failure, forcing evacuations

An aging flood-control dam near Rincon, New Mexico, was overtopped by rain fed by Hurricane Polo's remnants, forcing evacuations in five communities and capping a two-week flooding spell that has killed at least four people statewide.

Judge weighs bid to acquit Massachusetts mother in her children's deaths

A Plymouth Superior Court judge has not ruled on a defense motion to acquit Lindsay Clancy outright after her murder trial ended in a deadlocked jury; prosecutors have not said whether they will seek a retrial.

Dublin couple charged with murder in parking-lot shooting of son-in-law, a New York Times engineer

Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, are accused of gunning down Jonathan McKinsey, 40, in front of witnesses at a youth sports complex amid a bitter custody battle over his three children with their daughter.

Hackers Claim They Stole Personal Data on Nearly All FBI Employees

A criminal extortion group says it exfiltrated roughly two to three terabytes of records from the FBI's hiring and personnel systems, including Social Security numbers and, in some cases, medical files. The bureau has confirmed a breach but not verified the hackers' full claims.

Jury begins deliberating in Ohio murder trial of former "American Idol" singer

A Miami County jury started deliberating Tuesday in the trial of Caleb Flynn, accused of shooting his wife, Ashley, in their Tipp City home and staging the scene as a home invasion; he faces aggravated murder and up to life in prison if convicted.

Tennessee governor denies clemency for Christa Pike, clearing way for first female execution in 200 years

Gov. Bill Lee said he would not intervene after the state Supreme Court rejected Christa Pike's final appeals, leaving her execution set for Wednesday morning at a Nashville prison.

Cornell Fraternity Rape Case Reopened by Prosecutor After Civil Suit Filing

Tompkins County's district attorney will bring a 2024 gang-rape allegation at Cornell's Chi Phi fraternity to a grand jury, two years after declining to prosecute, following a civil lawsuit that described drugging and a group-chat summons other fraternity members allegedly did not disclose to police.

BNSF train derails after hitting stalled dump truck at Missouri quarry crossing

A locomotive and six rail cars went off the tracks Sunday when a southbound BNSF freight struck an oversized dump truck stopped on a gated private crossing north of Fruitland, Missouri, critically injuring the truck's driver in the second serious derailment on this quarry rail spur in less than a year.

Three killed, four hurt in shooting at unlicensed Detroit after-hours club

A dispute erupted into gunfire at a west-side Detroit venue with a history of police calls, leaving three men dead as the city's homicide rate sits at a six-decade low.

Trump approves sharply lower fuel-economy standards, scrapping Biden-era EV push

The Transportation Department is expected to finalize a rule Monday cutting the 2031 fleet-wide mileage target to 34.5 mpg, down from 50.4 mpg under President Biden, a trade the administration says will lower vehicle prices but critics say will raise costs at the pump.

Brush Fire Near Lahaina Forces Evacuations as High Winds Fan Flames in West Maui

A fast-moving brush fire forced evacuations and shut the only highway through West Maui on Saturday, burning within miles of Lahaina, where a wind-fueled wildfire killed more than 100 people two years ago.

A powerful fall storm brought wind gusts over 80 mph and heavy coastal flooding to the Northeast this weekend, killing one person in Brooklyn and disrupting air travel from Boston to New York.

Third Fatal Teen Shooting in Five Weeks Jolts Houston, as County Data Show Youth Gun Violence Climbing

A Westbury High School senior was killed steps from campus Friday, the third Houston-area teenager fatally shot by another teenager since August, prompting a rare public rebuke from the mayor and renewed scrutiny of county data on juvenile gun crime.

Gunman Still at Large After Five Shot at Arlington, Virginia, House Party

Police say an argument at an overnight gathering in Arlington's Arlington View neighborhood escalated into gunfire early Saturday, wounding five people and prompting a helicopter and K-9 search for the shooter.

Smyrna Man, 18, Charged With Murder After Family Finds Neighbor's Dismembered Remains

Kingston Bradley, 18, now faces a malice murder charge after Georgia investigators say a Friday search of a car turned up more of a missing DoorDash driver's remains — days after her own relatives, not responding police, first discovered part of her body.

Hurricane Nolo Stalls South of Hawaii's Big Island, Threatens Catastrophic Flooding

A slow-moving Category 2 hurricane has triggered a rare pre-landfall federal emergency declaration for Hawaii, with forecasters warning of life-threatening rain on ground still saturated from an earlier storm.

Tennessee prepares to execute Christa Pike, first woman put to death in the state in over 200 years

Christa Gail Pike, convicted at 18 of torturing and killing a fellow Job Corps trainee, faces lethal injection Sept. 30 after courts rejected her final appeals; a 226-page clemency petition and a UN appeal now sit on Gov. Bill Lee's desk.

Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Revive Voter Citizenship Database Ahead of Midterms

A 6-3 emergency order allows a retooled federal database to resume checking voters' citizenship after a judge found it violated privacy law, with the three liberal justices warning it puts naturalized citizens at risk of being wrongly purged just weeks before Election Day.

Trump Rally Shooting Survivor James Copenhaver Dies at 76

Copenhaver, wounded alongside two others in the July 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, died two years later from complications of his injuries, as a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Secret Service remains pending.

Man fires shots from Miami airport parking garage; no injuries, felony charge filed

A 31-year-old man fired four rounds toward Miami International Airport's terminal from a parking garage Wednesday afternoon, triggering a heavy law enforcement response and a brief shutdown of departure roadways before he was arrested and charged with a felony.

Salmonella outbreak tied to Idaho sprout grower reaches 32 cases across six states

Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC has halted production and recalled broccoli sprouts after a multistate Salmonella outbreak — the Idaho company's third documented food-safety incident since 2011.

Powerful Nor'easter Bears Down on East Coast From the Outer Banks to Maine

A rare late-September coastal storm is bringing near-hurricane-force gusts, feet of surf and record-high tides to a stretch of coastline already strained by chronic erosion, with the worst conditions expected Friday and Saturday.

FBI investigates hackers' claim of massive breach at bureau's jobs website

A group calling itself ShinyHunters says it stole terabytes of data on FBI agents and job applicants after breaching FBIjobs.gov, and is threatening to publish the files unless the bureau retracts an earlier warning about the group.

ICE officer who shot Austin delivery driver was not wearing required body camera

A federal judge has blocked the deportation of a Venezuelan DoorDash driver shot by an ICE officer in Austin last weekend, as more than 100 members of Congress and the Travis County district attorney press for answers about why the officer's body camera was off.

Federal Jury Convicts Gary Man of Running Violent Sex-Trafficking Operation

Prosecutors say Anthony Mayers used beatings, firearms and a fatal drug overdose to control women he forced into commercial sex at his Indiana home; he now faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison.

CDC data show more than 3,400 confirmed cases in 2026, with nearly all involving unvaccinated people, as outbreaks continue in dozens of states.

Federal judge halts warrantless ICE raids on Alabama construction sites after citizen detained three times

A federal judge in Mobile has temporarily barred agents from entering private construction sites without a warrant, after a U.S. citizen said he was wrongly detained three times despite showing valid identification.

Texas set to execute Ker'Sean Ramey for 2005 triple murder, a week after codefendant's execution

The state parole board denied clemency for Ker'Sean Olajuwa Ramey, who is scheduled to die Wednesday evening for a 2005 triple killing in Edna. No physical evidence tied him to the crime scene, and his jury included no Black jurors.

Vermont Jury Convicts Jason Eaton of Attempted Murder in Shooting of Three Palestinian Students

A Burlington jury rejected an insanity defense and found Jason Eaton guilty on all three counts nearly three years after he shot three Palestinian college students, one of whom was left paralyzed.

California attorney general drops final charges from 2024 Stanford protest occupation

The five remaining defendants in the case over the occupied Stanford University president's office will avoid felony convictions after paying nearly $52,000 in restitution, closing out a prosecution that survived a hung jury and a disqualified district attorney.

Two Hikers Die in Falls Days Apart on Washington's Sauk Mountain Trail

A 78-year-old man and a 66-year-old man died in separate falls within 48 hours of each other on a popular North Cascades day hike, adding to a trail fatality count local hiking guides have warned about for years.