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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday, August 14, 2026, to let construction continue on a 90,000-square-foot, $400 million White House ballroom. The administration … Read more
Chairman Chey Tae-won of SK Group has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court in South Korea, contesting an appellate court ruling ordering him to pay … Read more
The United States federal government has systematically scaled back civil rights enforcement during the opening months of President Donald Trump’s second term. A new Human Rights … Read more
Six people, including a 39-year-old suspect, died Friday in a mass shooting across rural Missaukee County, Michigan. Michigan State Police responded to a home on South … Read more
Behind-the-scenes chaos, physical altercations, and strict security protocols have marred the high-stakes summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. The friction involved … Read more
A 10-year-old girl was bitten three times on the leg by a beaver while canoeing at Seneca Creek State Park in Maryland on Thursday. State wildlife … Read more
A rare Pablo Picasso etching stolen from a Milwaukee art gallery in 2018 has been recovered after a local landlord found the framed artwork hanging in … Read more
An 18-year-old La Jolla resident pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to kicking and chasing a protected California sea lion at La Jolla Cove. Tyler Muehl … Read more
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia on Saturday, August 15, near the city of Ende in Nusa Tenggara Oriental. The shallow tremor occurred at a … Read more
President Donald Trump is expected to join high-level executives from cryptocurrency companies and prediction-market venues at a White House meeting scheduled for Wednesday. The gathering serves … Read more
British academic and former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, 41, was found dead at a south London address on Friday, just a week after resigning from his … Read more
Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña was arrested at his home by the FBI on federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering. Authorities allege he fraudulently obtained … Read more