New Hampshire is the latest state to repeal its death penalty, as the state Senate had enough votes to override Gov. Chris Sununu's veto. The repeal takes effect immediately. The 16-8 vote Thursday was the necessary two-thirds majority to override.…
A man flying on Delta Airlines from Atlanta to San Diego says a fellow passenger's emotional support dog mauled him on the airplane. The man, Marlin Jackson, is now accusing the airline of negligence and is suing both Delta and…
Former U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi has died. He was 81. Cochran, a 45-year veteran of Congress, passed away early Thursday morning in Oxford, Mississippi, according to the office of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, the senator who replaced him after…
Protective netting at ballparks is once again under scrutiny after a young girl was hit by a foul ball at a Wednesday night game between the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros. The 4-year-old took a line drive during the fourth…
Illinois gun owners will be fingerprinted and will pay more for firearm owner identification cards under legislation approved by the Illinois House. The bill passed Wednesday is designed to address what Democratic Rep. Kathleen Willis of Addison calls deficiencies in…
A man who set himself on fire outside the White House on Wednesday afternoon has died from his injuries, the U.S. Park Police confirmed. Park Police and U.S. Secret Service responded to reports of a man who reportedly lit himself…
Two officials with the U.S. Department of Energy labeled America's natural gas to match the country's reputation for freedom in a press release this week. Its new name? "Freedom gas." The announcement on Tuesday shared the department's approval of additional…
When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world's tiniest surviving micro-preemie, who weighed…
China state media reports suggest the country is considering limiting exports of "rare earths" as the trade war with the U.S. escalates. Rare earths are a group of 17 elements used in everything from mobile phone cameras and automobile catalytic…
Corporate bonuses given out since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed amount to just $28 per U.S. worker, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. The total amount spent on bonuses was no bigger…
Missouri will not renew Planned Parenthood's license to perform abortions unless the clinic fully complies with the state's requests, said Governor Mike Parson during a press conference Wednesday. The clinic is the last one performing abortions in the state and…
A top defense official suggested Russia might have illegally tested low-yield nuclear missiles, effectively violating a 1996 international ban on nuclear tests. Speaking Wednesday at the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank, Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley Jr., director of…
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said that "all options were on the table" with regards to beginning impeachment proceedings against Mr. Trump, in response to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's first public statement on the Russia investigation Wednesday afternoon. "With…
A man set himself on fire outside the White House Wednesday afternoon, the Secret Service said. The incident occurred on the White House Ellipse shortly after noon. A spokesman for the Washington, D.C., fire department said first responders managed to…
Robert Mueller spoke publicly about the Russia investigation today for the first time since being appointed special counsel in May 2017. Below are Mueller's full remarks, as delivered at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2019.…
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek on his cancer diagnosis What is "mind-boggling"? This good news from "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek. The game show star says he is "near remission" less than three months after announcing his diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic…
Mitch McConnell said Tuesday Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy if one came up in 2020, a reversal of his position during a Democratic presidency. "Oh, we'd fill it," McConnell said to laughs at the Paducah Chamber luncheon when…
Missouri's last abortion clinic could be shut down this Friday, meaning it would become the first state to effectively end all legal abortion services since Roe vs. Wade was established back in 1973. Missouri's health department is refusing to renew…
About a year after IHOP faked a name change in a publicity stunt, the International House of Pancakes is at it again. The company teased yet another change on Tuesday, asking its Twitter followers: "What could the P be? Find…
NASA says there's a chance SpaceX can launch two astronauts aboard the company's Crew Dragon capsule by the end of the year. But that assumes changes needed in the wake of a catastrophic test failure can be implemented in time.…
Gatlinburg, Tenn. — Gatlinburg's new SkyBridge is tough to beat for a mountain panoramic. It spans 680 feet and every step stakes a claim as the best seat in the Smoky Mountains. Randy Watson oversees Gatlinburg SkyLift Park and the…
Dayton, Ohio — May is already the fourth worst month for tornadoes ever recorded and the threat continues with watches and warnings posted in half-a-dozen states from Oklahoma to New Jersey. More than 500 tornadoes have been reported. One storm…
DNA has provided further evidence that the 21-year-old uncle of a missing 5-year-old girl in Utah is behind her disappearance, police said Tuesday. Elizabeth "Lizzy" Shelley was reported missing Saturday by her family after they woke up. Evidence also indicates…
A teenager has been sentenced to a year of probation after he snuck through a tunnel onto President Trump's Mar-a-Lago property in Florida while Mr. Trump was there in November, according to court documents. Mark Lindblom has pleaded guilty to…