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Record-breaking crowds are gridlocking America’s top wilderness destinations, sparking an unexpected peak-season crisis after ...

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Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy confirmed the shooting took place in Downtown Memphis early on July 5.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deemed artificial intelligence firm Anthropic a "supply chain risk to national security" on Friday, following days of increasingly heated public conflict over the ...

An all-day prayer event on the National Mall on Sunday — backed by the White House through a mix of taxpayer funds and private donations — marked the latest flashpoint in the Trump administration ...