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Unhealthy smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets the Upper Midwest when people want to be outside
Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air due to drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires, ...
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...
Irreverent Warriors hike through Des Moines
The Irreverent Warriors Silkies Hike kicked off its annual hike Saturday morning in Des Moines. Hugh Tychsen, National ...
$1K ‘Trump Accounts’ for kids: How do they stack up?
The Trump Accounts Contribution Pilot Program starts eligible kids off with a one-time $1,000 credit. The money comes from ...
Mask off: New York bill would charge ICE agents who hide their faces
New York lawmakers are proposing the MELT Act, which would require law enforcement agents to be clearly identifiable and display a name, badge number, or other visible marker on their uniforms ...
Bluetooth hack exposes millions of cars to remote risk
Security researchers have uncovered a devastating Bluetooth exploit affecting millions of vehicles from brands like Mercedes, ...
A court called off a key 9/11 suspect’s plea deal. Here’s where the case stands
The United States’ long legal case against accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed remains in limbo after an appeals court this week scrapped a plea deal that the ...
Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin Aug. 1, rattling major US trading partners
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1, a move that could cause massive ...
Young Democrats have called for a rebrand. They’re vying to replace the party’s old guard
Deja Foxx celebrated her April birthday in a way most 25-year-olds don’t. The extra candle meant she was now eligible to ...
Osprey came back from the brink once. Now chicks are dying in nests, and some blame overfishing
Stepping onto an old wooden duck blind in the middle of the York River, Bryan Watts looks down at a circle of sticks and pine ...
Russia warns US, South Korea and Japan against forming security alliance targeting North Korea
Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeting ...
Trump says he’s considering ‘taking away’ Rosie O’Donnell’s US citizenship
President Donald Trump says he is considering “taking away” the U.S. citizenship of a longtime rival, actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a decades-old Supreme Court ...