More than a year after California endorsed a proposal to extend the lifespan of its last nuclear power plant, disputes continue to swirl about the safety of its decades-old reactors, whether more than $1 billion in public financing for the extension could be in jeopardy and even if the electricity […]

A group of Florida men went out hunting for invasive pythons in the Big Cypress National Preserve and wound up capturing a massive snake almost fit for the record books, video shows. Holden Hunter, Trey Barber and Carter Gavlock encountered the 17-foot, 2-inch predator slithering across a sandy trail on […]

A man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after being convicted of fatally shooting two workers at a Dallas hospital last year as he argued with his girlfriend, who had just given birth to their child. Nestor Hernandez, 31, was found guilty of capital murder in the October 2022 […]

A group of San Francisco street vendor inspectors is demanding the city’s Board of Supervisors address the threats and violence they’ve endured on the job. Around a dozen inspectors, whose job it is to enforce the city’s vendor laws, spoke before the board in a hearing this week detailing harassment […]

The No. 3 House Republican leader is wading into the dramatic New York civil trial of former President Donald Trump, accusing the judge involved of exhibiting “bias” and “bizarre behavior” in the courtroom. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., filed an ethics complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron on Friday morning in a […]

Pro-Palestinian protesters invaded the lobby of The New York Times on Thursday, demanding a cease-fire in Gaza and insisting the liberal paper favors Israel in its coverage of the ongoing war. A group of protesters entered the atrium of the Times building in Midtown Manhattan carrying a banner calling for […]

A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of this little Gulf Coast town. Pelicans divebomb nearby into the cool waters of Florida’s Withlacoochee Bay and the open view westward holds […]

Vince McMahon, WWE’s founder and executive chairman of TKO Group Holdings, has been a long supporter of the U.S. military at home and abroad and the veterans who have served. The pro wrestling conglomerate has performed its “Tribute to the Troops” show since 2003 and has taken time, especially around […]

World leaders, CEOs, protesters and thousands of others will soon descend on San Francisco for a global trade summit that could give the battered city a chance to reverse its image of an economic powerhouse now in decline. The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ summit will be San Francisco’s largest […]

A former Indiana sheriff has been charged with multiple counts including corruption, theft and ghost employment for allegedly having his employees perform personal chores on his property, state police said Thursday. Former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel, 52, is charged with five counts of theft, four counts each of ghost […]