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Fox News settles a major defamation lawsuit. Abortion pills could be heavily restricted in many states unless the Supreme Court intervenes. Pentagon reviews the way classified data is distributed.
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'Leave pity city,' MillerKnoll CEO tells staff who asked whether they'd lose bonuses
In a leaked video that's spreading on social media, the head of a furniture giant tells her staff to focus on being better employees instead of worrying about their own financial futures.
4 are killed in a Maine home and 3 others are wounded in a linked highway shooting
Four people were fatally shot at a Maine house on Tuesday shortly before gunfire wounded three others on a highway, in crimes that are linked, authorities said. A man was charged with murder.
2 shootings at mistaken addresses have renewed the focus on 'stand your ground' laws
Stand your ground laws have proliferated in the years since the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the Black teenager killed in 2012. Research shows the laws have led to an increase in firearm homicides.
The political battle between Disney and Florida Gov. DeSantis heats up
The fight between Ron DeSantis and Disney enters another round Wednesday as the governor's appointees on a new oversight board try to regain some power over land-use permits around the Disney parks.
Why Texans need to know how quickly Antarctica's ice is melting
Ice in Antarctica is melting rapidly. That's driving sea level rise around the world. But some places are threatened more than others, and Texas is in the crosshairs.
The surprising connection between Arctic ice and Western wildfires
The ice that covers the Arctic Ocean is shrinking as the climate gets hotter. Scientists are finding it could be linked to weather that's helping fuel disasters.
Utah is in a state of emergency as melting snow is likely to cause months of flooding
The state experienced record snowfall last winter, and as snow melts, it could cause natural disasters, such as avalanches and mudslides, Gov. Spencer Cox says.
A coroner rules the singer Aaron Carter drowned in a tub from sedatives and inhalant
Aaron Carter, the younger brother of the Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter, was found submerged and dead at age 34 in the bathtub of his home in Lancaster, California, last November.
Multiple torch-carrying marchers in the Charlottesville rally are indicted
Nearly six years after white nationalists in Virginia clashed with counter-protesters, a grand jury indicted multiple people on felony charges for carrying flaming torches intended to intimidate.