Michigan State University scrambled to relocate some final exams after police said they discovered a man inside the school's largest academic building with household substances that could be used to run a methamphetamine lab.

The Onion's plan to take over the Infowars platforms that Alex Jones built into a bullhorn of conspiracy theories and turn them into parody sites was in limbo again Thursday, after a Texas court paused a proposed deal involving the satirical news outlet.

J. Craig Venter, who mapped the first draft of the human genome and helped scientists understand how genes shape our lives, died Wednesday. He was 79.

Thousands of passengers aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line vessel were trapped on their ship for up to nine hours Tuesday after a customs screening process at the Port of San Francisco ground to a near-standstill -- the result of broken facial recognition technology, a late docking and the need to process a passenger's death onboard.

A half-dozen transgender Idaho residents sued the state over its newly approved law banning opposite-sex use of public restrooms in government buildings and public accommodations, arguing that the "vague" and "discriminatory" law violates their constitutional rights.

Louisiana's Republican governor on Thursday delayed the May 16 congressional primaries following the Supreme Court ruling that threw out the state's racially gerrymandered districts.

Camp Mystic on Thursday halted plans to reopen this summer on the Texas river where floodwaters killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors, backing down in the face of outraged families and investigations that accused the all-girls Christian camp of dangerous safety and operational deficiencies.

A North Texas man who claims he was not the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago and who says prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secure his death sentence faced execution Thursday evening.

A Georgia man said Wednesday that he was traumatized by severe medical neglect at a problem-plagued jail in Atlanta that led to the amputation of his fingers and lower legs.

Police in Anchorage, Alaska, identified a recently found body as a 19-year-old indigenous woman who went missing in January.

Richard Miles set out to find a job after his release from a Texas prison in 2009 with a collection of newspaper clippings about his wrongful murder conviction as his resume. No one would hire him, including warehouses and fast-food restaurants.

The FBI is investigating the death of a truck driver whose body and semitrailer were found in different areas of southeastern Georgia hours after he was last seen alive at a Florida rest stop.

A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter to death nearly 50 years ago is set to be executed Thursday evening.

Attorneys for Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV star from "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives," and the father of her 2-year-old son will present dueling petitions for protective orders against each other Thursday in a case that could determine who gets custody of their child.

A North Carolina mother is facing misdemeanor charges after a gun was found in her young son's backpack on the school bus.

Popular GLP-1 drugs prescribed for weight loss are suppressing people's appetite for more than just food: Health experts warn that they're also dulling some patients' desire for sex and socializing.

Louisiana's Republican governor plans to delay the May 16 congressional primaries following the Supreme Court ruling that threw out the state's racially gerrymandered districts.

The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. launched a campaign Thursday for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas, upending the race in a normally Republican state as the GOP's small majority seems less secure than it was a year ago.

A senior JPMorgan Chase executive director has been sued in New York by a former colleague who alleges a monthslong campaign of sexual assault, racial harassment and workplace intimidation. The allegations, which have not been independently verified, are denied by the bank.

Union Pacific hopes regulators will be convinced this time that its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern, which it detailed for the second time Thursday, will be good for the country.

The U.S. economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall's 43-day federal government shutdown. But the outlook is clouded by the Iran war.

A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest sign the Iran war is pushing up the cost of living and delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits tumbled below 200,000 last week despite a number of economic headwinds, including the war in Iran.

Millions of Americans may qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada's requirements that has led to a surge in applications, multiple news outlets report.

Elon Musk took the stand for the second day Wednesday in the landmark trial that pits the world's richest person against Sam Altman, a fellow OpenAI co-founder he accuses of betraying promises to keep the company as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity's benefit.