When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who likely became sick, according to a study, as students were excluded or kept home by their families to minimize the spread of the disease.

Mega billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, former news anchor Lauren Sanchez Bezos, are awarding $5 million to the founder of a neurodivergent student support network, a recognition that the lesser-known recipient credits to the students powering his fast-growing movement for more inclusive classrooms.

Warner Bros. is telling shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, saying that a rival bid from Netflix will be better for customers.

Plans to "carry out an attack" in New Orleans were thwarted after an ex-Marine was arrested while on the way to the Louisiana city with guns and body armor in the car, according to court documents obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

The Heritage Foundation Board of Trustees lost two more board members, bringing to three the number that have stepped down amid discord over the venerable conservative organization's leadership in the wake of an antisemitism uproar.

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston, and authorities said Tuesday they had launched a homicide investigation.

A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death was sentenced Tuesday to 8 months of home confinement.

Automakers Hyundai and Kia must offer free repairs to millions of models under a settlement announced Tuesday by Minnesota's attorney general, who led an effort by dozens of states that argued the vehicles weren't equipped with proper anti-theft technology, leaving them vulnerable to thefts.

A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested on Tuesday.

Rapper Kay Flock was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for a series of shootings in his Bronx neighborhood, derailing a music career that was just taking off before his 2021 arrest.

Ford is paring down its focus on electric vehicles and investing more in gasoline and hybrid models, a pivot expected to cost the carmaker billions.

The last pennies ever minted for circulation have been sold at auction, netting $16.76 million.

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday he won't forget the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January, insisting he won't allow operations in the airspace over the nation's capital to revert back to the way they were before the crash.

Illinois' public transit systems got a $1.5 billion annual infusion on Friday as Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law overhauling Chicago's web of buses and trains, sparing it from devastating service cuts and pledging upgraded performance and accountability.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean.

A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U.S. has sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his order designating it and another organization as a " foreign terrorist organization," saying the directive was unconstitutional.

Pope Leo XIV is expected to appoint a bishop from his native Illinois to replace the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan as archbishop of New York, according to Catholic media reports.

A man who drove past warning signs was found dead early Tuesday in a car submerged in floodwaters near Seattle, officials said, in the first reported death following a week of heavy rain and flooding in the region.

Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said.

A gunman opened fire in a first-floor auditorium-style classroom on Saturday, where students were in a study group preparing for final exams, killing two students and wounding nine others.

The U.S. added 64,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate inched up slightly to 4.6%, the government said Tuesday as it released a backlog of data following the federal shutdown.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of the biggest charitable donations from individuals or their foundations totaled $5 billion in 2025. Topping the list was $2 billion from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, followed by a $746.7 million donation from Warren Buffett and a $500 million pledge from the mother and stepfather of Amazon ...

An on-duty Customs and Border Protection officer fired his weapon several times on a freeway leading to New York's main airport after he said another driver attacked him over a minor traffic crash, Port Authority police said.

A recent survey finds a 22% drop in holiday hosting budgets this year as Americans expect the economy to weaken in 2026. Consumers plan to spend less on decor and hosting essentials, and trade elaborate spreads for cozy, creative celebrations that prioritize value, simplicity and togetherness.

A recent Numerator study finds 87% of Americans plan to celebrate Christmas. Three-fourths of those mark the holiday by gathering with family and friends, either on Dec. 25 or on Christmas Eve. For millions of Italian-Americans, the evening meal before the birth of the Christ child is an often elaborate meal called the Feast of the Seven Fishes.