The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.

More than two dozen cars of a Union Pacific train derailed Wednesday morning in a Texas town near Houston, causing an ethanol leak from two of the cars that officials said didn't pose a threat to the public.

Shaquille O'Neal is offering to pay for the funeral of a 12-year-old Georgia girl who died a few days after she collapsed following a fight after school.

The patient in Room 373 refuses to leave.

Luigi Mangione's lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to postpone his federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson until early next year and said they will seek to have his state murder trial delayed until September.

Flroida lawmakers have killed legislation that would have banned marriage between first cousins.

Arizona canceled its Cesar Chavez Day and communities across the West moved to scrap their celebrations planned for later this month after shocking new allegations that the Hispanic civil rights hero groomed and raped girls who volunteered for his movement.

A man was sentenced to at least four years in prison Wednesday for an election petition scandal that spoiled the candidacies of five Republicans who were running for Michigan governor in 2022.

Crews began demolishing Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday to make way for a memorial that will pay tribute to the 49 people killed in the attack at the LGBTQ-friendly club nearly a decade ago.

Reenactors in 18th-century military coats and tricorn hats filled the pews of one of the nation's oldest Catholic Churches on Tuesday before firing muskets outside and marching through neighborhood streets, marking the 250th anniversary of the day British forces evacuated the city.

Pennsylvania regulators asked an administrative law judge on Wednesday to make a gas utility pay $2.6 million in civil penalties for a chocolate factory explosion three years ago that killed seven workers and sent flames shooting into the air.

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan is asking the federal government to support the department's largest budget ever in light of a growing number of threats made against lawmakers.

The ratings for this year's Oscars show were the lowest since 2022, showing the first year-over-year decrease in viewership since the pandemic.

The CIA has been helping out in an investigation into a bizarre intimidation tactic used against federal judges in which someone has been ordering pizzas sent to their homes, the head of the U.S. Marshals Service said.

An Ohio mother of three and TikTok personality who posted about her "tummy tuck" surgery has died of complications from the procedure, multiple news outlets report.

A "designer Xanax" drug has been formally added to the federal schedule of controlled substances, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Wednesday.

Sister Eileen McKenzie has helped feed and shelter migrants at the Arizona-Mexico border for years, but she cites her recent encounter with a man in a government facility in Nogales, Mexico, as an impactful reminder of the people affected by the crackdown on illegal immigration.

Macy's reported stronger-than-expected profits in the crucial fourth-quarter and comparable sales rose again. The department store said an overhaul of its merchandise and improved customer service led to more spending by shoppers.

A Reston, Virginia, man is facing three counts of peeping into an occupied dwelling after, Fairfax County police alleged Monday, a drone caught him in the act.

A shooting at a U.S. Air Force base in New Mexico on Tuesday left one person dead and another wounded, according to military officials.

Vexed by the Justice Department's chaotic oversight of federal prosecutions in New Jersey, a judge on Monday threw a government attorney out of a hearing and ordered the three officials in charge of the state's U.S. Attorney's Office to answer his questions under oath.

Arizona became the first state to file criminal charges against Kalshi on Tuesday, accusing the prediction market company of operating an illegal gambling business within its borders, a significant escalation in the fight to regulate the popular platform.

Ruling in the case of a Black pastor who was arrested while watering his neighbor's flowers, the Alabama Supreme Court said police can demand to see identification during a stop if they are dissatisfied with a person's verbal answers.

Jurors in Akron began deliberating Tuesday in the corruption trial of two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives charged for their alleged roles in a sweeping $60 million bribery scheme that resulted in a lucrative bailout of two affiliated nuclear plants.

A Florida man is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for the rape and murder of a young mother who frantically called 911 on her attacker's cellphone while she was tied up in his car.