Tuesday night's $1.55 billion Mega Millions drawing could bring largest jackpot in the lottery's history
The Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night offers a top prize of an estimated $1.55 billion -- which would be the largest jackpot the lottery has ever awarded, according to lottery officials.
2023-08-08 12:48
Woman hospitalized after apparent shark attack at New York City's Rockaway Beach
A woman was transported to a hospital Monday after suffering an apparent shark bite near a beach in Queens, New York, officials said -- marking the latest in a spate of summer shark bites off the city's coastline.
2023-08-08 12:28
How Ohio's ballot vote could preview the 2024 politics of abortion
The ballot initiative Ohio voters will decide Tuesday is likely to demonstrate again the continuing public resistance to last year's Supreme Court decision ending the nationwide constitutional right to abortion -- while also offering an early indication about how broadly that backlash may benefit Democrats in the 2024 election.
2023-08-08 12:27
A day of legal action in Trump imbroglio previews a chaotic 2024 election year
A whirl of developments in a quartet of cases in four separate cities encapsulate the vast legal quagmire swamping Donald Trump and threatening to overwhelm the entire 2024 presidential campaign.
2023-08-08 12:25
Pence campaign meets donor threshold to make first primary debate
Former Vice President Mike Pence has reached the donor threshold to qualify for the first GOP presidential debate later this month in Milwaukee, an aide told CNN on Monday.
2023-08-08 10:16
Black mom sues city of Detroit claiming she was falsely arrested while 8 months pregnant by officers using facial recognition technology
A Black mother is suing the city of Detroit and a Detroit Police Department detective after she was falsely arrested while eight months pregnant by officers using "an unreliable facial recognition match," a federal lawsuit filed Thursday says.
2023-08-08 06:49
Acting US deputy secretary of state meets with military junta leader in Niger
Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with the some of the leaders of the military junta in Niger Monday, she told reporters on a call.
2023-08-08 05:52
Security increases for judge assigned to Donald Trump's January 6 criminal case
Security for the federal judge assigned to oversee the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election has been increased in the federal courthouse in Washington, DC.
2023-08-08 05:48
Trump argues against more restrictive rules over evidence in 2020 election interference case
Former President Donald Trump's legal team has proposed more lax rules than those sought by prosecutors over what he can do with evidence he is provided in the criminal election interference case.
2023-08-08 05:15
Biden's student loan policies continue to face legal challenges
Legal challenges are continuing to target some of President Joe Biden's student loan policies. While his major student loan forgiveness program was blocked by the Supreme Court, the Biden administration is also facing lawsuits over some of its other policy changes aimed at making it easier for borrowers to pay back their loans.
2023-08-08 04:46
Exclusive: Trump ally Bernie Kerik meets with special counsel investigators
Donald Trump ally Bernie Kerik met Monday with special counsel Jack Smith's investigators who are handling the probe related to the 2020 election aftermath and the January 6, 2021, insurrection.
2023-08-08 03:53
Thousands of flights delayed as bad weather threatens Eastern US
More than 1,100 flights have been canceled Monday across the United States -- and more than 3,000 delayed -- as severe weather threatens many eastern states.
2023-08-08 03:28