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Families accuse Camp Mystic of ignoring risks in Texas flood deaths lawsuit

An officer prays with a family as they pick up items at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on July 9. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption toggle caption Ashley Landis/AP The operators of Camp Mystic in Texas, where 25 girls and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic flooding on July 4, failed to take necessary steps to

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Medications are stored on shelves at a pharmacy on May 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Eric Thayer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Thayer/Getty Images Health care is at the heart of the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. That shutdown is on the brink of ending, but the health care issue that

Afrikaners Reject Being ‘Pawns’ in Trump’s Claims

A man walks past a billboard with portraits of G20 leaders at the entrance for the Nov. 22nd G20 Leaders's Summit . The meeting of the Group of twenty heads of state will convene in Johannesburg, but the U.S. will not be attending. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images Europe

Public safety groups face an uncertain future months after federal grant cuts

Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations on June 23 about the 2026 Fiscal Year budget request for the Department of Justice. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images North America Six months after the Justice Department cancelled more than $800 million in federal grant money

Trump Criticizes Air Traffic Controllers During Shutdown

President Trump gives brief remarks to members of the press after exiting Air Force One on Sunday. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Trump is slamming U.S. air traffic controllers who called out of work during the government shutdown, during which they were forced to stay on the job without

‘Death by Lightning’ unfolds like an 1880s ‘West Wing’

Michael Shannon plays President James Garfield and Betty Gilpin is first lady Crete Garfield in Death By Lightning. Larry Horricks/Netflix hide caption toggle caption Larry Horricks/Netflix Death by Lightning, a new four-part miniseries on Netflix, is a period piece that plays like a 19th-century version of The West Wing . It's full of political intrigue

FDA to Remove Black Box Warnings on Menopause Hormone Therapy

The Food and Drug Administration says it is removing the black box safety warnings from all hormone therapy creams, pills and other treatments prescribed to ease the symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. The prominent warnings said these therapies could raise the risks for some cancers, dementia, heart attacks and strokes. "The FDA today is announcing

Car explosion near Red Fort kills at least eight

Ambulances are lined up at the scene after a car explosion near the historic Red Fort in New Delhi, India, on Monday. AP/AP hide caption toggle caption AP/AP NEW DELHI — A car explosion near the historic Red Fort in India's capital city killed eight people on Monday and injured at least 19 others, police

Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis makes a statement to the media at the front door of the Rowan County Judicial Center in Morehead, Ky., in September 2015. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption toggle caption Timothy D. Easley/AP The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case challenging its landmark decision to legalize

David Szalay wins Booker Prize for his novel Flesh

Hungarian-British writer David Szalay has won the prestigious Booker prize for his novel Flesh, which tells the story of a tortured Hungarian emigre who makes and loses a fortune. Szalay, 51, beat five other shortlisted authors, including Indian novelist Kiran Desai and the United Kingdom’s Andrew Miller, to claim the 50,000 British pound ($65,500) award
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