The train cars were carrying asphalt and sulfur, said David Stamey, Stillwater County’s chief of emergency services. Officials shut down drinking water intakes downstream while they evaluated the dange
The events capped a bloody week in the West Bank that left 16 Palestinians and four Israelis dead
Authors, scholars and librarians have gathered as several states push to restrict access to books in schools and libraries, overwhelmingly those about race, ethnicity and LGBTQ+ topics
A pod of killer whales bumped one of the boats in an endurance sailing race, the latest encounter in what researchers say is a growing trend of sometimes aggressive interactions
Sudan descended into conflict in mid-April after months of worsening tensions exploded into open fighting between rival generals seeking to control the African nation
Airlines are facing increasing pressure to cut their climate-changing emissions, making sustainable aviation fuel a hot topic at the Paris Air Show
After the deal was reached Saturday, Prigozhin said he was ordering his troops to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to field camps in Ukraine, where they have been fighting alongside Russian troops. The deal appeared to defuse a dramatically escalating crisis
Prigozhin posted a series of angry video and audio recordings in which he accused Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of ordering a rocket strike Friday on Wagner’s field camps in Ukraine
This powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the opioid crisis, scrambling longstanding methods for reversing overdoses and treating addiction
The network known as Black Entertainment Television took up the mantle to showcase a misunderstood rap culture decades before it became today’s most popular music genre
The President is banking on reproductive rights to be a galvanizing issue for voters in the 2024 election
As many as 13% of eligible voters plan to cast null votes Sunday, according to a poll published by the Prensa Libre newspaper
In a brief televised address, the Serbian army chief-of-staff, Gen. Milan Mojsilovic, said Kosovo Serbs can no longer ‘tolerate the terror’ of the Kosovo government
All but one of the 30 of the Major League Baseball teams are hosting events which celebrate and support LGBTQ+ culture and rights
The three separate indictments unsealed in federal court in New York represent the first prosecutions to charge China-based chemical companies and Chinese nationals with illegally selling the chemicals used to make fentanyl
Garland said Friday that attacks on the Justice Department’s independence are corrosive
Rights groups welcomed the arrests, but the small number of suspects —given the scale of the attacks — revived criticism of the wider lack of accountability for Israeli settlers
Forecasters blamed unusually high sea temperatures for the rare development. Cindy is expected to remain a tropical storm as it heads northeast into open waters
The judge in the case has shown willingness to release records in the case, while defense attorneys have objected to the idea
The US Coast Guard said Friday that a formal inquiry has not yet been launched because maritime agencies are still busy searching the area where the vessel fell apart
The exhortation at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual conference amounted to a challenge for the GOP front-runner, Donald Trump, who has been reluctant to endorse a federal abortion ban
Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea already earned places as recent Champions League winners. The Club World Cup will take place in June-July 2025
Challenging a policy that prioritizes the deportation of migrants who are deemed to pose the greatest risk to public safety, Louisiana and Texas argued that federal immigration law requires authorities to detain and deport even those who pose little or no risk
Zelenskiy said in his nightly address late Thursday that the ‘world must know what the occupier is preparing. Everyone who knows must act’ to prevent a catastrophe
Known for his wry, subtle humor and deft wordplay, Harnick died in his sleep Friday of natural causes
Debris found near the wreckage of the ‘Titanic’ during the search for the vessel has been identified as the remains of the OceanGate submarine, which buckled due to external pressure
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in the report to the Security Council that he is ‘appalled’ by the high number of ‘grave violations’ against children in Ukraine in 2022
