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Ohio State Will Pay $100 Million to Sexual Assault Victims
The Ohio State University has agreed to pay $100 million to 279 students who allege they were sexually abused by a former athletic team doctor. The settlement was approved by the university's board of trustees in a meeting Wednesday night. The university previously paid out...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:40:22 EDTParamedics' Convictions in Elijah McClain Death Overturned
A Colorado court reversed homicide convictions against two paramedics on Thursday in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was pinned down by police and injected with a fatal dose of ketamine. McClain's final words - "I can't breathe" - foreshadowed those of...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:38:21 EDTMurder Charge Dropped Against Ark. Sheriff Nominee
A judge has dismissed a murder charge against an Arkansas man who won the GOP nomination for sheriff while awaiting trial for the shooting death of his teenage daughter's alleged abuser.
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:35:23 EDTAncient Height Act May Not Bind Trump's Arch
The federal commission reviewing President Donald Trump's planned 250-foot Triumphal Arch kept the project alive Thursday while its chairman, Will Scharf, told a public hearing he does not believe the 1910 Height of Buildings Act constrains federal construction in Washington.
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:29:33 EDTUS Backs Bolivian Leader Amid Growing Unrest
The United States on Thursday threw its support behind embattled Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz, offering emergency assistance while warning against attempts to topple the government.
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:22:14 EDTTrump Confirms Mass Rally, Scrapping US 250th Concerts
US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a mass rally in Washington on June 24 to celebrate America's 250th anniversary, saying he'd canceled planned concerts after several artists pulled out. "In celebration of our Country's 250 Year History, we will be bringing you,...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:22:14 EDTICE Ends Reporting of Post-Release Deaths
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ending a policy that required the agency to publicly report deaths occurring within 30 days of a person's release from custody, according to an internal memo sent to employees Thursday.
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:59:45 EDTTwitch Streamer Hasan Piker Loses Big in Dem Primaries
Most of the candidates backed by far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker had one thing in common Tuesday: They lost. Adam Hamawy, who won the Democrat primary in New Jersey's 12th Congressional District, was the only candidate endorsed by Piker to win an election.
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:34:47 EDTDHS Finds Violations at ICE Jail in Louisiana
The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general found widespread compliance failures, including use-of-force violations and deficiencies involving detainees' access to legal material, at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana.
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:25:56 EDTDOJ Pushes Prosecutors to Pursue Noncitizen Voting Cases
Senior Justice Department officials have directed federal prosecutors across the country to intensify efforts to pursue criminal cases against noncitizens accused of voting in elections, elevating a priority that has long been championed by President Donald Trump.
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:08:20 EDTAnthropic: Slow the Pace of AI Development
Anthropic, one of the top artificial intelligence tech companies is calling for other AI labs to slow the pace of development. The company, recently valued at nearly $1 trillion, warned that AI systems are advancing so rapidly that they may soon be able to improve themselves...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:38:10 EDTUS Hits Cuban President, Others With Sanctions
The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and some affiliated people and entities, the U.S. Treasury Department's website showed.The Cuban government did not immediately ​respond to a request for comment on the sanctions, which also...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:29:48 EDTTrump: No to Pulte for Director of National Intelligence
President Donald Trump said Thursday that federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte, his pick for acting director of national intelligence, would not be his "permanent" choice for the critical security post.The Republican president's disclosure that he was ruling out...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:19:06 EDTTrump Unveils Plan to Add 'Trump Promenade' to Lincoln Memorial
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced plans to add a potential "Trump promenade" to the iconic Lincoln Memorial, in his latest bid to leave his mark on the US capital. Trump said the walkway would link the huge marble monument, built to commemorate Civil War-era...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:19:01 EDTSenate Advances Intelligence Bill Backing Israel
The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, a bipartisan measure that includes provisions designed to strengthen intelligence and security cooperation between the United States and Israel.
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:04:49 EDTKey Republicans Signal Concern Over Blanche's Attorney General Bid
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is facing growing resistance from key Senate Republicans as President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department confronts questions about his independence, his handling of Jan. 6-related issues and a controversial compensation...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:02:38 EDTAudit Finds Force Violations at ICE Detention Center
Federal inspectors found that officers at one of the country's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities used prohibited measures of force.A chokehold was performed on one detainee and another was stabbed in the thumb with a pen. The violations...
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:56:19 EDTSenate Nixes 1st Effort to Bar Trump's $1.8 Billion Settlement Fund
Senate Republicans cleared the first hurdle on Thursday as they are struggling to pass legislation to fund President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agencies, narrowly beating back a Democrat effort to permanently block Trump from creating a $1.776 billion settlement fund.
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:19:40 EDTN.J. Police Sergeant Charged in Journalist Theft
A New Jersey police sergeant has been charged with stealing $10,000 worth of cameras and other equipment from a photojournalist who had been injured covering protests outside a Newark immigration jail.
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:36:31 EDTWildfires Reverse Progress on Cleaner Air, Study
For more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015, smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds.Scientists say climate change...
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