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Fake World Cup merchandise seized by Houston, Miami customs agents
Customs and Border Protection officials said agents in the Houston area seized fake World Cup goods worth over $6 million.
NYC carriage horse industry on pause after teenage tourist death in Central Park
A teenager's death after being thrown from a horse carriage in Central Park has prompted the age-old New York City attraction to shut down temporarily.
Trump administration backs Catholic nuns fighting New York transgender mandate
The Justice Department said it intends to intervene in a lawsuit filed by an order of Catholic nuns fighting a New York law requiring nursing homes to house biological males who identify as female with women.
Twenty-six jurisdictions to hike minimum wage next month
Twenty-six state and local governments will raise their minimum wage on July 1 -- a flurry of legislative action that supporters say is long overdue and critics insist will worsen the nation's affordability crisis.
Blue coating is peeling off bottom of newly renovated Reflecting Pool
Blue material at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is peeling off, less than two weeks after the more than $14 million renovation was completed.
Sunday is the longest day of the year for half the planet. A guide to the summer solstice
This is the sun's time to shine: Sunday is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Pentagon chief’s review appears out of step with what NATO allies are already doing
Hours after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth upbraided his NATO allies and announced a Pentagon review of their performance, the leaders of many European nations were assessing a checklist of progress made on security priorities.
As Juneteenth is celebrated across the U.S., Obama’s presidential center opens in Chicago
As people gather across the U.S. to celebrate Juneteenth on Friday, former President Barack Obama's presidential center will open its doors to the public for the first time.
Five years after a Navajo elder vanished, the man who robbed her was released from prison
Five years to the day that Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay disappeared from her home in a remote corner of Arizona, the man who acknowledged beating her, stealing her truck and leaving her on the roadside is free from prison.
With a sledgehammer and a shovel, volunteers raced to save passengers in Texas plane crash
The business jet barreled cockeyed down the dark highway, knocking down one light pole after another, an orange glow of sparks trailing it.
Court orders Ohio restrictions on kids’ use of social media restored
Ohio's law requiring children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps must be restored, a divided panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
Police shooting of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy ignites tension between police and Black residents
The fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy by police who were responding to a shoplifting call this week has ignited simmering tensions between police and Black residents in the small town of Senatobia, Mississippi.
Comedian Carlos Mencia faces 12 felony charges for failing to report more than $8M in earnings
Comedian Carlos Mencia was arrested Thursday and charged with 12 felony charges for failing to report or pay taxes on more than $8 million in earnings, prosecutors said.
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers reverse course, say they won’t pursue a psychiatric defense
In a stunning reversal, Luigi Mangione's lawyers told a judge Thursday that he will no longer be asserting a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Times Square gunfire sends bystanders scrambling to safety
Tourists and bystanders scrambled for cover in New York's Times Square on Thursday after several gunshots were fired, sending people running in all directions.
Justice Department sues Philadelphia over anti-ICE mask law
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Philadelphia's anti-ICE policy banning federal agents from wearing masks while on duty.
Rape charge against former BYU standout wide receiver Parker Kingston dismissed
A judge on Thursday dismissed a first-degree felony rape charge against former Brigham Young University wide receiver Parker Kingston, though prosecutors said they plan to refile the charge.
U.N. reports record violations of children in conflict, with government forces the main perpetrators
Nearly 25,000 children caught in conflict were victims of a record number of violations last year, including killings, rape and recruitment to fight, and for the first time, government forces - not armed groups - were the main perpetrators, a new United Nations report says.
Cross-burning suspect insists it was anti-Trump protest, denies racism motive
It turns out the burning cross found at a Chicago park wasn't the work of White supremacists, but an anti-Trump former student at the University of Illinois Chicago who isn't White.
South Dakota man whose life sentence was commuted by Noem now implicated in his niece’s death
Two men, including one whose life sentence was commuted by then-South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, have been charged in the death of a 14-year-old girl whose body was found in a rural area five days after she went missing in March.