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Mark Ruffalo poses for a portrait during the 96th Academy Awards Oscar nominees luncheon on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Mark Ruffalo backs Michigan left-wing candidates in fundraiser video

Actor MARK RUFFALO on the democratic socialist movement: "This is our movement coming to bear fruit. I mean, this is what we started in 2016. This is where the progressives have been moving ... And they have to spend more and more money each time to beat us. And it's just a matter of time till they flop, and this could be it."

August 4, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Florida man pleads guilty in scheme smuggling guns to Haiti

A naturalized U.S. citizen from Lauderhill, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, smuggling and federal export-control violations for his role in a firearms-trafficking operation that sent at least 140 weapons to Haiti, according to the Justice Department.

August 4, 2026
A Taran tactical combat master hand gun is displayed for sale, June 23, 2022, in Hempstead, New York. A sweeping new gun law in New York that would require applicants to hand over social media information before they could carry a gun in public while declaring bucolic parks, bustling Times Square and a long list of other places off limits for firearms is scheduled to take effect on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, amid legal battles and lingering confusion. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

Justice Department sues Montgomery County over Second Amendment gun law

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Montgomery County, Maryland, on Aug. 4, 2026, alleging that the county's newly enacted Bill 23-26 violates the Second Amendment by effectively preventing law-abiding citizens from carrying firearms as they go about their daily lives.

August 4, 2026
Firefighters operate during a wildfire near Porto Germeno, northwest of Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

5 questions about the Greek and French wildfires

Firefighters in Greece raced to hold containment lines before winds returned, while in France, a Bordeaux-area wildfire that forced the country's largest civilian evacuation outside wartime has exposed hundreds of buried World War II-era shells.

August 4, 2026
From left to right: Casey Swails, NASA deputy associate administrator; Mike Waller, vice president of BL Harbert International Federal Division; Edward C. Forst, administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; Dr. Trina Dyal, director of NASA’s Langley Research Center; Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.); Virginia Lt. Gov. Ghazala F. Hashmi; Jimmy Gray, mayor, City of Hampton; and Amit Kshatriya, NASA associate administrator, pose for a photo before cutting the ribbon to open the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, NASA’s newest wind tunnel, Friday, July 31, 2026, at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. (Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA’s newest wind tunnel in 40 years opens in Virginia

NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, giving the agency and its partners a critical new resource for testing the safety and performance of future aircraft, rockets and space exploration vehicles, the agency said in a July 31 press release.

August 4, 2026
Geno Segers attends the NBC Presentation of "Perfect Harmony" at the 2019 PaleyFest Fall TV Previews at The Paley Center for Media on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Actor Geno Segers exits Broadway’s ‘Hadestown’ after backlash over resurfaced transgender comments

Broadway's "Hadestown" and actor Geno Segers mutually agreed that he would not join the production, days after theater fans circulated previously posted videos in which he criticized transgender women competing in women's sports and questioned pronoun practices. "I don't see transgender people becoming oppressed or being oppressed," Segers was quoted as saying in one video. The actor has apologized for his comments.

August 4, 2026
A bison grazes in the Upper Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

Video shows bison chasing child at Yellowstone boardwalk

A Yellowstone National Park visitor's cellphone video is going viral after a bison briefly chased down a child who wandered too close to the animal near a park boardwalk, the latest in a string of close calls between tourists and the park's bison herds this summer.

August 4, 2026
The letters "CJNG" for the group's formal name, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, covers the facade of an abandoned home in El Limoncito, in the Michoacan state of Mexico, Oct. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

CJNG cartel leader’s brother pleads guilty to drug trafficking, gun charge

A Mexican national who worked directly with one of Mexico's most prolific and dangerous drug cartels pleaded guilty Monday to a drug-trafficking conspiracy charge and a firearms offense tied to more than two decades of cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking into the United States, the Justice Department announced.

August 3, 2026
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Arizona skincare CEO pleads guilty to selling unapproved medical devices

Bryce Cleveland, president and CEO of Arizona-based skincare company Scalpa Inc., pleaded guilty Monday to three federal charges related to the company's sale of skincare products that had not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to the Justice Department.

August 3, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice logo is before a news conference, Monday, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Two N.Y. eye practices to pay $2.3 million to settle false claims allegations

Two New York ophthalmology practices have agreed to pay a combined $2.3 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing federal health care programs for medically unnecessary testing through an alleged kickback arrangement, the Justice Department announced.

August 3, 2026