Ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool gets Sept. 28 trial date
A judge in the nation’s capital has set a trial date in September for a former Olympic canoe racer charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Appeals court says 28-year sentence is too lenient for Libyan militant convicted in Benghazi attack
The panel threw out Ahmed Abu Khatallah’s sentence and transferred the case back to the district court in Washington, D.C., for resentencing.
Men sue hospital after DNA tests showed they were switched at birth 38 years ago
A hospital statement says there’s no evidence staff were responsible for the switch.
How a 2,300-mile Walk for Peace thrust a Texas monk and his rescue dog into the spotlight
Pannakara says he doesn’t care for the attention.
Parts of Texas face threats of dangerous flooding while previously hit areas launch cleanup efforts
Parts of Texas remain under threat for dangerous flash flooding as cleanup efforts begin in hard-hit areas.
A body is recovered after San Francisco boat tragedy but 2 remain missing
Police have recovered the body of a woman who was one of three people missing after a boat sank this week in San Francisco Bay.
SpaceX scrubs Starship launch attempt right as engines begin to light
SpaceX tried to get its 13th suborbital test flight of its Starship and Super Heavy rocket off the ground from Texas on Thursday, but its engines had an automatic shutdown…
An NYC helicopter that crashed and killed 6 last year shows signs of bird strike, safety board says
The remains of several geese were found on the wreckage of a New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year and killed 6 people.
Ghost gun company ordered to pay $100M in the death of a Kentucky teen in historic verdict
A Kentucky jury awarded $104.2 million against Husky Armory LLC for selling a ghost gun kit to an 18-year-old who used it to end his life.
FDA approves a first-of-its-kind pill to cut cholesterol in high-risk patients
The FDA approved Merck's Lipfendra, a noninjectable pill that blocks the PCSK9 protein to drastically lower bad cholesterol.