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Three people die at 2026 Burning Man festival

Three people died at the nine-day Burning Man festival in Nevada that ended on Labor Day.

Families of 9/11 victims press Zohran Mamdani not to attend remembrance ceremony

A coalition of family members who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks urged New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the 25th anniversary event at ground zero, citing his past comments and ties to people linked to radical Islam.

Bodies found of four Floridians who were on small plane that crashed off the coast of the Bahamas

Family members of four Floridians who were on a plane that crashed off the coast of the Bahamas successfully found the bodies of the victims Tuesday.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch to retire amid White House backlash

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III announced his retirement Tuesday following months of White House criticism over how the historic institution and its dozens of museums present U.S. history.

GOP steps up swipes at Talarico ahead of Dallas convention

Republicans are intensifying their attacks on James Talarico ahead of this week's convention in Dallas, rolling out a series of ads and national media broadsides that cast the Austin Democrat as culturally and ideologically out of step with Texas.

Russian national could face up to 175 years in bank fraud case, DOJ says

A Russian national accused of participating in a large-scale bank credential-harvesting scheme was arraigned Friday in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia following his extradition from the Republic of Georgia, the Justice Department announced.

Chinese groups named Elaine Chao to advisory posts overlapping Cabinet service, report says

REPORT: Chinese government and United Front-linked organizations named Elaine Chao, the wife of Sen. Mitch McConnell, to several advisory and honorary positions that overlapped with her U.S. Cabinet service.

Trump map grabs Greenland and Iceland, and two allies are done staying quiet

President Trump posted a map claiming Greenland and Iceland as part of the U.S. -- and both countries are pushing back hard. Here's what allies are saying about his latest social media stunt.

Adam Carolla says Angelenos are fleeing L.A. for 'anywhere'

ADAM CAROLLA: "Now, people leave L.A., and you go, 'Where are you going?' And they go, 'Anywhere.'"

Congress' Fight Over Banning Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Goes Into Overtime

Producers of hemp-derived beverages and similar products got a little breathing room with a one-month delay of a law that threatens to shut down their industry.

DHS asks Supreme Court to revive database to screen out noncitizen voters

The Department of Homeland Security rushed to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking permission to restart a system that states were using to check their voter rolls to identify potential noncitizens who registered to vote.

Appeals court rules IRS broke privacy laws in turning over records to ICE

The IRS broke a Watergate-era privacy law when it gave information on 47,000 people to ICE for use in immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.