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Alaska officials identify 4 men killed in a small plane crash near coastal town

The pilot and three passengers killed when a small plane crashed in shallow waters near a remote coastal town in Alaska have been identified.

Brothers indicted as alleged CJNG commanders in Michoacan, DOJ says

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia has indicted two brothers accused of serving as regional commanders for the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), according to the Justice Department.

Jury weighs whether Lindsay Clancy is criminally responsible for killing her children

Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children because she was depressed and tired of living, not because of failings with mental healthcare, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday before they began deliberating in her murder trial.

Trump predicts Putin won't attack NATO countries

President Trump on Thursday declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not escalate conflict with America's NATO allies.

Catastrophic floods kill over 390 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missing

Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.

Workers in IRS buyout kept hundreds of government computers, smartphones

Some of the IRS employees who took last year's buyout added a little five-finger bonus to their departure, walking away with government laptops and smartphones they should have returned.

Haitians demand answers from police after gangs kill 47, kidnap more than 50

Haiti's National Police faced mounting criticism Thursday over why authorities failed to prevent a recent gang attack in which 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped.

Rockville woman says she'll donate $1,000 to county cops to clear AI prank charges

A woman who tried an AI prank on her husband is donating $1,000 to the Montgomery County Police Department to clear charges of making a false statement.

ICE officer released from jail after failed extradition bid

ICE Officer Christian Castro walked out of a Texas jail early Thursday, free for the first time in 90 days, after Minnesota's bid to get him extradited to face assault charges stalled.

Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America

President Trump on Thursday ordered the Department of the Interior to update maps and databases to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, following through on his threat during a trade spat with Canada.

Flock Safety spent $2 million lobbying as Congress ramps up scrutiny of its cameras

The company behind license plate surveillance cameras has pulled more than $2 million out of its purse to put toward federal and state lobbying since 2025, according to a new report.

Former DIA IT specialist pleads guilty to leaking secrets to foreign government

Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 29, of Alexandria, Virginia, pleaded guilty to transmitting national defense information to a foreign government, the Justice Department announced. Laatsch is a former information technology specialist for the Defense Intelligence Agency.