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Eight weeks into the war, the Biden administration's decision to dramatically ramp up delivery of artillery guns to Ukraine signals a deepening American commitment at a pivotal stage of fighting for the country's industrial heartland. It also brings into stark relief Moscow's warning that...

A fired Philadelphia police officer was arrested for aggravated assault and other charges in the beating of a mother who was pulled from her SUV by police after accidentally driving into civil unrest with her 2-year-old son in the car. The interaction between Rickia Young and more than a dozen...

Tennessee is set to execute its oldest death row inmate Thursday and the first since the start of the pandemic, planning a lethal injection that has become less common in the state than the electric chair in recent years. Oscar Smith, 72, is scheduled to die for the 1989 killings of his...

Vice President Kamala Harris is naming Lorraine Voles as her new chief of staff, replacing Tina Flournoy who is leaving the administration, in the latest shakeup in her office, the White House said. Voles was brought into Harris' office by Flournoy last summer, as the vice president faced a...

Boston urged people to start wearing masks Thursday and the Biden administration weighed its next legal step in what is shaping up to be a high-stakes court fight over the abrupt end of the national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit. The Boston Public Health Commission noted a rise in...

They were teens who had their whole lives ahead of them. They were also strangers. An 18-year-old was driving home and had lost his way. He then crashed his car into a lake in Sunrise. 17-year-old Aden Perry was in the area when the crash happened and tried to help. Both would lose their lives...

Queen Elizabeth II has got her own Barbie in honor of her 96th birthday and upcoming Platinum Jubilee. California-based toymaker Mattel released the doll on the monarch's birthday Thursday in commemoration of her 70 years of service, which will be celebrated beginning on June 2. The doll is...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights called on the government of El Salvador Thursday to respect human rights, after authorities declared a state of emergency and rounded up 14,000 suspected gang members. The arrests often appear arbitrary, according to the commission, part of the...

Honduras extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States on Thursday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in a dramatic reversal for a leader once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on the drugs. Just three months after leaving office, Hernández...

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján has mostly recovered from his January stroke, and said voters, not his health scare, will decide who represents New Mexico. “I’m feeling strong. I’m still not 100% but I think I’m over 90%,” said Luján, 49, on a Thursday tour of Santa Fe High School. He toured the...

Former reality television star Blac Chyna testified Thursday that she had no personal knowledge of anything Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Khloé Kardashian or Kylie Jenner had said or done to harm her reputation. Chyna was on the witness stand for the third day in a Los Angeles courtroom at the...

A Thursday afternoon crash has sent 6 people to two local hospitals, according to Coconut Creek police. The crash happened around 4 p.m. at Coconut Creek Parkway and NW 45th Avenue. Police have closed Creek Parkway between NW 43rd Avenue and Lyons Road and are advising drivers to avoid the...

President Joe Biden opened a two-day visit to the Pacific Northwest by focusing on the runway and roof of the airport where he landed Thursday than on any of the region's more traditional, natural attractions. Portland International Airport lies on a tectonic plate fault line but is working on...

Texas’ oldest death row inmate faces execution Thursday for killing a Houston police officer during a traffic stop nearly 32 years ago. Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, was sentenced to death for the June 1990 fatal shooting of Houston police officer James Irby, a nearly 20-year member of the force...

The United States and Cuba on Thursday held their highest-level diplomatic talks in four years after a severe disruption in ties during the Trump administration. The discussions in Washington between senior State Department officials and Cuba’s deputy foreign minister focused on migration, with...

Multiple fights broke out on Wednesday at Plantation High School. Students were seen throwing punches and getting physical with each other and security personnel as well when they tried to intervene. The violence even prompted a Code Red lockdown. The Broward County School District says three...

A bride was arrested after a two-month investigation that determined she had schemed with her caterer to put cannabis in her guests’ food. Danya Shea Glenny, 42, of Longwood, Fla., was arrested on Monday, April 18, where she is facing felony charges from an incident that happened at her wedding...

Arizona's Republican House speaker on Thursday was named one of five recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award for his refusal to consider overturning the 2020 election results despite massive pressure from former President Donald Trump and his supporters. Speaker Rusty Bowers...

A convicted felon — who has been in and out of prison for years — and a woman who is accused of helping him are facing charges over a deadly shooting at a motel in Hollywood. On Thursday afternoon, deputies were holding Keli Jakiya Craig at the Paul Rein Detention Facility in Pompano Beach and...

Political analysts reckon Florida’s governor has his eyes set on a bid for the White House in 2024, but first comes the race for the governor’s office in November. On Thursday, two of the top Democratic candidates vying for the state’s top leadership role were in South Florida ahead of August’s...