2+ week, 1+ day ago   (629+ words) PHOENIX -- A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex involving children was given another 24 years in prison Tuesday on separate state convictions for child abuse for hauling girls in an unventilated trailer in Arizona. Samuel…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (689+ words) A wildfire that exploded in size in a matter of hours ripped through wide swaths of ranchland in rural Texas, burning structures at a youth camp while forcing evacuations and closing schools Tuesday. The fire, which began early Monday afternoon,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (381+ words) AGUA PRIETA, Mexico -- Mexico resumed live cattle exports to the United States on Monday after they were halted for nearly two years by restrictions imposed by the Trump administration following a screwworm outbreak. Even under strict limitations, the reopening of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (497+ words) NEW YORK -- Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and be freed from prison was rejected by a federal judge Tuesday who said the claims by Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend and longtime associate that new evidence had emerged…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (544+ words) DALLAS -- A Texas judge denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony on Saturday in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet, a killing that drew national attention and led to harassment of the families....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (618+ words) McKINNEY, Texas -- Karmelo Anthony had planned to testify during his Texas murder trial over a track meet stabbing but backed out amid sudden concerns that prosecutors would raise potentially damaging evidence about the teenager's past, one of his lawyers said…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (367+ words) Today is Sunday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2026. There are 130 days left in the year. On Aug. 23, 1970, the Salad Bowl strike began, organized by farm labor leader Cesar Chavez; between 5,000 to 10,000 laborers walked off the job, leading to the largest farmworker…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1236+ words) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- You've heard about the patches coming soon to a college football jersey near you. You've seen the corporate logos cropping up on football fields from South Carolina to the University of Washington. Talent fees on season tickets, league-level…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (799+ words) AUSTIN -- A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment to about $6 million against Infowars founder Alex Jones after he falsely claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting was a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.25 billion judgment…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (466+ words) Today is Friday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2026. There are 132 days left in the year. On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed…...