Bob Packwood, former Oregon senator who resigned after scandal, dies

Bob Packwood, a former Oregon Republican senator whose career ended after multiple allegations of sexual harassment, has died at 93. 

Gillespie County house explosion: Husband and wife die from injuries

The Gillespie County Sheriff's Office says a husband and wife have died from their injuries after a house explosion on May 27.

Texas scales up emergency response to combat destructive New World screwworm

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday activated the Texas State Emergency Operations Center to support the state’s response to a reemergence of the New World screwworm, a destructive livestock pest the state previously eradicated decades ago.

Sixth-grader finds 85-million-year-old fossil on club field trip

Corbin Bullard didn’t know exactly what he’d found while on a field trip with his 4-H Geology Club, “but I knew that it was something big."

Iran latest: Trump demands Israel and Iran to stop 'shooting' immediately

Tensions between Iran and Israel erupted over the weekend. After Iran launched a missile attack that was the first such bombardment since the ceasefire began, Israel responded with airstrikes of its own. 

5 people stabbed inside Manhattan’s Penn Station, suspect in custody

Five people were injured Sunday evening in a mass stabbing in a New Jersey Transit waiting area inside Penn Station, authorities said.

Police pursue leads after mass shooting injures 12 at Toledo festival

Police in Toledo, Ohio, continued searching Sunday for suspects after a shooting near the popular Old West End Festival left 12 people wounded.

Fireworks explode as box truck burns on Tennessee highway

A truck carrying fireworks caught fire on Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Sunday, causing fireworks to explode in multiple directions.

New lawsuit challenges UFC event at White House on Trump’s birthday

With just over a week to go until UFC combatants square off on the White House South Lawn, a new federal lawsuit looks to stop the June 14 event.

Screwworms in Texas: What an infestation means for livestock, beef supply and the economy

The return of the flesh-eating screwworm fly in Texas has ranchers and government agencies scrambling to contain what could threaten a $113 billion cattle industry in the U.S.

Treasury Department eyeing Iranian assets to help Gulf allies recover: reports

The Treasury Department is reportedly considering allowing Gulf allies to tap into frozen Iranian assets to pay for damages they sustained in the war.

Toledo festival shooting: Multiple people injured, suspects sought

At least 12 people were wounded, including two critically, in a shooting near Toledo’s Old West End Festival on Saturday evening.

Karmelo Anthony Trial: State rests after jurors hear testimony on a Saturday

Testimony resumed on Saturday in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial for the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet in Frisco in 2025.

Texas cruise passengers complete hantavirus monitoring with no infections, state says

Two Texas residents have safely completed a 42-day home isolation period without developing symptoms after potentially being exposed to a rare, human-transmissible strain of hantavirus aboard an Antarctic cruise ship.