Frank Smith, Who Served 70 Years for Murder, Dies at 101

Frank Smith, who served 70 years in prison — one of the longest known terms of incarceration in American history — for fatally shooting a Connecticut yacht club’s night watchman…

What to know about this weekend’s IndyCar race on the streets of the nation’s capital

Start your engines. President Donald Trump is transforming the streets around the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this weekend into an IndyCar motorsports mecca for the first time. IndyCars will…

Tropical Storm Moke expected to bring up to 15 inches of rain in Hawaii: Maps and projected path

Tropical Storm Moke is expected to deliver heavy rainfall and gusty winds this weekend as it skirts just south of the Hawaiian Islands in the wake of serious damage delivered…

Nancy Kassebaum, First Woman to Chair a Major Senate Panel, Dies at 94

Nancy Kassebaum, a three-term moderate Republican from Kansas who was the first woman to chair a major standing committee in the United States Senate, died on Friday in Manhattan, Kan.…

WATCH: Dog days of summer

Leonardo, a 9-month-old golden retriever, went viral for his love of swimming in the ocean. Source link

Alfalfa sprouts recalled after E. coli, salmonella outbreak sickens dozens in 15 states

An outbreak of E. coli and salmonella that has sickened dozens of people across 15 states has been linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, federal health officials said Friday.…

Why the Lindsay Clancy Case Is Dividing Americans

Tasha Kenney woke up at 4 a.m. on Thursday, donned a pink T-shirt and drove to the courthouse in Plymouth, Mass., to show support for Lindsay Clancy, the mother on…

Judge strikes down Trump administration policy that suspended immigrant visas for 75 countries, reinstating evaluations

A federal judge on Friday struck down the Trump administration’s policy suspending immigrant visa issuance for nationals of 75 countries, setting aside refusals based solely on the policy and requiring…

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died, her son Bill Kassebaum told…

How the Billionaire Joe Lonsdale Shaped Trump’s Homelessness Policy

A team from the Cicero Institute, an upstart think tank, flew to Indiana this year to help make it a crime for homeless people to sleep on the street. It…