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President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order intended to shake up competition in the U.

A 2021 prison release deal signed by then-Governor Roy Cooper freed dozens of people convicted of sexual offenses, including several later rearrested in or near Randolph County, and is now a flashpoint in his U.S. Senate campaign against Michael Whatley.

An upstate New York mom did a squat every time her four-year-old said “Mom,” ending up with more than 200 reps in one morning and a viral TikTok video.

A 15-year-old boy from Savoonga survived nearly two days clinging to an overturned fishing skiff in the Bering Sea, telling rescuers his older brother and cousin died before help arrived.

WNBA guard Sophie Cunningham received public support from NASCAR drivers at a race near St. Louis after months of criticism over her comments opposing men in women’s locker rooms, while Kyle Larson snapped a 51-race winless streak at the same event.

A Minnesota woman was diagnosed with ovarian cancer less than a year after losing her best friend to the same disease, and has spent years cycling through treatment, recurrence and remission since.

President Trump called it “terrible” and “inappropriate” after video showed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Mayor Zohran Mamdani smiling during the reading of 9/11 victims’ names, though a witness disputed that they were laughing about the ceremony.

A federal judge ruled that DHS acted unlawfully in trying to cut FEMA’s workforce roughly in half, citing a post-Katrina law protecting the agency’s independence, with remedies to be decided next month.

Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates picked up wins in the 2026 midterm primaries, drawing fresh attention to a platform that calls for the government to take over major corporations, shorten the standard workweek, and shift the cost of healthcare, housing and education onto taxpayers. The renewed focus comes as progressive socialism became a central target for Republicans at the GOP’s first-ever midterm convention, held in Dallas, Texas.

A 2019 clip shows Texas Senate candidate James Talarico calling parents who don’t affirm their children’s gender identity “abusive,” reviving scrutiny of his record as he courts moderate voters.