U.S. & World

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Alabama and its top election official.

X has to pay one last fine before getting reinstated in Brazil, according to a decision out Friday from the country’s top justice, Alexandre de Moraes.

“We’re all better for having known him,” the police chief of Blackshear, Georgia, said of firefighter Vernon Leon Davis. “He would do anything for anybody.”

Vice President Kamala Harris is making her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee.

Earth will have a temporary “mini moon” for two months. The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus.

A Texas state legislator is vowing to ban the use of unclaimed bodies for research in response to an NBC News investigation that found a local medical program obtained and studied hundreds of human specimens without families’ permission.

The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and disseminating stolen information to media organizations.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man and his dog during Hurricane Helene after their sailboat became disabled and began taking on water.

A Coast Guard official testified Friday that he was surprised to learn at the hearing that the crew of the Polar Prince support vessel, in hindsight, felt a slight shudder around the time the Titan submersible imploded.

The U.S. needs to add 200 gigawatts of nuclear power, a senior official at the Department of Energy said.

Former President Donald Trump has proposed a 60% tariff on goods from China and a 20% tariff on everything else the United States imports.

Former Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer says he has been diagnosed with dementia and was inspired to share the news after Brett Favre revealed he has Parkinson’s disease.

Maggie Smith, who portrayed Professor Minerva McGonagall in the series, died Friday at the age of 89. Here’s a remembrance of other cast members from the beloved Harry Potter franchise who have passed away.