We learning more details about the gunman who opened fire inside a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper early Monday night, killing four people — including a New York City police officer — before taking his own life. One person remains in critical condition.

Israel is halting daily military operations for 10 hours a day, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., in parts of Gaza to allow greater access for humanitarian aid, amid warnings from aid groups of escalating famine in the enclave.

It’s the final countdown: Friday, August 1, is the deadline for countries to reach a deal with the Trump administration on tariffs — or else high rates set by President Trump in April will take effect.

New CDC data shows that the U.S. fertility rate dropped to 1.6 children born per woman in 2024 — a record low and far below the population replacement rate of 2.1. This places the U.S. in line with Western Europe and East Asia, where aging workforces and population declines have long been a concern.

Gaza residents are suffering from man-made mass starvation caused by Israel's restrictions on aid, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday — an assessment echoed by more than 100 humanitarian organizations.

Columbia University will pay $221 million to settle a federal probe into antisemitic harassment on campus. It is the first of such settlements and could set a precedent for other schools that President Trump has scrutinized, including Harvard.

Federal prosecutors seeking new information in the Jeffrey Epstein case spoke Thursday with his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for aiding Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.

Former Transportation Secretary and potential 2028 presidential nominee Pete Buttigieg says he is concerned about the state of the U.S. democracy.

The U.S. transplant system is under growing scrutiny after reports of premature or mishandled organ retrieval attempts — with some patients reportedly showing signs of life during the process.

The Trump administration released around 230,000 pages on Monday related to the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The National Archives said more files are expected to follow.

President Trump called Thursday night for the unsealing of grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein, directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to push for its release in court. It came after dismissing the Epstein story for two weeks and calling on his supporters to stop talking about the issue.

CBS announced Thursday that it is canceling 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.' The comedian's run and the overall 32-year-old 'The Late Show' franchise are set to end in May 2026 — after the next season. Colbert took over hosting duties in 2015 from David Letterman, who started the show in 1993.

Black-box voice recordings from the cockpit of Air India Flight 171, which crashed and killed 260 people on June 12, indicate that Captain Sumeet Sabharwal likely turned off the switches controlling fuel to the plane's engines

The United Kingdom plans to lower its voting age from 18 to 16 by the next general election in 2029, British officials announced Thursday. The move would fulfill a Labour Party campaign promise after the party returned to power last July.

Just a week after announcing an end to the post-9/11 shoe removal policy, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested Wednesday that the 3.4 oz liquid limit through security may soon be reconsidered 🙌.

President Trump ramped up attacks on his own supporters Wednesday over their continued focus on the Jeffrey Epstein case. He says they are playing in Democratic hands.

House Republicans have until the end of the week to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds — $8 billion for foreign aid and about $1 billion for PBS and NPR — or the government must spend the funds as originally appropriated.

Flash flooding across the Northeast on Monday shut down transit systems, submerged roads, and left two people dead in New Jersey, where Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency. Flood watches remain in effect for parts of Virginia and Maryland.

The Trump administration’s two-page memo attempting to put to bed the Jeffrey Epstein case has sparked deep divisions within the MAGA base, prompting President Trump to play peacemaker and try to unify his supporters.

Air India and two Indian pilot associations are warning not to jump to conclusions after investigators said Friday that the fuel to both engines of Air India Flight 171 was cut off just seconds after takeoff, leading to the June 12 crash that killed all but one of the 242 on board and 19 people on the ground.