Two people rescued from small plane crash in Long Island Sound
Officials investigate a deadly airplane crash after a single-engine aircraft slammed into an interstate median wall on the heavily traveled I-285 interstate highway, stopping traffic…
Maja Stark wins U.S. Women’s Open for her first career major
ERIN, Wis. — Maja Stark of Sweden continued the steady play she demonstrated all week to win the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday at Erin Hills for…
Several injured in ‘targeted terror attack’ near Colorado mall
Police in Boulder, Colo., are investigating a 'targeted terror attack' near a suburban shopping mall where demonstrators were holding a peaceful pro-Israeli march in support…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to meet Trump next week in D.C.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday. Photo by Clemens Bilan/EPA-EFE May 31 (UPI) -- President Trump…
Bessent says U.S. will never default as Congress faces deadline
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. “is never going to default” as the deadline for increasing the federal debt ceiling gets closer.“That is never…
China responds after Hegseth warns to prepare for war
June 1 (UPI) -- China criticized the United States on Sunday for having a "Cold War mentality" after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to warn…
Trump, immigration deepen splits in Democratic and Republican ranks
WASHINGTON — The widening and increasingly bitter divide between Republicans and Democrats defines American politics, but in recent weeks, it’s the divisions inside each of the two…
Former rehab exec charged in alleged harassment of N.H. journalists
May 31 (UPI) -- The former leader of two rehab centers faces federal charges in the alleged harassment of New Hampshire Public Radio journalists in…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to meet Trump meet next week in D.C.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday. Photo by Clemens Bilan/EPA-EFE May 31 (UPI) -- President Trump…
Hamas to release 10 alive hostages in response to U.S. cease-fire plan
1 of 2 | An internally displaced Palestinian girl stands as she plays on the streets of Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, on April 14.…
Appeals court keeps pauses on Trump’s mass firings at 21 agencies
May 31 (UPI) -- An three-judge federal appeals panel has kept in place a lower court's decision to pause the Trump administration's plans to downsize…
DOJ: IT specialist tried to give classified info to foreign government
May 30 (UPI) -- A Defense Intelligence Agency worker has been charged with attempting to provide classified information to an officer or agent of a…
President Donald Trump says China ‘violated’ U.S. trade agreement
1 of 6 | White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday as…
Supreme Court allows DHS to remove protection status for half-million migrants
1 of 3 | Legal status in the United States can be lawfully revoked for more than a combined 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans,…
Trump announces 50% tariffs on foreign steel in rally at U.S. Steel in Pittsburgh
May 30 (UPI) -- President Donald on Friday announced a 50% tariff on steel made outside the United States as he touted a partnership between…
Trump lauds Musk as special adviser in farewell Oval Office appearance
May 30 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump bid multi-billionaire Elon Musk farewell from his role as a senior adviser tasked with shrinking the government through…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: “Mia” testifies about alleged abuse
1 of 3 | Janice Combs, mother of Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at Federal Court for the Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New…
Annual PCE inflation for April was 2.1%, in line with expectations
May 30 (UPI) -- April personal consumption expenditure inflation was up just 0.1% for an annual rate of 2.1%, according to a Friday Bureau of…
Fed chair tells Trump policy will not be politically influenced
May 30 (UPI) -- The Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, has told President Donald Trump that monetary policy will not be influenced by politics. Powell…
Bernard Kerik, former NYC police commissioner, dies at 69
May 30 (UPI) -- Bernard Kerik, New York City's police commissioner on Sept.11, 2001, died Thursday at the age of 69. Kerik was hailed as…