Postal worker shot and killed while delivering mail, police say

A partial government shutdown is underway, and with Congress out this week, many employees of agencies under the Department of Homeland Security will continue working without pay for the foreseeable future. https://to.pbs.org/3MzYpCq

New Mexico lawmakers today launched an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's former Zorro Ranch over allegations the late convicted sex offender trafficked and sexually abused girls and women at the nearly 10,000-acre property outside Santa Fe.

Anderson Cooper leaving ’60 Minutes’ after nearly 20 years, reports say

A U.S.-Russia arrangement in which Ukraine is little more than a bargaining chip risks hollowing out this project before it is consolidated.

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published Feb. 2025)

"The reason that American politics are where they are right now is a distrust of the elites," Tamara Keith says. "What these files do, if nothing else, is confirm for people their priors that the elites aren't really working for the working people." https://to.pbs.org/4riBOt5

President Donald Trump said that US government officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are in discussions with Cuba’s Communist regime as the island nation faces worsening economic conditions

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) took a swipe at Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Monday afternoon — and got a sharp clapback.

The Senate primary to replace 83-year-old Mitch McConnell shows how profoundly the GOP base in his home state has soured on one of the most powerful and significant political figures in Kentucky history. search.app/KrF64

Advanced voting begins for special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene's former seat search.app/8uYrZ

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ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.

Good thing Fox doesn’t do this.

Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured? Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.

I’m working a convention today and have had many grey haired, bearded fellows come up to me and say they bought comics at my shop when they were kids. It’s giving me mixed emotions.

We are way past disagreement at this point.

The US has been experiencing one of its strangest winters on record, with the Carolinas experiencing historic snowfall totals and deadly frigid temperatures gripping almost everywhere else east of the Rockies, while western states witness spring-like conditions.

Three women have been charged with first-degree murder and multiple counts of child abuse after a six-year-old girl died in their home.

An old video of a Russian submarine testing intercontinental ballistic missiles has been shared online in recent days alongside false claims it shows Iran launching missiles from the sea.

Even with Trump’s support, coal power remains expensive – and dangerous. President Trump has ordered the military to buy more electricity generated by coal, but professors of law and environmental economics explain the limits to his power to bring coal back.

One New Jersey deli, two university endowments, and the inside story of a $100 million fraud.

Barack Obama has broken his silence after Donald Trump shared a horrific racist video of the former president and his wife Michelle.

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Without mentioning Trump by name, Obama says a majority of Americans 'find this behavior deeply troubling'.

A Ferret investigation has found more than 20 Scottish wind farms are paying less money than expected to local communities. The shortfall could add up to more than £50m.  Critics have branded that an "acute injustice". Read the full story 👉 https://bit.ly/4rIcDzY

Susan Cannon, 73, owes nearly $40,000 across 19 credit cards. High interest rates are preventing her from retiring.

Guy Martin turned a childhood obsession with engineering into a thrillseeking career. He's still building motorbikes in his shed.

Ukraine's president calls his Russian counterpart a 'slave to war' and accuses Moscow of stalling talks https://aje.news/1p5z76

The Kanagawa police department plans to cancel about 2,700 traffic violations that are believed to have been falsified by some officers.

Lynn Ruane: America’s return to a punishment-first drug policy risks dragging Ireland backwards... jrnl.ie/6952723

Historians examine possible Underground Railroad link at Manhattan home search.app/3nfVJ

Man on FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’ list for allegedly defrauding investors out of $220 million

“They took my cell phone and cloned it. They actually told me they did that.”

Former President Barack Obama criticized ICE agents’ conduct in Minnesota as dangerous, saying “the rogue behavior” is akin to what “we’ve seen in authoritarian countries” and “in dictatorships.”

Former President Barack Obama said a video President Donald Trump posted depicting Obama and his wife as apes was part of a shameless "clown show."

Customs officers in France have confiscated over eight tons of illegal cigarettes being transported to Ireland, concealed within a shipment of potatoes.