R. Kelly has formally asked President Trump for clemency, as the R&B singer serves out his combined 31-year sentence at a prison in North Carolina. Kelly is behind bars for his 2021 and 2022 convictions on charges including racketeering and sex trafficking. yhoo.it/4yIuP0X

Check your local air quality today. ⚠️ Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota has left Detroit, Minneapolis, and Chicago among the world's top five most polluted major cities. Air quality reached hazardous levels, and officials warned it could last for days. yhoo.it/3TDa5aw

We asked the latest NBA champion to predict the next World Cup champion. 🏀⚽🏆 Karl-Anthony Towns stopped by to chat with Jazzy on the ESPYS red carpet and made his pick for the World Cup final. 🤫 Who's your pick to win it all?

Breaking News: House passes bill that would make daylight saving time permanent. The Sunshine Protection Act still needs Senate approval. yhoo.it/4ptDMa8

More than 125 million Americans are on alert for sweltering heat from coast-to-coast, as heat alerts are in place from Southern California to the intermountain West and northern Plains, upper Midwest and across to the Northeast.

A Chinese-born American seismologist who has published U.S.-funded work on detecting North Korean nuclear tests has been detained in China for nearly two years and faces trial on spying charges, according to his wife, U.S. lawmakers and two hostage advocacy groups.

Health workers fighting the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo are threatening to strike over unpaid wages, as the World Health Organization warned Tuesday the extent of the epidemic could be four times larger than reported.

Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI.

President Trump will give a national address on Thursday night about newly declassified intelligence on investigations into U.S. elections and what the White House says are voting machine vulnerabilities.

President Trump on Monday signed executive orders slashing two national monuments in Utah to roughly a tenth of their current size, throwing open millions of acres of protected land to fossil fuel extraction and mining.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Monday appointed the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to finish his Senate term, which ends in January.

As a heat dome expands from the Plains to the Northeast into midweek, residents are urged to take precautions to protect themselves and their pets against the uncomfortable and dangerous conditions.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that the Pentagon and the Justice Department have created a joint task force to identify and prosecute leakers.

How to survive a bison attack — and other wild animal encounters — after a Yellowstone tourist's terrifying experience.

Man fatally shot by ICE in Maine was not the intended target of the warrant, lawmakers say.

The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday, hours after President Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

"He made a perfect flip and landed on his side": Bison tosses Yellowstone tourist after bizarre chase through trees.

The New York Times reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has ordered several of its journalists to testify before a federal grand jury after they reported on security concerns about President Trump's new Qatari-funded Air Force One.

Mr. Worldwide now has a world record. 👨🏻‍🦲 Pitbull made history at London's BST Festival after 22,141 fans joined the rapper to set a Guinness World Record for the "largest gathering of people wearing bald caps." yhoo.it/4wDKvjZ

A parasite that causes diarrhea has been detected in 31 states. Here's how to prepare food and what to avoid.

20 years after his wife fell to her death in Utah, a youth pastor’s story unravels.

The Chinese graduate accused of being Mexico's 'fentanyl king.'

European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June.

What that wobbling New York office tower reveals about America’s housing crisis.

The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war.

Sen. Mitch McConnell broke his public silence on his health July 12, saying a fall and a subsequent bout of pneumonia have kept him away from the Senate for about a month.

Sam Neill, the star of blockbusters including "Jurassic Park," "The Piano" and "The Hunt for Red October," has died at the age of 78.

Roughly 58 million people across the United States were under severe weather alerts on Sunday as a heat dome scorching the western part of the country finally reached its peak.

Senate Republicans will return to Washington on Monday with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, a committee chairman and key player who served as a crucial ally with President Trump.

President Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission that resisted his efforts to require would-be voters to document their U.S. citizenship before registering.

Spanish wildfire victims burned in cars as roads turned into death traps.

Home prices are rising beyond the reach of most Americans. The median price of a house has risen for 36 straight months — despite fewer than four in 10 non-homeowners being able to afford a typical starter home priced around $200,000, LendingTree reports. yhoo.it/4yc6hwQ

Watch China land a reusable rocket for the first time, a new challenge for Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Democrats' chances of taking back control of the Senate have suffered with recent developments in Maine and Michigan, complicating their chances of winning the two critical battlegrounds.

Four out of every five new Ebola cases in parts of Democratic Republic of Congo have no known link to existing patients, a senior World Health Organization official said, warning that the true scale of the outbreak could be two to four times larger than official data suggest.

A total of eight men have been indicted for their alleged roles in the plot to attack a UFC event on the grounds of the White House last month, according to federal prosecutors.

Emergency responders took Sen. Mitch McConnell to an ambulance on a stretcher after being called to his home last month for a report of an unconscious person, according to new video of the incident and an eyewitness account.

El Niño is strengthening and the risks of a historic event with the power to supercharge extreme weather around the world are rising, according to the latest analysis from the U.S. National Weather Service.

A man was nearly sucked out the window of a flight when it "detached" mid-air en route to Germany, with other passengers pulling him back inside, witnesses and officials said Friday.

North Korea will strengthen its nuclear force "both in quality and quantity" and expand the role of its military intelligence agency focused on South Korea, state media said Friday.

At least one million women and girls have lost access to life-saving support within the last year due to global donor aid cuts, a new United Nations report on Friday found.

Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new AP-NORC poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch disputed the scathing July 4 report released by the White House, which accused the National Museum of American History and its leaders of presenting a "radical view" of American history.

These teachers asked kids one silly question before class. Behavior problems dropped 50%.

Israel shared intelligence with the United States that Iran had recently devised a new plan to assassinate President Trump, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a bill to make daylight saving time permanent.

A blistering heat wave persisted in the western United States on Thursday, and temperatures are forecast to reach up to 117 degrees in some desert areas.

President Trump's proposed 250-foot triumphal arch received initial approval on Thursday from the National Capital Planning Commission after hours of public testimony against the project.

Nolan Wells’ body was found after a July 4 boat trip. His death has fueled speculation, grief and racial tension.

From TV medical drama to... U.S. Senate? Patrick Dempsey, star of "Grey's Anatomy," was floated as a potential replacement for Graham Platner, the embattled Democratic nominee who dropped out of the Senate race in Maine. yhoo.it/4pdrrqp