South Carolina's highest court unanimously threw out Alex Murdaugh's double murder convictions after finding that a county clerk tampered with the jury, but the disgraced attorney will stay behind bars on separate fraud sentences. The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled 5-0 that Colleton County Clerk...

Two University of Mississippi undergraduates were found dead on the same day in separate locations across Oxford, Mississippi, with packaged kratom discovered at both scenes, and investigators have not ruled out foul play. Authorities identified the students Thursday as Robert Strang, a 20-year-old ...

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed that eight sailors assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a deployment that stretched past 250 days at sea, a disclosure that raises hard questions about the cost of extended combat operations on the men and women wh...

A federal judge sentenced former Republican Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn to 16 months in prison for attempting to possess child sexual abuse materials, a case that began when the 42-year-old lawmaker drove across the state to meet someone he believed was a teenage girl. U.S. District Judge Er...

Two former Mississippi Capitol police officers are on trial for manslaughter after fatally shooting a man during a 2022 vehicle pursuit, and key testimony is already raising questions about whether the officers had any lawful reason to fire. A jury in Jackson, Mississippi, continued hearing testimon...

A mass shooting at a house party near Durban, South Africa, left 11 people dead and three wounded after three gunmen stormed the home and opened fire, and authorities say the victims' own criminal ties may have made them targets. The attack struck Tuesday night in the Ziko area of KwaMakhutha, a tow...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new Joint Warfighter Evaluation that will force colonels and Navy captains to prove they can fight and win under simulated combat pressure before earning a star. Hegseth rolled out the program Tuesday in a video posted to social media, declaring that the De...

A federal appeals court ruled that U.S. Capitol Police restrictions barring most demonstrations on the Capitol's eastern steps violate the First Amendment, a decision that vindicates a minister arrested five years ago for protesting on the very ground the government tried to close off. The D.C. Circ...

Actress Hayden Panettiere, known for her roles in "Heroes" and "Nashville," died at 36 from an accidental overdose involving fentanyl and multiple other drugs, just weeks after completing another stint in rehab. The Greenville County Coroner's Office ruled that Panettiere died on August 16, 2026, fr...

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed near a NATO base in western Germany on Tuesday during a routine training exercise, the second American fighter jet lost in under a week. The pilot ejected before impact and sustained what the Air Force described as minor injuries, Fox News reported. He i...