Officials: 2 dead, 5 missing in chocolate factory explosion
An explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania Friday killed two people and left five missing, but authorities said one person was found alive in the rubble.
Missouri man makes harrowing rescue in flash flood
One Missouri man’s Friday morning took an unexpected turn when he rescued a woman from flash floods engulfing her SUV.
Navajo Tech 1st among tribal universities to offer PhD
Navajo Technical University has launched its first accredited doctoral program that will be dedicated to sustaining Diné culture and language.
Los Angeles schools, union leaders reach deal after strike
The Los Angeles Unified School District and union leaders say they have reached a deal on a new contract for workers after a strike that shut down the nation’s second-largest school system for three days.
Man pleads guilty to role in Haiti president’s assassination
A convicted drug trafficker has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to participating in the assassination of Haiti’s president in 2021.
Tribe urges Army to speed up return of child’s 1879 remains
Federal authorities expect to return a 13-year-old boy’s remains to his Native American tribe in South Dakota this fall.
DEA review gives short shrift to foreign corruption scandals
After nearly two years and $1.4 million spent, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration released an external review of its overseas operations that gave short shrift to corruption scandals and offered a series of recommendations critics dismissed as overly vague.
Bezos’ rocket company pins crash on overheated engine nozzle
A private rocket company says an overheated engine nozzle is responsible for last year’s failed launch.
U.S. bishops’ new guidelines aim to limit trans health care
U.S. Catholic bishops have issued new guidelines to Catholic hospitals barring them from providing transgender people with gender transition care.
Jet pitched wildly, killing 1, amid cockpit warnings: NTSB
A report says a business jet flying over New England violently pitched upward then downward — fatally injuring a passenger — after pilots responding to automated cockpit warnings switched off a system that helps keep the aircraft stable.