House Speaker Kevin McCarthy floats an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republicans in Congress may launch an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden over unproven allegations of financial wrongdoing.
Defense wants Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s long-dead father exhumed to prove paternity

Lawyers for the gunman who killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue have requested a court order to exhume the body of his long-dead father.
DeSantis involved in car accident but is uninjured, spokesperson says

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been involved in a car accident while traveling to Tennessee campaign events for his 2024 presidential bid but is uninjured.
911 workers say centers are understaffed, struggling to hire and plagued by burnout

Emergency call center workers say their centers are understaffed, struggling to fill vacancies and plagued by worker burnout.
Mega Millions jackpot rises to $910 million after no one wins top prize

The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $910 million after a drawing without a winner extended a stretch of bad luck dating back to April.
Recall Alert: Two types of Trader Joe’s cookies may contain rocks

Trader Joe’s recalls two types of cookies because they may contain rocks.
Alabama woman confesses to fabricating kidnapping

Authorities in Alabama said Monday that a woman has confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of the interstate.
Legal dispute facing Texan ‘Sassy Trucker’ in Dubai shows the limits of speech in UAE

A Houston woman known online as the “Sassy Trucker” has been stuck in Dubai for weeks after an altercation at a car rental agency.
California aims to tap beavers, once viewed as a nuisance, to help with water issues and wildfires

Beavers have long been treated as a nuisance for chewing down trees and shrubs and blocking up streams.
For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story

President Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation on Tuesday that establishes a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago whose abduction, torture and killing in Mississippi in 1955 helped propel the civil rights movement.
