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What to know about the shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school 08/28/2025 08:59pm • A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, killing two children and injuring 18 other people before dying by suicide, officials said. The shooting happened at Annunciation Catholic School at the start of the third day of school. Of the 18 injured, police sa New trial ordered for 3 Memphis ex-officers in connection with the beating death of Tyre Nichols 08/28/2025 08:32pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� A judge ordered a new trial Thursday for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, after defense lawyers argued that another judge who presided over their trial was biased in his belief that at least one o Trump administration asks military base near Chicago for support on immigration operations 08/28/2025 08:26pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The Trump administration asked a military base outside of Chicago for support on immigration operations this week, offering a clue of what an expanded law enforcement crackdown might look like in the nation's third-largest city. The Department of Homeland Security asked Naval Stati Families of Bryan Kohberger's murder victims ask an Idaho judge to block graphic crime scene photos 08/28/2025 08:20pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� Relatives of two of the four University of Idaho students murdered in 2022 have asked a judge to prevent the release of graphic crime scene photos and videos, saying that the images are traumatizing and making them public would violate their privacy. Bryan Kohberger was senten CDC gets new acting director as leadership turmoil leaves agency reeling 08/28/2025 08:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The nation���s top public health agency was left reeling Thursday as the White House worked to expel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and replace her with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's current deputy. The turmoil triggered rare bipartisan alarm a With Social Security Benefits at Risk, Should You Find a Job With a Pension? 08/28/2025 08:00pm • There has been talk for decades about the possibility of the Social Security trust funds running out of money. While earlier conversations may have seemed like theoretical discussions about a distant future, the clock is now ticking loudly. The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, which pays How to Support Someone With an Eating Disorder 08/28/2025 08:00pm • It is usually difficult to determine how to approach someone with what may be perceived as invasive commentary on their eating behaviors and mental health. It may feel much easier to let others live their own lives and mind your own business than ask someone about their health. However, eating disor US seeks UN authorization for new 'Gang Suppression Force' to tackle escalating violence in Haiti 08/28/2025 07:50pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The United States announced Thursday that it is seeking U.N. authorization for a new ���Gang Suppression Force��� to help tackle the escalating violence in Haiti, where armed groups have expanded their brutal activities from the capital into the countryside. Acting U.S. Ambas Families of 2 killed in Minneapolis school shooting issue statements 08/28/2025 07:35pm • ��� Watch Video: Father of boy killed in Minneapolis church shooting asks others to "give your kids an extra hug and The families of the two children who were��shot and killed early Wednesday morning at Annunciation Catholic Church in southwest Minneapolis��spoke out for the first time Thursd DC man seen throwing sandwich at agent charged with misdemeanor after grand jury declines indictment 08/28/2025 07:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A man captured on camera hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in D.C. has been charged with a misdemeanor offense after prosecutors failed to convince a grand jury to return a more serious felony indictment, according to court papers filed Thursday. The move is a blow to the The Latest: RFK Jr. adviser will serve as acting CDC leader after director���s firing, AP source says 08/28/2025 07:14pm • Jim O���Neill, a top deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official who requested anonymity to discuss a personnel change that has not been formally announced. The director of Man convicted of triple murder put to death in record 11th execution in Florida this year 08/28/2025 07:11pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) ��� A man convicted of killing his girlfriend, her mother and a man he claimed owed him $2,000 was put to death Thursday in a record 11th execution this year by the state of Florida. Curtis Windom, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State P What we know about the shooter who killed 2 and wounded 18 in Minneapolis 08/28/2025 06:34pm • The shooter who killed two children and injured 18 worshippers attending Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school was quiet and seemed to resent school as an eighth grader there seven years ago, a former classmate said. Officials identified the shooter as Robin Westman, 23, and said Thursday that Westm Former Colts owner Irsay continued battling addiction relapses prior to death in May, report says 08/28/2025 06:22pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Former Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay continued to suffer setbacks from a longtime addiction to painkillers prior to his death in May, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The Post cites five people who had direct knowledge of Irsay���s relapses but who requested anony Montgomery County watching for ripple effects from DC law enforcement surge 08/28/2025 05:55pm • A law enforcement surge in D.C. has led to the clearing of homeless encampments and an alleged reduction in crime, but it is also raising concerns in neighboring communities, including Montgomery County, Maryland, about possible spikes in crime and homelessness as a result. ���All of our district