DENVER — An equipment issue at a Federal Aviation Administration radar center near Denver International Airport delayed hundreds of flights on Thursday.

Flights arriving Thursday morning and afternoon at DIA were delayed by an average of 30 minutes, and flights trying to depart the airport were delayed by an average of 45 minutes, according ...Read more

Marine One made an emergency landing Thursday while bringing President Trump and the first lady to England’s Stansted Airport for their return trip to the U.S.

The helicopter landed safely in an airfield where another chopper picked up its passengers and delivered them to their destination. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed ...Read more

DENVER — Search and rescue crews operating in the Rio Grande National Forest in southern Colorado on Thursday found the bodies of two missing elk hunters.

The hunters, 25-year-old Andrew Porter of Asheville, North Carolina, and 25-year-old Ian Stasko of Salt Lake City, were found dead by Colorado search and rescue crews, according to an ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office estimated on Thursday that permanently extending premium health subsidies would increase the number of insured people 3.8 million by 2035 while also increasing the deficit by $349.8 billion over 10 years.

The analysis was requested by Democrats who are looking to avoid the year-end expiration of ...Read more

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and more than a dozen other local elected officials were arrested Thursday afternoon after demanding to oversee a controversial detention center at Immigration Court in downtown Manhattan.

The leaders were zip-tied and detained after demanding access to the 10th-floor holding cells that have become an ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The mystery deepened this week surrounding the case of a girl whose decomposing body was found in an abandoned Tesla registered to singer D4vd.

The discovery made national headlines earlier this month. On Wednesday, authorities identified the girl as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, an Inland Empire resident who was reported missing ...Read more

SEATTLE — A Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Summit Lake in Thurston County with four service members aboard on Wednesday night, U.S. Army said in a statement.

Their conditions are unknown as of Thursday afternoon. The service members were assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

The MH-60 Black Hawk was involved in an �...Read more

NEW YORK — Yeshiva reformers are taking Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York legislative leaders to court over a contentious deal that waters down state oversight of ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools, the reformers’ attorney announced Thursday.

The amendment, wedged into the state budget during a final stretch of negotiations, put the kibosh on a New...Read more

The call Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping promises to determine the fate of TikTok — and potentially ease trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.

Trump and Xi are due to speak at 9 a.m. Washington time, or 9 p.m. in Beijing about a framework agreement unveiled this week to shift ...Read more

France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, plans to present photographic and scientific evidence to a U.S. court in a bid to battle conspiracies suggesting she was actually born male.

The documentation is meant to bolster a defamation lawsuit filed by both Brigitte and her husband, French President Emmanuel Macron, against right-wing podcaster ...Read more

ATLANTA — Emory University is significantly expanding its financial aid program, making it one of the most generous in the country.

Starting next academic year, the school will be tuition-free for undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000, a move that could help hundreds of students.

In the Wednesday announcement, Interim ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested that U.S. broadcast networks should face scrutiny over their licenses if their content is overwhelmingly critical of him, and defended ABC’s decision to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show indefinitely over remarks about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“That’s ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said Thursday he plans to meet later in the day with the family of Charlotte light rail stabbing victim Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee whose murder captured national attention.

Stein made his remarks at a news conference during a visit to The Pearl, the $1.5 billion mixed-use health care, ...Read more

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the killing of a Mexican immigrant by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last week in west suburban Franklin Park.

This week, the Mexican government issued a diplomatic note to U.S. authorities demanding “a thorough investigation” into the Sept. 12 death of Silverio Villegas ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After Missouri Republican lawmakers rushed to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts last week, critics argue the new map includes a crucial error that places more than 870 Kansas City residents in two districts.

The legislation, as written, assigns one Kansas City voting precinct to two separate congressional ...Read more

Minnesota Republicans want to make mental health the focus of the state’s response to high-profile violent incidents in recent months, setting up a conflict with Democrats who say firearms restrictions must be part of the solution.

This comes in response to Gov. Tim Walz vowing to call lawmakers back to the Capitol after the shooting deaths ...Read more

The man who fatally shot three police officers in southern Pennsylvania was identified Thursday as Matthew James Ruth.

Ruth, 24, was killed in the shootout on Wednesday, in which he wounded two additional officers, authorities said.

Detective Sgt. Cody Becker, Detective Mark Baker and Detective Isaiah Emenheiser were killed in the shooting, ...Read more

The U.S. government has proposed requiring immigration applicants — including those seeking permanent residence, naturalization, asylum, or refugee status — to disclose their social media identifiers on official immigration forms.

The measure, published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the Federal Register on Sept. 16, 2025, ...Read more