The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s Basilica, as weeks with virtually no rain caused water levels to plunge. The bridge — known as Nero's Bridge, named for the former Roman emperor — once connected Rome’s city center with the Tibe...
Former Southern Poverty Law Center official Heidi Beirich has been charged in the Justice Department’s criminal case against the civil rights group.
The Trump White House said in a new report on Thursday that countries are routing their exports through third countries to avoid U.S. tariffs , estimating that there are tax revenue losses of $19 billion to $26 billion annually. The report specifically highlights that China respo...
Identification requirements for mail-in ballots that became Texas law in 2021 can be enforced after a court ruling issued Wednesday.
Cristobal weakens in the north Atlantic with two more waves to watch in the Atlantic.
A Louisiana grand jury in June declined to indict Christopher Gillum on a state terrorism charge that could have carried up to a 15-year sentence, court records show....
With arms raised and fists clenched, rescuers in Colombia called for silence Thursday as they listened for signs of life in the rubble of a deadly earthquake and raced to pull more survivors from the debris before time runs out. The call for quiet was part of last-ditch efforts t...
The "Treasures of the Pharaohs" exhibition opens to the public Aug. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, 2027, at the De Young Museum in San Francisco.
The biological parents won a temporary restraining order against the surrogate, who tried to claim parental rights, and are with their baby, their attorneys say....
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, the head of Africa's CDC said Thursday. The man died in Buta, the capital of Bas-Uele, after traveling there from Isiro in Haut-Uele province, said Jea...
A Russian plan to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out, the Polish prime minister said Thursday, adding it was the first time that “someone on the order of Russia” sought to attack a U.S. citizen on the territory of ano...
A Powerball ticket sold in Illinois matched all six numbers in Wednesday night's drawing, winning an estimated $1.04 billion jackpot, according to the lottery organization....
Dog food sold in 11 states has been recalled because it’s contaminated with salmonella.
The dead sharks were scattered across roughly 10 blocks of beach in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.
Eleven people are facing federal charges after authorities say they orchestrated a massive, multi-million dollar sham marriage ring designed to secure U.S. immigration status for foreign nationals....
A New Jersey woman died while trying to save one of her daughters during a powerful earthquake that caused widespread destruction in Colombia.
U.S. applications for unemployment benefits rose last week, but layoffs remain at historically healthy levels. The Labor Department reported Thursday that 209,000 people filed jobless claims last week, up from a revised 200,000 the week before and higher than the 205,000 forecast...
A federal lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of violating the First Amendment by selling special advance access to Truth Social posts before they go public....
A Spring man is being held on a $1 million bond after investigators say he severely injured his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter — repeatedly — over the course of several days. Gerardo Gonzalez is charged with injury to a child. Prosecutors say the charge could be upgraded depend...
The heads of six Arab soccer federations expressed their “full support” and “confidence” in Gianni Infantino on Thursday as the embattled FIFA president fights to keep his job after his failed World Cup private investment plan. The backing came from 2030 World Cup co-host Morocco...
The WNBA on Wednesday criticized those trying to create a narrative about transgender women playing in the league.
Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight and into Thursday, raising fears that the country's civil war could reignite and open another front in the Middle East. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider ...
Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Burgas, a port city on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, organizers said Thursday. It's the first time the music extravaganza is held in the Balkan country, which scored its first-ever victory in the contest in May, when Bulgarian ...
Tropical Storm Lala formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean and a hurricane warning has been issued for the Big Island of Hawaii, where it could bring heavy rain and flooding this weekend, forecasters said. The storm is forecast to bring rain to the Hawaiian Islands starting late Fr...
Public health experts have been quick to condemn an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at upending childhood vaccinations in the U.S., but the biggest obstacles may be the unprecedented financial and logistical challenges it would impose on parents, health provider...
A lightning strike at Grafton Correctional Institution sent 16 incarcerated people to hospital for treatment Wednesday evening
Someone has won the $1 billion Powerball Jackpot in Illinois. Here are the winning numbers from the Aug. 12 drawing.
For five nights, Israeli settlers surrounded three Palestinian homes on the outskirts of a town in the occupied West Bank , preventing the families from leaving safely as their food and water supplies dwindled. Qusai Abu Rida was holed up inside with his teenage son when settlers...
British sprinter Amy Hunt has stormed into the spotlight at the European championships. The 24-year-old Hunt started the week by winning the 100-meter final and made it two-for-two Thursday by taking the 200 gold at Alexander Stadium. She’s also in contention to be in two relay t...
Fidel Castro would have turned 100 on Thursday, and his long shadow continues to loom over the island as he remains revered by some who miss him in the face of a crippling U.S. energy blockade and blamed by others who see him as the architect of the system that led to Cuba’s curr...
For 30 minutes, the internet in parts of Taiwan crawled. The slowdown Thursday for people in the capital, Taipei, and six other cities and localities was part of the last phase of the island's annual Han Kuang exercises , military drills that began last week and aim to model a re...
A cloud of dust billows behind Maarten Janse’s tractor as he spreads a mixture of compost, straw and manure over a field to nourish the parched soil. Janse's farm on the fertile land of the Netherlands' southwestern Zeeland Province is drying out despite his efforts to make it mo...
Episode: 2630 Determinism and the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow.
Tennessee and Oklahoma put inmates to death within 30 minutes of each other Thursday and Alabama followed suit hours later as U.S. states executed three men by lethal injection in one day for the first time since 2010. The Tennessee man was executed for killing a motel maid in 19...
A federal judge in Miami will hear arguments Thursday over whether social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate should remain in custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking. U.S. Magistrate Lauren Louis w...
If you bought something from an overseas vendor last year, it might be time to check your bank account. Shippers including FedEx and UPS that acted as customs brokers for imported packages and received tariff refunds from the U.S. government have started to pass on those refunds ...
The U.S. stock market rose to an all-time high Thursday following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad . Stocks also got a lift from easing oil prices in their latest yo-yo move. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7% and topped its prior record set last week . The Dow Jones Indu...
A missing boater was found dead in Moses Lake after an extensive search by first responders, according to Texas City officials.
A North Harris County apartment complex is under a court order to make safety improvements and keep tenants better informed, following years of complaints and legal action by the Harris County Attorney’s Office. The Palms on Rolling Creek Apartments, owned by Globix Palms Rolling...
An active search is underway for a missing person at Moses Lake in Texas City, officials said.
The sold-out Don Toliver concert at Houston's Toyota Center ended a little earlier than expected following a security incident on Tuesday evening.
The two most senior members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Turkey on what was effectively a decoy plane following an Iranian threat, while Trump was secretly moved t...
The Houston Humane Society says it's been planning on opening a stand-alone clinic for years.
The fresh jalapeño recall that followed a Salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds of people across the country, caused changes at Chipotle and Qdoba, and led to a slew of related recalls has now spurred Whole Foods to pull more than three dozen products from its shelves....
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals....
Lionel Messi shared a tribute to his late father, Jorge, on social media, opening up about how difficult it was to lead Argentina to the World Cup final....
13 Investigates found thousands of complaints made by Houston residents to the federal government about trains blocking intersections across the City of Houston....
A bride impacted by the sudden closure of the Crystal Ballroom at the Rice in Downtown Houston has shared a new email with FOX 26 that provides more details about why the venue allegedly shut down....
Someone could become a billionaire Wednesday night. The Powerball jackpot for the Aug. 12 drawing has climbed to an estimated $1 billion, making it the eighth-largest jackpot in Powerball history and the largest U.S. lottery jackpot offered so far in 2026. The estimated one-time ...
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday said the recently inaugurated government of Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has requested U.S. collaboration in joint military operations in Colombia to combat “narco-terrorism.” During a meeting of the so-called Ameri...
Christen Phillips says she was beaten after honking at a driver who then followed her to her delivery drop-off point.
Odell Beckham Jr. is set to play a game in a New York Giants uniform for the first time in nearly six years. While it is an exhibition game, it marks another milestone for the venerated wide receiver on his homecoming tour. Coach John Harbaugh expects Beckham to play in the team'...
Court documents are revealing new details following an attempted armored vehicle robbery that occurred last week in Bellaire.
Officials say Mosquito Control will treat the area twice a night for the next three nights, then officials will retest the same area next week.
Across a wide band of northern and central Spain and Portugal, millions of people enjoyed some of mainland Europe's best views of the eclipse. It also passed over slivers of Greenland and Iceland....
If you’re planning a trip to the beach, this is something worth keeping on your radar. Louisiana health officials are warning about a spike in Vibrio vulnificus — a rare but dangerous bacteria found in Gulf waters sometimes referred to as “flesh-eating” bacteria. Louisiana has co...
Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Luigi Mangione's federal case are expected to discuss a possible plea deal during a conference scheduled for federal court on Friday....
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a major blow to the future of the country's soy moratorium, upholding state laws that deny tax incentives to farmers who complied with the agreement barring the purchase of soy grown on deforested Amazon land. At the same time, the court ...
Wealthy Americans are increasingly looking overseas for relocation opportunities, fueling a surge in applications for one country’s “golden visa" program....
Lindsay Clancy messaged one of her caregivers less than two months before she killed her three young children in 2023 that she was having "intrusive thoughts I never had before."...
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Nigel Farage beat trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger t…
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A former Magnolia police officer accused of sexually assaulting a child quit his job and surrendered his peace officer's license amid an unr…
Summer McIntosh of Canada led all the way in winning the 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific Championships on Thursday night, bou…
Thirty years after a Houston jeweler was murdered in a multimillion-dollar diamond heist, the man convicted of killing him is set to get an …
It's expected that a guilty plea will be announced in connection with the federal prosecution of Luigi Mangione.
The state-appointed superintendent also reported that Wheatley High School, where a string of F ratings triggered the ongoing state takeover…
At least two families at the Palms on Rolling Creek Apartments say management falsely accused them of not paying rent — and one of them has …
No. 1 draft pick Fernando Mendoza threw a touchdown pass in his preseason debut for the Las Vegas Raiders in a 27-14 loss to the Arizona Car…
A New Caney mother lost her baby boy at 26 weeks and now has a baby girl fighting for her life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Texas …
Houston police investigating following a deadly shooting on Thursday evening, officials said.
Guy Womack, the lawyer representing former Brazoria County Deputy Kevin Tippit, spoke with FOX 26 on Thursday evening after Tippit was indic…
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