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The cargo ship Dali’s transformer was “jury-rigged” and had “cracked over time” and its backup transformer was unable to help because a safety feature had been “recklessly disabled,” contributing to the vessel ultimately knocking down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the United States Department of Justice.

YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon are being sued by contestants of an upcoming game show over claims of sexual harassment and other abuse. The lawsuit alleges that multiple contestants on the upcoming “Beast Games” reality competition show were severely mistreated. “Several contestants [ended] up hospitalized, while others reported suffering physical and mental complications while being ...

A fresh wave of explosions caused by booby-trapped communication devices wracked Lebanon on Wednesday, the second such attack in as many days in what was believed to be an electronic sabotage campaign targeting Hezbollah.

Prince Harry is “honored” to head back to his native U.K. for charity purposes, just days after receiving birthday wishes from his estranged royal relatives.

When Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris last Tuesday night, the news threatened to eclipse analysis of the debate between the vice president and former president Donald Trump. Whatever its ultimate impact, the megastar’s announcement puts renewed focus on the potential power of younger voters in the 2024 election - and the divergent paths of men and women.

Ukraine said it destroyed a large weapons stockpile in Russia overnight using long-range drones to stage the attack as Kyiv awaits U.S. permission to use western-made missiles in such operations.

A 500-pound bear with chestnut fur and a tan muzzle hunches over a picnic table in a Mammoth Lakes campground, picking over T-bone steak and jostling drinking glasses. “Don’t spill my wine — that’s all we have!” someone calls out in a video of the incident. 

Venezuela committed a “crime against humanity” with its persecution of dissidents after July’s election, according to a United Nations report.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to push ahead on Tuesday with a controversial stopgap spending bill that could avert a government shutdown looming as soon as Sept. 30.

PHILADELPHIA – Vice President Kamala Harris slammed former president Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance for promoting baseless claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, using an appearance before Black journalists Tuesday to denounce what she called “hateful” and “exhausting” rhetoric designed to divide the country.

On a quiet Sunday afternoon in the presidential race, a Secret Service agent opened fire on a man who poked a rifle through a fence as Donald Trump golfed. Just two months earlier, a different gunman tried to kill Trump at a campaign rally. The shooting left one dead and two wounded.

North Korea fired at least two suspected ballistic missiles in what would be its second such barrage this month, as Kim Jong Un’s regime intensifies a threat to expand its nuclear weapons program. The projectiles were launched early Wednesday and have likely already fallen outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Japan’s Coast Guard said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said multiple ...

LOS ANGELES – Amid an outbreak of recent wildfires in California, Google announced a commitment to spend $13 million to improve satellite imaging to help track and detect wildfires, starting as early as next year.

More than 2,000 people were wounded across Lebanon on Tuesday in what was thought to be a cyberattack targeting pagers and causing them to explode, officials said.

As former President Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday, his physical health is diminished, but he remains interested in current news — especially politics — and is aware of the well-wishes coming his way after 19 months in home hospice care.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday assigned a state investigation into a gunman’s suspected plot to kill former President Donald Trump to the office of Attorney General Ashley Moody, a move that he said was due in part to his distrust in federal law enforcement officials being able to conduct a fair investigation.