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AUSTIN, Texas — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified Wednesday that he now understands he was irresponsible to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax, and he now believes it was “100% real.” Speaking a day after the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 […]

Pregnant people in Georgia will now be able to count their fetus as a dependent on their tax return and file for child support, according to state law. The state’s Department of Revenue announced this week it will recognize “any unborn child with a detectable human heartbeat” as “eligible for […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases. More than 24 million tons of sargassum blanketed the Atlantic in June, shattering the all-time record, set in 2018, by […]

Officials in Scranton, Kansas, suspect heat played a role in the death of a 2-year-old, who died after being found unresponsive in a car Sunday afternoon. It would mark the 14th hot car death this year, based on data from Kids and Cars Safety, a national nonprofit that tracks hot […]

RICHMOND, Va. — A judge dismissed state gun charges Wednesday against two men who police said planned a Fourth of July mass shooting in Virginia’s capital after charges were filed against the men in federal court. Neither man has been charged specifically with planning a mass shooting. Julio Alvarado-Dubon and […]

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — A woman with an open bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey in a bag was arrested for driving a golf cart on Florida’s busiest interstate while drunk, according to an arrest report. The 58-year-old woman was arrested Saturday night on the shoulder of Interstate 95. She is now […]

Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski died Wednesday afternoon in a car crash, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed in a statement on social media. McCarthy on Twitter shared a statement — “with a heavy heart” — that he said was from Walorski’s office. “Jackie was killed in a car accident this […]

The man accused of carrying out a mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, on the Fourth of July pleaded not guilty to all charges on Wednesday. The suspect, Robert Crimo III, is facing 117 charges for killing seven people and injuring more than 30 others. Appearing in court Wednesday for […]

Nearly 2,500 Boeing workers at three St. Louis-area facilities on Wednesday accepted a contract offer from the plane manufacturer after calling off a strike planned for earlier this week. In recent weeks, a dispute over the three-year contract centered on retirement compensation. Workers last Sunday rejected an offer that fell […]

A leading House Democrat on Wednesday backtracked on comments she made Tuesday that she doubts President Joe Biden will renew his bid for the presidency in 2024 — a highly unusual break from the party’s standard-bearer. The White House has said repeatedly Biden intends to run for reelection. When asked […]