As daylight saving time ends overnight Saturday, a large majority of Americans will turn their clocks back and gain an extra hour of sleep early Sunday morning. ... Read full Story
A federal judge in Washington permanently blocked President Donald Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship for those who cast mail-in ballots. ... Read full Story
The White House is taking heat for remodeling projects by President Donald Trump, and the president was touting the work in social media posts Friday. ... Read full Story
The U.S. Department of Justice Friday said it had extradited a woman from Canada on a human smuggling charge that resulted in the deaths of a family of four. ... Read full Story
Those who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits should continue to do so after two federal court rulings ordered program funding on Friday. ... Read full Story
Ohio's representatives approved a bi-partisan redistricting map that might help Republicans gain more seats, but Democrats OK'd the plan to avoid a worse fate. ... Read full Story
The ACLU of Illinois has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for allegedly violating the civil rights of those detained in an ICE facility. ... Read full Story
The FBI announced Friday that it had thwarted a terrorist attack in Michigan that was supposed to happen this weekend around Halloween. ... Read full Story
The United Nations said the United States' attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific are violations of international human rights law. ... Read full Story
Subscribers of YouTube TV have lost all content owned by the Disney company as of Friday because of a breakdown in contract negotiations, YouTube said. ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump has urged Senate Republicans to "get rid of the filibuster," allowing them to pass legislation with a simple majority. ... Read full Story
The Trump administration will permit a record-low 7,500 refugees into the United States during the 2026 fiscal year, with most spots allocated to White South Africans. ... Read full Story
A teenager has been arrested and charged in connection with two murders, including the June shooting death of a 21-year-old congressional intern, prosecutors and authorities said. ... Read full Story
At least 15 passengers of a JetBlue flight were hospitalized after their aircraft experienced a sudden drop in altitude, according to reports that state the plane made an emergency landing in Tampa, Fla. ... Read full Story
The U.S. Treasury has blacklisted an alleged human trafficking organization it says smuggles migrants into the United States from four continents via yachts, marinas, hotels and hostels. ... Read full Story
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said that there is not sufficient evidence to claim that Tylenol causes autism a month after the White House discouraged its use among pregnant women. ... Read full Story
Accepting a $500,000 contract to kill an Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad earned Russians Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov each 25 years in prison. ... Read full Story
Amazon reported third-quarter earnings that exceeded expectations, which prompted a 13% rise in its share value during after-hours trading on Thursday. ... Read full Story
Former teacher Abigail Zwerner feared death, seeks $40 million from a Richneck Elementary School official in Newport News, Va., after being shot by a student. ... Read full Story
Lt. Gen. Joe McGee retired from the U.S. military due to alleged disagreements with Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine. ... Read full Story
"Telling stories with affection and noodging, [comedian Sarah] Silverman has always been encouraged by her family, who embraced rather than ostracized her for revealing family secrets on the way to reaping howls of laughter." — Thelma Adams, The Boston Globe, 19 May 2025
Did you know?
In ancient Greece, citizens whose power or influence threatened the stability of the state could be exiled by a practice involving voters writing that person's name down on a potsherd—a fragment of earthenware or pottery. Those receiving enough votes would then be subject to temporary exile from the state. Ostracize comes from the Greek verb ostrakízein (itself from the noun óstrakon meaning "potsherd"), used in 5th century Athens for the action of banishing someone by way of such a vote. Someone ostracized today is not exiled, but instead is excluded from a group by the agreement of the group's members.