News for May 26, 2025

Double amputee Army veteran Dan Nevins is urging Congress to end a rule that reduces some wounded veterans’ retirement pay when they also receive disability compensation.

Timothy Schulz was shot and killed by Polk County sheriff’s deputies after a tense confrontation that began after an apparent alligator attack and involved possible drug use.

A 13-year-old boy died after falling from a trailer during Green, Ohio’s Memorial Day parade.

Maria Marquez and Johanna Marquez were arrested after a 3-month-old infant died at their alleged unlicensed day care in California.

FBI deputy director Dan Bongino said the bureau is reexamining three high-profile Biden-era cases, including the D.C. pipe bombings, the White House cocaine discovery, and the leak of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs draft opinion.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said the bureau will put more resources into several high-profile unresolved cases, including the Supreme Court leak, the White House cocaine case, and the pipe bomb investigation.

Charles Rangel, the longtime Harlem congressman and major Black political figure, has died at 94 after nearly five decades in Congress.

President Donald Trump said he is considering taking $3 billion in Harvard grant money and sending it to trade schools instead.

Charlie Rangel, the longtime Harlem congressman and a key figure in New York politics, has died at 94.

Wild chickens and roosters have spread across Miami, where many residents see them as a cultural symbol even as the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County view them as a code issue.

A new documentary follows Chase Strangio as the Supreme Court weighs a Tennessee case that could limit transgender minors’ access to transition-related health care nationwide.

At least 11 people were hurt in a shooting in Little River, South Carolina, after an argument during a Memorial Day weekend gathering.

At least 11 people were hospitalized after a shooting broke out during a Memorial Day weekend gathering on a charter boat in Little River, South Carolina, police said.

Donald Trump condemned Vladimir Putin after Russia launched its biggest aerial attack on Ukraine, even as Trump also criticized Volodymyr Zelensky and said he may tighten sanctions on Russia.

Former police chief Grant Hardin, convicted of rape and murder, escaped from an Arkansas prison while serving long sentences for both crimes.

Five years after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, his memorial is still drawing visitors and grief, but the square now feels calmer and more hopeful than in earlier years.

Grayslake police and fire crews responded to a two-vehicle crash Sunday that injured six people, including a 12-year-old who was sent to a Chicago hospital with serious injuries.