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Read full article: Warren Buffett announces $6 billion in donations to five foundations

Warren Buffett announces $6 billion in donations to five foundations

Famed investor Warren Buffett is donating $6 billion worth of his company’s stock to five foundations.

In this image from undated video released by the Office of Attorney General James Uthmeier shows an isolated Everglades airfield about 45 miles (72 kms.) west of Miami that Florida officials said an immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" is just days away from being operational.

Read full article: Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The Florida immigration detention site dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is being met by opposition from a range of groups concerned with its impacts on local Native American tribes, the Everglades ecosystem and human rights for migrants.

FILE - Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts speaks during a lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025, in Washington, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Read full article: Chief Justice Roberts warns against heated political words about judges

Chief Justice Roberts warns against heated political words about judges

Chief Justice John Roberts is warning that elected officials’ heated words about judges can lead to threats or acts of violence by others.

FILE - The Chrysler logo is on display at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show, Feb. 11, 2016, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Read full article: Chrysler recalls some 2022-2025 Pacifica and Voyager vehicles to fix a potential airbag issue

Chrysler recalls some 2022-2025 Pacifica and Voyager vehicles to fix a potential airbag issue

Chrysler is voluntarily recalling some of its 2022-2025 Pacifica and Voyager vehicles to replace their side curtain airbags, if needed.

The Rev. James Kelly laughs during an interview at his apartment in the Normandy Farms Estates retirement community in Blue Bell, Pa., on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Read full article: At 100, this globetrotting Catholic priest still bakes pies, enjoys opera and celebrates daily Mass

At 100, this globetrotting Catholic priest still bakes pies, enjoys opera and celebrates daily Mass

The Rev. James Kelly baptized and married thousands of people, ministered to the ill at hospitals, and traveled the world.

Attendees take their seats before funeral services for Mark and Melissa Hortman at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP, Pool)

Read full article: Biden, Harris and Walz attend funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman

Biden, Harris and Walz attend funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman has been honored at a funeral where former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attended.

FILE - A giant tarp, bottom, covers a section of rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Read full article: Investigation into Florida condo collapse is expected to finish in 2026

Investigation into Florida condo collapse is expected to finish in 2026

More than four years after a Florida condominium collapse killed 98 people, federal investigators have yet to make a final determination of the cause.

FILE - Fireworks burst above the National Mall and, from left, the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol building, during Independence Day celebrations in Washington on July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Read full article: Fireworks will light up this Fourth of July. Next year could be different if tariff talks fizzle

Fireworks will light up this Fourth of July. Next year could be different if tariff talks fizzle

Fireworks are as American as apple pie.

Outside temperature is displayed in comparison to the inside temperature of a vehicle on Thursday June 26, 2025 in Belle Glade, Fla. during an event to raise awareness about the dangers of leaving children unattended in vehicles. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)

Read full article: Rising summer heat increases risk of child deaths in hot cars

Rising summer heat increases risk of child deaths in hot cars

Child safety advocates are warning about the dangers of heatstroke from leaving kids in hot cars.

FILE - A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case are pictured, April, 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Read full article: What to know about the US Supreme Court's ruling on public school lessons using LGBTQ books

What to know about the US Supreme Court's ruling on public school lessons using LGBTQ books

The Supreme Court has sided with religious parents who want to pull their children out of the classroom when a public school lesson uses LGBTQ storybooks.

FILE - Mairelise Robinson, a U.S. citizen who is 6 months pregnant, attends a protest in support of birthright citizenship, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Read full article: What's next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court's ruling

What's next for birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court's ruling

The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is far from over despite the Republican administration’s major victory Friday limiting nationwide injunctions.

FILE - Actor Alec Baldwin approaches his wife Hilaria during his trial, July 11, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Ramsay de Give/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Read full article: 'Rust' crew settles lawsuit against film producers and Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting

'Rust' crew settles lawsuit against film producers and Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting

A settlement has been reached in the civil lawsuit alleging negligence in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust”.

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump salutes at a campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Oct. 11, 2024, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Read full article: Trump administration ends legal protections for half-million Haitians who now face deportations

Trump administration ends legal protections for half-million Haitians who now face deportations

The Department of Homeland Security says that it is terminating legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, setting them up for potential deportation.

FILE - The devastation from the Palisades Fire is seen in an aerial view in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Read full article: California court rules state insurance policy on smoke damage is unlawful

California court rules state insurance policy on smoke damage is unlawful

A California judge has ruled the state’s bare-bones home insurance program’s handling of smoke damage claims is unlawful, a decision that could have wide-ranging implications as insurers increasingly deal with the aftermath of wildfires.

FILE - Josh Waldron, co-founder and CEO of SilencerCo, holds a 9mm handgun with a suppressor embedded into the barrel, Jan. 17, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane, File)

Read full article: Republicans hit major setback in their effort to ease regulations on gun silencers

Republicans hit major setback in their effort to ease regulations on gun silencers

Republican efforts to loosen regulations on gun silencers and short-barreled rifles and shotguns have been dealt a big setback.

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Read full article: What to know about online age verification laws

What to know about online age verification laws

The Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law aimed at blocking children under 18 from seeing online pornography by verifying people’s ages online.

This photo provided by Tennessee Department of Transportation shows Interstate 40 remains closed near the Tennessee-North Carolina state line due to flooding and rockslide on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Tennessee Department of Transportation via AP)

Read full article: Interstate 40 in the Smoky Mountains reopens faster than expected after rock slide and flooding

Interstate 40 in the Smoky Mountains reopens faster than expected after rock slide and flooding

Crews have reopened a section of Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains after flooding and a rock slide closed the major cross country highway for nine days.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reviews notes with staff member Steven Munoz on a plane to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool Photo via AP)

Read full article: DHS secretary praises Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' plan as agency expands immigration detention

DHS secretary praises Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' plan as agency expands immigration detention

The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in a facility being built in a Florida swamp.

Amid the flowers and other mementos left in honor of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman outside the Minnesota House chamber at the state capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Friday, June 27, 2025, was a box of dog biscuits in honor of her dog, Gilbert, who was seriously injured and had to be put down after Hortman and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot June 14. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Read full article: A slain Minnesota lawmaker's beloved dog, Gilbert, stays with her as she and her spouse lie in state

A slain Minnesota lawmaker's beloved dog, Gilbert, stays with her as she and her spouse lie in state

Minnesota is honoring the golden retriever named Gilbert belonging to a prominent state lawmaker and her husband who were shot to death in their home.

This image provided by the Boulder Police Dept. shows Mohamed Sabry Soliman. (Boulder Police Dept. via AP)

Read full article: Man pleads not guilty to hate crimes in attack on Colorado demonstration for Israeli hostages

Man pleads not guilty to hate crimes in attack on Colorado demonstration for Israeli hostages

A man accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at a group of people demonstrating in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages has pleaded not guilty to hate crimes.

FILE - A property owner, who preferred not to give his name, peers into the remains of the second floor unit where he lived with his wife while renting out the other units, on Manasota Key, in Englewood, Fla., following the passage of Hurricane Milton, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Read full article: The government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting, and experts sound an alarm

The government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting, and experts sound an alarm

Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S. Department of Defense satellites.

FILE - A view of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)

Read full article: California closes $12B deficit by cutting back immigrants' access to health care

California closes $12B deficit by cutting back immigrants' access to health care

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a budget that pares back a number of progressive priorities to close a $12 billion deficit.

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Read full article: The Latest: Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of birthright citizenship unclear

The Latest: Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of birthright citizenship unclear

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued decisions on the final six cases that were left on its docket for the summer, including emergency appeals relating to President Donald Trump's agenda.

Twelve newly ordained priests walk past pews of family, friends and community members, after their ordination Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington, Va., on Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Read full article: Meet the men who just became Catholic priests in Virginia

Meet the men who just became Catholic priests in Virginia

The U.S. Catholic Church is grappling with a severe priest shortage.

The Rev. Ricky Malebranche holds the hand of 9-month-old Andres Roman Marquez after baptizing him at St. Louis Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Read full article: A US diocese defies trends and ordains its largest class of Catholic priests in decades

A US diocese defies trends and ordains its largest class of Catholic priests in decades

The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, recently ordained 12 new Catholic priests in a joyful Mass at its cathedral.

Former President Joe Biden makes a sign of the cross while paying his respects as former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert, lie in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda in St. Paul, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Read full article: Biden pays respects as former Minnesota House Speaker Hortman, killed in shooting, lies in state

Biden pays respects as former Minnesota House Speaker Hortman, killed in shooting, lies in state

Former President Joe Biden joined thousands of mourners as former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman lay in state at the Minnesota Capitol rotunda.

Crystina Page, right, hugs Beth Mosley, who both had retained the services of a Colorado funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decomposing bodies, after the owner was sentenced to 20 years prison on federal fraud charges, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Read full article: Funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decaying bodies sentenced to 20 years in prison

Funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decaying bodies sentenced to 20 years in prison

A federal judge has sentenced a Colorado funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decomposing bodies to 20 years in prison on federal fraud charges.

Angelita Olvera visits a memorial honoring the victims and survivors of a human smuggling tragedy where dozens of migrants were found in an airless tractor-trailer rig two years ago, in San Antonio, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Read full article: Smugglers to spend life in prison for 53 migrant deaths in 2022 human smuggling tragedy in Texas

Smugglers to spend life in prison for 53 migrant deaths in 2022 human smuggling tragedy in Texas

Two smugglers convicted in the deaths of 53 migrants in a sweltering truck in Texas will spend the rest of their lives in prison.

FILE - The Autherine Lucy Clock Tower at the Malone Hood Plaza stands in front of Foster Auditorium on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)

Read full article: Federal judge weighs whether Alabama's anti-DEI law threatens First Amendment

Federal judge weighs whether Alabama's anti-DEI law threatens First Amendment

Professors and students at the University of Alabama say that a new an anti-diversity, equity and inclusion law has already caused significant harm on campus less than a year after going into effect.

FILE - Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students, is escorted into court for a hearing in Latah County District Court, Sept. 13, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool, File)

Read full article: Idaho judge rejects Bryan Kohberger's request to delay murder trial in college student stabbings

Idaho judge rejects Bryan Kohberger's request to delay murder trial in college student stabbings

An Idaho judge says he won’t postpone the quadruple murder trial of a man accused in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students.

FILE - The School District of Philadelphia headquarters are shown in Philadelphia, July 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Read full article: Philadelphia's schools accused of failing to properly inspect asbestos in buildings

Philadelphia's schools accused of failing to properly inspect asbestos in buildings

Philadelphia’s public schools are facing federal criminal allegations of failing to properly inspect eight schools for damaged asbestos.

FILE - A flare burns at Venture Global LNG in Cameron, La., April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine, File)

Read full article: Louisiana is latest state to redefine natural gas -- a planet-warming fossil fuel -- as green energy

Louisiana is latest state to redefine natural gas -- a planet-warming fossil fuel -- as green energy

Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy, even though it’s a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases.

FILE - Bill Moyers speaks during the wake for R. Sargent Shriver in Washington on Jan. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Read full article: Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, has died at 91.

FILE - A flag is raised during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Read full article: Super Bowl halftime performer arrested after police say he held flag stating 'Sudan and Free Gaza.'

Super Bowl halftime performer arrested after police say he held flag stating 'Sudan and Free Gaza.'

Louisiana State police say a performer at Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance in February has been arrested.

Planned Parenthood South Carolina spokesperson Vicki Ringer speaks at a news conference about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing states to block Planned Parenthood from receiving money for health services on Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Read full article: What to know about states blocking Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood

What to know about states blocking Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood

The Supreme Court is letting South Carolina block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.

New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a campaign launch rally at City Hall, Thursday, June. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Read full article: NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicks off reelection bid and casts Zohran Mamdani as having a 'silver spoon'

NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicks off reelection bid and casts Zohran Mamdani as having a 'silver spoon'

New York Mayor Eric Adams is kicking off his independent reelection bid.

This courtroom sketch depicts Kilmar Abrego Garcia sitting in court during his detention hearing on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (Diego Fishburn via AP)

Read full article: Justice Department says Kilmar Abrego Garcia will face US trial before any move to deport him again

Justice Department says Kilmar Abrego Garcia will face US trial before any move to deport him again

The Justice Department says it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on federal smuggling charges in Tennessee before it moves to deport him, addressing fears that he could be expelled again from the U.S. within days.

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Read full article: Supreme Court has 6 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

Supreme Court has 6 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court is in the final days of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration’s emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the federal government.

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Read full article: WWII Army Rangers honored with Congressional Gold Medals

WWII Army Rangers honored with Congressional Gold Medals

House Speaker Mike Johnson will honor U.S. Army Ranger veterans who served in World War II with a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony.

FILE - Sean Combs arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, File)

Read full article: Prosecutor tells jury 'it's time' to convict Sean 'Diddy' Combs as sex trafficking trial near end

Prosecutor tells jury 'it's time' to convict Sean 'Diddy' Combs as sex trafficking trial near end

A prosecutor began two days of closing arguments at Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking trial by telling a jury that the music mogul used “power, violence and fear” to rule a criminal enterprise for two decades.

BKV Carbon Ventures health and safety advisor Adam Pope looks on at a compression station that is part of a carbon capture and sequestration process in Bridgeport, Texas, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Read full article: How carbon capture works and the debate about whether it's a future climate solution

How carbon capture works and the debate about whether it's a future climate solution

Power plants and industrial facilities that emit planet-warming carbon dioxide are hopeful that Congress will keep tax credits for capturing the gas and storing it deep underground.

Lyn Redwood, a nurse practitioner who once ran the anti-vaccine group that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. founded, attends a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)