Savannah Guthrie wants her mother’s kidnapper to know “there’s always a way home” for her missing mom as well as whoever’s responsible for the 84-year-old woman’s disappearance. The NBC News personality’s plea follows a message of hope from a public figure who’s an expert on abductions.

“It has been months since our mom was ...Read more

Former FBI Director James Comey Jr. is asking a federal judge to dismiss the criminal case accusing him of threatening President Donald Trump, arguing that the prosecution endangers free speech by treating a political message as a criminal threat.

“While the indictment fails on its face to allege a true threat, the background to this ...Read more

MIAMI — Federal prosecutors in Miami said on Monday they will seek permanent detention of brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, the infamous social media influencers wanted on rape charges in England, setting the stage for their bond hearing on Aug. 13 as they await extradition to the United Kingdom.

The brothers’ defense team will confront a ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When Robert Barclay’s two daughters moved from Africa to live with him in Delaware County, getting them up-to-date on their vaccines was top of his list.

His daughters, 14-year-old Albertine and 20-year-old Ruth, were among the first clients at Delaware County Health Department’s new mobile clinic, which launched earlier ...Read more

NEW YORK — The city-run grocery stores the Mamdani administration is spending $70 million to set up will provide a 30% discount on essential foods like produce, eggs and milk, the mayor said Monday.

“No exceptions, no gimmicks,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at an East New York press conference. “Savings will last for the entire month. That...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court on Monday to lift a judge’s order and clear the way for state-by-state lists of citizens who are eligible to vote by mail.

Solicitor Gen. D. John Sauer filed an emergency appeal and said judges in Boston had wrongly intervened too soon.

In March, Trump ordered the U.S. Postal ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Celeste Rivas Hernandez told the singer D4vd she would destroy his career and ruin his life roughly 24 hours before prosecutors say he killed the teenager, according to text messages made public Monday morning in court.

After an argument about a relationship between another woman and the singer, whose legal name is David Anthony...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago police investigators have closed a probe into former Chief of Patrol Jon Hein’s actions in the hours that followed a high-profile shooting by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz, newly released records show.

Records obtained by the Chicago Tribune in a Freedom of Information Act request show the Bureau of Internal...Read more

SEATTLE — A King County judge decided to hold a 15-year-old boy in detention in connection with the Seattle Center shooting that left three dead and four others injured, including a toddler.

Police believe two people were shooting at each other at the annual Bite of Seattle food festival, and a police report filed with the court on Monday ...Read more

The Trump administration is making it harder for immigrants in the United States to win asylum, a process that was already difficult amid a large backlog and high refusal rates.

Under a new rule the administration announced Monday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asylum officers will be allowed to bypass interviews with applicants and...Read more

During a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last week on Haiti’s security crisis, Florida Republican Rep. Brian Mast repeatedly claimed that giving Haitians in the U.S. temporary protected status had significantly weakened the Haiti National Police and impeded the country’s fight against terrorist gangs.

Mast, the committee’s ...Read more

For decades, terrorism researchers have generally distinguished terrorism from other forms of violence by one defining feature: the intention to intimidate a wider audience beyond immediate victims.

That distinction has shaped both academic research and criminal prosecutions in the U.S. Yet scholars have long debated a deceptively ...Read more

Air Force One used to be a high-flying symbol of American technology, ingenuity and power. For many, it was also a source of national pride.

The current Boeing 747s that serve as Air Force One are a combination transport vehicle, command center, press room, medical center and apartment, complete with bedroom and office for the nation�...Read more

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

What makes the cells of the muscles contract? – Samarth, age 13, India

Muscles are amazing. They’re what let you strum a guitar, kick a soccer ball and high-five your ...Read more

It’s no secret: This year has been a bad one so far for severe thunderstorms around Pittsburgh. In fact, it has been quite an active season throughout the Ohio Valley and a large part of the Midwest.

How bad has it been? In the months of March, April, May and June 2026, Pennsylvania saw a whopping 852 reports of severe weather. By ...Read more

If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in a rut while cooped up all day at a nine-to-five job, or just felt stressed about work, school or life in general, you’re not alone. Hearing “just go outside” might sound like trivial advice, but researchers have been investigating a new, unconventional strategy to boost mental health: Seeking the...Read more

I joined members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement at Chatter Park in Hong Kong on May 13, 2000, as they celebrated World Falun Dafa Day. The annual event commemorates the anniversary of the day the group claims its leader, Li Hongzhi, first made Falun Gong practices public.

Under the hot midday sun, surrounded by police and camera...Read more

As long as there have been vaccines, there have been people who doubted their science and safety.

Back in 19th-century England, people rioted against a mandatory smallpox vaccine, claiming that it violated civil rights and was an affront to human bodily integrity. In the United States, organizations dedicated to resisting vaccines ...Read more

MIAMI — The Queen Conch, a giant sea snail and unofficial mascot of the Florida Keys, was listed as endangered on Valentine’s Day, 2022. Once a species is listed under the Endangered Species Act, the federal government has to identify and protect the “critical habitat” essential to its recovery.

That still hasn’t happened.

The ...Read more