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MIAMI — A father accompanying his child at a Miami-Dade cheer camp Thursday was forced to become a hero when a disgruntled man at a nearby auto mechanic shop decided to shoot a man with a shotgun, sources told The Miami Herald. Around 1 p.m., parents at Idol Cheer, a cheerleading training camp, saw a man armed with a shotgun shoot what appeared to be an employee at Priced Right Motors, 7321 SW ...

Elon Musk’s popularity has waned with voters. Polls show a majority of Americans hold an unfavorable view of him and say he has had too much sway in government operations.

President Donald Trump on Thursday directed the Justice Department to investigate ActBlue, the fundraising platform that powers virtually every Democratic candidate and cause. The move steps up Republicans' effort to cripple their opponents' political infrastructure.

Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated sharply Thursday, as the Pakistani government said it would consider it "an act of war" if India followed through on a threat to block the flow of crucial rivers as punishment for a deadly militant attack this week in Kashmir.

In Spokane to accept an award for distinguished public service, former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called on the next generation to take up the mantle. The former Secretary of Defense and CIA director also leveled many veiled criticisms at President Trump.

Russia killed at least 12 people and injured 90 others in a huge attack on the Ukrainian capital early Thursday, prompting President Donald Trump to issue a rare public critique of Moscow just hours after he lashed out at President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine.

A New Jersey man was arrested in connection with sparking the 15,000-acre fire that has burned for three days straight in Ocean County, just miles from the Jersey Shore.

Robert Crimo III will spend the rest of his life in prison for opening fire on spectators at the 2022 Highland Park Independence Day Parade.

In a crisis-wracked nation where hospitals were hurting even before U.S. aid freezes earlier this year and gangs torched or gutted many medical facilities, the University Hospital of Mirebalais was among the last still standing.

DNC Vice Chair David Hogg ruffled Democratic feathers this month when he pledged to raise $20 million to support primary challengers of longtime House Democratic incumbents he deemed “out-of-touch” and “ineffective.”

President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders Wednesday aimed at undoing his predecessor’s policies and furthering a conservative agenda to reshape American education.

As climate change drastically increases the frequency and severity of wildfires, power companies say they’re facing growing risk for payouts that could bankrupt them or require massive rate hikes on customers.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the installation of Signal, a commercially available messaging app, on a desktop computer in his Pentagon office, said three people familiar with the matter.

A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey had spread to 11,500 acres of the heavily forested area by Wednesday morning, prompting the shutdown of a 17-mile stretch of one of the state's busiest highways, authorities said.

 A Philadelphia Police officer escorted a Dominican national out of Philadelphia’s criminal courthouse and into custody of U.S. immigration authorities last week, shortly after a judge had dismissed all criminal charges against the defendant.

The families of the 2022 fatal shooting at an Uvalde, Texas elementary school have agreed to a settlement with the city ahead of the massacre’s three-year anniversary.

 Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday called on Ukraine to accept a U.S. peace proposal that closely mirrors long-standing Russian demands, including a "freeze" of territorial lines in the three-year war, acceptance of the annexation of Crimea by Russia and a prohibition on Ukraine becoming part of the NATO alliance.

Since President Donald Trump took office in January, Head Start centers have been unnerved by an escalating series of threats, including, most recently, total annihilation.