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Former Ketchikan church elder admits producing child abuse images in Mexico

Dwight Chris John, a 74-year-old former church elder from Ketchikan, Alaska, pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material depicting a minor under the age of 12, the Department of Justice announced.

September 15, 2026

Kansas man jailed after golf course apology turns into club-swinging brawl

CLUB CLOBBERING: A 52-year-old Kansas man spent the weekend behind bars after police say an attempt to apologize for a bad golf shot escalated into a violent brawl that left one man unconscious and another struck in the head with a club.

September 15, 2026

Smithsonian bypasses new site vote for Latino museum, stirs criticism

The Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents has designated the Arts and Industries Building as the permanent home of the National Museum of the American Latino, a procedural move that lets the long-delayed project advance without a new congressional vote on its site and has revived conservative criticism that its inaugural exhibition pushed a Marxist, anti-Western narrative of American history.

September 15, 2026

Man admits role in $2 million scheme to send aerospace parts to Russia

Andrei Samuilovski, 32, a citizen of Estonia, Switzerland, and Russia, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally export U.S.-origin aviation and aerospace parts to Russia in violation of U.S. sanctions, according to court documents.

September 15, 2026

Trump calls AI warnings a hoax as China closes the tech gap

President Trump is dismissing warnings about AI's dangers as a coordinated election-year hoax, even as experts say China is closing what was once a wide U.S. lead in artificial intelligence.

September 15, 2026

California man pleads guilty to 2024 courthouse bombing that injured three

A Santa Barbara County man pleaded guilty to detonating a bomb inside a Santa Maria courthouse in 2024, an attack prosecutors said injured three people, caused approximately $35,000 in damage and was intended to kill law enforcement officers.

September 15, 2026

Pennsylvania man charged after FBI says he plotted ISIS-inspired attack

Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21, of Valencia, Pennsylvania, has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with receiving a firearm and ammunition while allegedly knowing or having reasonable cause to believe they would be used to commit a felony or federal crime of terrorism, including providing, attempting to provide, or conspiring to provide material support or resources to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, according to the Department of Justice.

September 15, 2026

Nick Reiner won’t face death penalty in parents’ murder case

Nick Reiner, the son of the late filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, will not face the death penalty if he is convicted of murdering his parents.

September 15, 2026

Study: Paramount exit could cost California nearly 58,000 jobs, $21 billion a year

STUDY: Paramount leaving California could permanently wipe out tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in annual economic activity.

September 15, 2026

Pittsburgh-area man charged after alleged ISIS attack plot

A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man, Jonathan Hunter Kramer, was arrested and charged with a federal terrorism-related offense after agents said he assembled a semiautomatic rifle, nearly 200 rounds of ammunition and other gear while expressing support for ISIS.

September 15, 2026

Ed Sheeran: Dropping Macklemore from tour was promoter’s decision

ED SHEERAN breaks silence on Macklemore being dropped from his tour: "I am not complicit. I have my personal views on this devastating conflict. Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't mean I don't have them, and it doesn't mean I don't care. Nor does it mean I don't support causes in my own, personal way."

September 15, 2026

Actors of color shut out again at 78th Emmy Awards

No actor of color won any of the 12 lead or supporting acting prizes handed out at the 78th Emmy Awards this year, a repeat of last year's near-shutout that has again drawn the "Emmys So White" label from industry observers.

September 15, 2026

Goo Goo Dolls frontman rejects political lectures from the stage

Goo Goo Dolls frontman JOHN RZEZNIK: "I'm not going to lecture people about anything."

September 15, 2026

The federal program that lets food stamps be used at restaurants, and why it exists

In a number of California strip-mall restaurants, next to the hours-of-operation sticker and the contactless-payment logo, hangs a small window decal: a fork and knife inside a circle, alongside the words "We Accept EBT."

September 15, 2026

Illinois woman gets 27 months for $4.6 million IRS tax refund fraud scheme

An Illinois woman was sentenced this week to 27 months in prison for her role in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain tax refunds by submitting false returns and fictitious financial instruments to the IRS, the Justice Department announced.

September 14, 2026

Texas man gets 60 months for selling abusive trust tax shelter nationwide

A Texas man was sentenced this week to 60 months in prison for promoting an abusive tax shelter to business owners across the country, the Justice Department announced.

September 14, 2026

Brooklyn woman gets 76 months for $64 million Medicaid fraud scheme

A Brooklyn woman was sentenced to 76 months in prison for leading a $64 million Medicaid fraud and illegal kickback scheme involving two social adult daycare centers and a home health care company, the Justice Department said.

September 14, 2026

Abbott to pay $385 million over infant formula safety allegations, DOJ says

Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay $384,999,040 to resolve allegations that it caused false claims to be submitted to federal and state programs between Jan. 1, 2018, and Dec. 31, 2022, the Justice Department announced.

September 14, 2026

What happened to Kyler Murray? Vikings coach gives update after scary hit

Vikings quarterback Kyler Murray was ruled out with a concussion after a scary hit in his Minnesota debut Sunday. Coach Kevin O'Connell has an update on where things stand -- and it's not the news fans were hoping for.

September 14, 2026

The simple shopping list change that cuts grocery bills: Start with what you already have

Most people write a grocery list by thinking about what they want to eat. That is the wrong end. The change worth making is small enough to feel trivial: before writing anything, open the refrigerator, the freezer and the pantry, and write down what is already in there.

September 14, 2026