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FILE - A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Blue Origin rocket explodes on the launch pad during an engine-firing test

9:06 PM on Thursday, May 28

A rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has exploded during a test at the launch pad

FILE - Miami Heat's Terry Rozier arrives at Brooklyn federal court, April 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

NBA player Terry Rozier hit with new bribery charges in sports gambling sting

8:18 PM on Thursday, May 28

Federal prosecutors have indicted ex-Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier on additional charges related to a sports gambling sting

FILE - The exterior of the U.S. Courthouse for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stands in Atlanta, July 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Federal judge had sex in chambers with police officer and lied about it, investigation found

5:35 PM on Thursday, May 28

A court investigation found that a federal judge had an affair with a police officer, including having sex in chambers overheard by staff, but remains on the bench with a “private reprimand.”

FILE - E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court, May 9, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

A history of E. Jean Carroll's legal battle with President Donald Trump

4:36 PM on Thursday, May 28

The former advice columnist E

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2:26 PM on Thursday, May 28

Police and firefighting crews respond to the scene of a large fire at an apartment complex in Dallas, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)

Explosion and fire at a Dallas apartment building kills at least 3 people, including a child

2:26 PM on Thursday, May 28

A fire official says a huge fire has destroyed a two-story apartment building in Dallas and killed a child and at least two other people

Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside the Delaney Hall detention center Thursday, May 28, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

6 protesters arrested after clash with ICE officers outside a New Jersey detention center

2:11 PM on Thursday, May 28

Protesters have clashed with armed federal immigration officers in front of a New Jersey detention center where advocates have asserted detainees are staging a hunger strike

FILE - Gov. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, arrives to an event at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting on Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

Ohio suspends data center tax break as tech firms face pressure to pay the cost to power AI

2:06 PM on Thursday, May 28

Ohio is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facilities that power and train artificial intelligence chatbots

Diana Winther, left, and Kellie Webber, embrace during an evening prayer and vigil in support for the victims and their families impacted by Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. tank implosion, at R.A. Long Park in Longview, Wash., on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP)

Crews recover the remains of 6 of the 9 workers missing after Washington chemical tank rupture

1:56 PM on Thursday, May 28

Crews have recovered the remains of six of nine workers who were missing after a chemical tank ruptured at at paper mill in Washington state, officials said Thursday

FILE - Rob Manfred, commissioner of Major League Baseball answers questions during a news conference at the MLB winter meetings, Dec. 8, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, file)

MLB owners propose a salary cap for the first time since baseball's 1994-95 strike

1:50 PM on Thursday, May 28

Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players’ association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confrontation that threatens the 2027 season and perhaps beyond

FILE - Retired Colorado Avalanche player Claude Lemieux waves to fans as he is honored for his years on the ice before the Avalanche host the New Jersey Devils in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Claude Lemieux, the feisty four-time Stanley Cup champion for Avalanche, Devils and Habs, dies at 60

12:53 PM on Thursday, May 28

Four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux has died after taking his own life, according to authorities

Palestinians mourn over the bodies of Hamas militant Imad Isleim, foreground, his wife and daughter, who were killed in an Israeli military strike, during their funeral at Al-Shafi'i Mosque in Gaza City, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) CORRECTION: Corrects surname from al-Salem to Isleim

Palestinians mourn 10 killed in Eid strikes as Netanyahu vows wider control of the strip

12:33 PM on Thursday, May 28

Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza City gathered for funeral prayers for 10 people killed in Israeli strikes

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 1992 file photo, Fabrice Morvan, left, and Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli perform during the taping of the Arsenio Hall Show in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Craig Fujii, File)

Martina McBride, Morris Day among wave of cancellations at Trump-linked Freedom 250 concerts

11:39 AM on Thursday, May 28

Martina McBride, Morris Day, the Commodores and Young MC have all announced they will not perform at “The Great American State Fair” on Washington's National Mall

FILE - Privacy booths are seen on the morning of the South Carolina Republican primary election at a church in Cayce, S.C., Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

5 Southern Democratic chairs say South Carolina should lead off 2028 presidential primary calendar

11:00 AM on Thursday, May 28

Other southern states are advocating for South Carolina to remain the first to vote in the Democratic presidential primaries

Workers offload medical and emergency supplies donated by European Union to support frontline workers in fighting Ebola upon arrival at the national airport in Bunia, Congo. Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Aid supplies reach heart of Congo's Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to Kinshasa

8:07 AM on Thursday, May 28

Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups

A statue named "Chains," by French artist Driss Sans-Arcidet, honoring the memory of the abolition of slavery, is photographed in a park in Paris, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, as France's National Assembly examines a bill to formally repeal the Code Noir, or Black Code, the 17th-century royal edict that governed slavery in French colonies and treated enslaved people as property. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

France’s parliament votes to repeal slavery-era Black Code, with tears and history in the chamber

12:10 AM on Thursday, May 28

French lawmakers have voted to repeal a 17th-century law that governed enslaved people in France's colonies

An injured student is evacuated following an early morning fire outbreak at Utumishi Girls School in the Gilgil area, central Kenya, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Fire rips through a dormitory at a girls' school in Kenya, killing at least 16 students

11:53 PM on Wednesday, May 27

A fire has devastated a girls' boarding school in central Kenya, killing at least 16 students and injuring many more

Victoria Li, 12, of Eastvale, Calif., spells his word during the preliminary round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee at DAR Constitution Hall, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Venue gets mixed reviews as National Spelling Bee returns to DC ahead of White House UFC event

4:10 PM on Tuesday, May 26

The Scripps National Spelling Bee has moved from suburban Maryland to downtown Washington, and not all spellers and their families appreciate the change

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