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Federal authorities are investigating after a man with guns in his vehicle was arrested Saturday after he was stopped at a checkpoint near a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump.

One balloon partially caught fire and another struck a radio tower.

Inflationary-weary shoppers still may wait until the first weather snap to get a basic sweater. But when it comes to seasonal items, a growing number of consumers are increasingly wanting to jump on scents and flavors from Halloween to Christmas earlier and earlier.

There may be a psychological reason why some people aren’t just wrong in an argument — they’re confidently wrong. 

President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Sunday at the devastation inflicted on Florida’s Gulf Coast by Hurricane Milton.

SpaceX launched its fifth test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday.

Joe Biden’s chief of staff made clear that the president told the Secret Service to provide the highest level of protection for Trump, a source said.

Several people have been detained in connection with the overnight shooting at an events center.

Police say gunfire broke out among a crowd near a Tennessee university celebrating homecoming.

Tylee Craft, a wide receiver who was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer in 2022, died Saturday, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill football program announced Oct. 12.

“My dream almost just went away,” recalls Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers founder Todd Graves, after he made this financial mistake while getting started.

Body parts found in a freezer earlier this year after a Colorado home was sold have been identified as those of the 16-year-old daughter of the home’s previous owner, authorities said Friday.

Retailer Bath & Body Works apologized for a candle promoted on its social media accounts displaying a snowflake, which some said appeared quite similar to a Ku Klux Klan hood.

A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft named Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust and determine whether conditions there could support life. Scientists are pretty sure there’s a vast hidden ocean at Europa, making the moon one of the best bets for finding life beyond Ea...