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Rescuers continued their frantic search Thursday for a man trapped under rubble of a shuttered coal processing building that collapsed in rural Kentucky, officials said. When Martin County Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty told reporters that searchers were still working feverishly to find the man alive — after another man was declared …

A woman has been charged with the murder of three people who died from suspected mushroom poisoning at a family meal she hosted and cooked, Australian police said in a statement Thursday. The charges follow her arrest Wednesday after a monthslong investigation into the July deaths, which happened after a …

The Texas Rangers have claimed their first World Series title in team history. They bested the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 5 on Wednesday night, 5-0. It’s a first in the 63-season history of a franchise that started as the expansion Washington Senators in 1961. The team did not lose a …

Three transgender youths, their parents and a doctor in Tennessee asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block the state’s ban on certain transition-related health care for minors. If the court agrees to hear the case, it would be the first time it has considered a restriction on puberty blockers, …

WASHINGTON — The House Republican bill to provide aid to Israel will add $26.8 billion to the U.S. budget deficit, according to a new report Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The bill championed by new Speaker Mike Johnson pairs $14.3 billion in aid to Israel with $14.3 billion …

TOKYO — Police ended an eight-hour standoff at a post office north of Tokyo by arresting the armed suspect after two hostages were freed safely in an attack authorities said could be related to an earlier shooting at a hospital. The man had entered the post office with a gun …

A 21-year-old Cornell University junior was charged Tuesday for making online threats to Jewish students at the Ivy League school, authorities said. Patrick Dai, a junior at Cornell, faces a charge of posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications, federal prosecutors in the Northern District of New …

Desperate Palestinians were using their bare hands Tuesday to retrieve bodies buried in the ruins of a Gaza refugee camp moments after it was hit by an airstrike that reduced more than a dozen buildings to rubble, killed dozens and wounded hundreds of people, according to local health officials. The …

Savannah Guthrie joined her “TODAY” co-hosts in celebrating music icons on Halloween, dressed as one of her favorite singers, Taylor Swift. The “TODAY” co-anchor was clad in a long blonde wig, a glittery pink and blue leotard, and Swift’s signature red lipstick. Savannah was joined by her 9-year-old daughter, Vale, who …

WASHINGTON — The House and the Senate are at odds over how to proceed with President Joe Biden’s sweeping funding request for foreign aid and national security goals. On Tuesday, Senate Democrats will seek to bolster their position at a hearing titled “A Review of the National Security Supplemental Request,” …