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A key U.S. government report on mental health, substance use and addiction showed continued improvements in several metrics, especially among young people. There was some uncertainty about the future of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health last year, when the entire 17-member team responsible for it was laid off by the Trump administration. But the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released the latest report Monday, with […]

“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie says in a new video that her family is living an unending nightmare nearly six months after her mother’s disappearance and pleads with her kidnappers: “Tell us where to look for her.” The video released Monday is the latest public plea from the journalist about 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie since her disappearance on Feb. 1 from her home just outside Tucson, Arizona. Savannah Guthrie said her […]

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has told members of Congress it will not finish spending $400 million Congress has authorized for aid to Ukraine until fiscal year 2029, even as Kyiv runs critically low on weapons it needs to fend off Russian missile attacks. In May, the Department of Defense sent a letter to lawmakers outlining its spending plan, a source familiar […]

By Diana Novak Jones July 27 (Reuters) – Attorneys for the state of Tennessee told a jury in Nashville on Monday that Meta Platforms’ leadership disregarded internal research about its Instagram platform’s impact on teenagers as the company sought to maximize profit from young users. During opening statements in a seven-week trial in state court in Tennessee, the state’s lawyers said Meta researchers repeatedly flagged that some teenagers were compulsively using […]

There’s a series of high-profile criminal cases with hearings this week that could prove pivotal. Four of the six have celebrity defendants or victims. On Monday, there’s a preliminary hearing for singer D4vd in Los Angeles; Andrew and Tristan Tate are fighting extradition in Miami; and a woman who killed her three kids is on trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts. On Tuesday, attorneys for the man accused of murder in the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to clear the way for an executive order from President Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting. The emergency appeal comes after an appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the president’s order in nearly half the country ahead of November’s midterm elections. The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to allow agencies to take steps to implement […]

A U.S. Secret Service agent and two other men have been arrested and charged with violent felonies in the Miami area, where authorities say they committed brutal beatings as part of a fraternity hazing ritual in April that left two people hospitalized with severe injuries. One of the men charged, 29-year-old Marquez Christopher Pinder, works in the Secret Service’s Miami field office and is described in an arrest warrant as […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A tornado swept through Wisconsin on Monday, splintering homes, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 30,000 people. The National Weather Service, using radar, confirmed a tornado in Winnebago County, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Milwaukee. Damage was reported in cities including Appleton and Menasha. Video showed chunks of twisted metal and pieces of wood scattered across one highway as cars maneuvered […]

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department’s hurried takeover of aid programs from the shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) last year was hampered by staffing shortages, IT issues and delayed guidance, an internal watchdog said in a report released on Monday. President Donald Trump ordered the closure of USAID shortly after resuming office in January 2025. Well over 10,000 people were fired and […]