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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing on July 22, 2024. Cheatle resigned her position the next day.

Secret Service director resigns in wake of Trump assassination attempt

U.S. Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned from her job, according to a statement released by the White House.

Iwao Hakamada, left, is helped by a supporter as he goes for a walk in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan on Wednesday.

Japanese court acquits a man in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row

A court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder. He spent 48 years behind bars, making him the world's longest-serving death row inmate.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday. Trump has used a swing through the south west to focus on economic issues but despite touting his economic policies, the candidate has continued to focus on immigration and repeating false and debunked conspiracies about immigrant communities.

In Arizona, California and Nevada, Trump focuses on his favorite foil: immigrants

In a press conference Friday, former President Donald Trump repeated false conspiracy theories about immigrants eating pets in Ohio, which has been debunked several times.

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention.

Harris prosecutes case against Trump and pitches herself as a middle-class champion

Vice President Harris used her address on the final night of the Democratic convention to pivot to a "new way forward" and argue Trump represents threats to basic freedoms.

A member of the U.S. Capitol Police carries a Congressional Gold Medal for Katherine Johnson, one of NASA's "Hidden Figures," during a ceremony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

NASA's 'Hidden Figures' awarded Congressional Gold Medals for pioneering space work

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday with Congressional Gold Medals, the highest award given to citizens by Congress.

'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo says she often sings 'with a bit of a smile'

The British actor and singer played abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harriet, and Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha. Now she's defying gravity as Elphaba in Wicked. Originally broadcast Oct. 18, 2021.

This photo provided by NASA, taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows a solar flare, the bright flash in the center of the image on Oct. 3, 2024.

Severe solar storm may stress power grids as U.S. deals with major hurricanes

A severe solar storm is headed to Earth that could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes, space weather forecasters said Wednesday.

Trans health care under Trump may follow the abortion playbook and its Hyde amendment

Republicans spent $222 million on anti-trans and LGBTQ advertising in the campaign. Various policy initiatives are on the incoming administration's to-do list.

These matchmakers connect teens and elders. The friendships benefit both sides

Groups that connect elders and teens — both in real life and online — have a new sense of urgency in the loneliness epidemic.

Why Pennsylvania could be the key to the White House

Vice President Harris and former president Donald Trump are in a tight race in Pennsylvania. The state could go either way and it’s why both candidates are working so hard to appeal to voters.

Navient, one of the country’s largest student loan servicers, has reached a $120 million settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — resulting in the company being permanently banned from servicing federal student loans.

Navient reaches $120 million settlement for misleading student loan borrowers

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, $100 million will be used to make payments to impacted borrowers in a settlement with the former servicer of student loans.

Israeli soldiers are deployed in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on Sunday.

Israel launches a 'limited' ground offensive in southern Lebanon

The Israeli military has launched what it called a "limited, localized" ground offensive in southern Lebanon against the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

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