The Excerpt

Hurricane Milton grows 'explosively' stronger, reaches Category 5 status

Milton to become a major hurricane Monday as it heads for Florida

A year of hope. A year of pain.

As Trump returns to Butler, Pa., there’s one name he never mentions

US port workers and operators reach deal to end strike

SPECIAL | Allan Lichtman shares his 2024 presidential election prediction

'Nation has your back,' Biden says to Hurricane Helene victims

SPECIAL | Is Earth destined for another extinction-level asteroid event?

Takeaways from Vance-Walz debate

How social media is helping locate the missing after Helene

Helene death toll climbs to 90

Robert Roberson is on death row. The man who put him there now says he is innocent.

Helene wreaks havoc across Southeast, leaving at least 39 dead

Hurricane Helene moves to Georgia after historic Florida landfall

SPECIAL | Has Trump's incendiary campaign rhetoric created a new normal of political violence?

New York City Mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal criminal charges

SPECIAL | HIV is no longer a death sentence. But why is a viable cure so elusive?

Hezbollah says it fired rocket targeting Mossad near Tel Aviv

US to send more troops to Middle East after Israeli strikes in Lebanon

4 dead after weekend Alabama shooting

Former TV anchor Connie Chung on the ups & downs of trailblazing career in new memoir

Top Hezbollah commander among those killed in Israeli strike on Lebanon

Israel carries out strikes on southern Lebanon

SPECIAL | The US aimed to clear its rape kit backlog. Many survivors are still waiting for justice.

Fed cuts interest rate half a point

SPECIAL | As it turns out, Americans are still full of hope

Hundreds of Hezbollah pagers explode across Lebanon injuring thousands

Secret Service praised for stopping Trump gunman but questions remain

Suspect identified in Trump assassination attempt

Is America still the land of hope?

Trump defends debate performance

Kamala Harris unveils Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate

Global tech outage grounds flights, hits banks and businesses

Donald Trump accepts Republican nomination on final day of RNC

SPECIAL | Can Hollywood stand up to the headwinds of AI, streaming wars and labor struggles?

JD Vance officially accepts VP nomination

SPECIAL | Would putting a limit on extreme wealth solve power imbalances?

Sen. Bob Menendez convicted on all counts at sweeping corruption trial

Donald Trump selects JD Vance as running mate on first day of GOP convention

Trump assassination attempt hovers over Republican National Convention

Can we vaccinate ourselves against misinformation?

What do older voters want in the next election? Care for caregivers

Biden pushes through flubs in NATO press conference

SPECIAL | Hybrid work still has some kinks to work out

Biden's dam begins to crack after new Democratic detractors speak out

SPECIAL | We are more vulnerable to tornadoes than ever before

Worries over Biden and Trump cast shadow at NATO summit

Biden hosts high-stakes NATO summit in Washington

Federal forecasters predict an "extraordinary" hurricane season

Trump hush money trial: Trump doesn't testify; defense rests its case