July 14, 2026
National News
‘A million years isn’t enough’: Victims’ relatives confront Gilgo Beach serial killer at sentencing
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — After decades waiting for justice, relatives of women murdered by New York’s Gilgo Beach serial killer laid into him Wednesday before he was sentenced to life in prison. He told them: “I am responsible” for the crimes.
FBI disrupts a planned attack on the White House UFC cage-fighting show, court papers say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials disrupted a planned attack targeting the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend, according to court papers unsealed Tuesday that say plotters disgruntled with the direction of the country spoke of flying explosivesladen drones and shooting panicked crowd members as they fled.
Alabama’s GOP dismisses a residency challenge to Tuberville’s bid for Alabama governor
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Republican Party said U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville will remain the party’s gubernatorial nominee, rejecting a claim on Sunday that he had not lived in the state long enough to run for governor.
Some of the skydivers killed in Missouri plane crash were experienced jumpers
Several of the skydivers killed when their plane crashed moments after taking off from a Missouri airfield were experienced jumpers who belonged to a community with a unique bond.
Trial for the man charged in Ukrainian woman’s killing on train is delayed for mental health reasons
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A man charged in the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train cannot currently stand trial because of his mental illness and will undergo medical treatment to try to restore his competency, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
NASA unveils Artemis III astronauts to test technology for a future moon landing
NEW YORK (AP) — NASA on Tuesday revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in the space agency’s plan to eventually land astronauts on the moon.
House passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement for 3 years, sending measure to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement narrowly passed the House on Tuesday and now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature, fueling the administration’s deportation agenda for the remainder of his time in the White House. Republicans used their majority to get the bill over the finish line, funding a pair of Homeland Security agencies through the next three years. The bill passed by a vote of 214-212, over the objections of Democrats.
Police announce arrest in Oklahoma party shooting that left 1 dead, 22 injured
An 18-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a weekend shooting that left one woman dead and 22 other people wounded during a nighttime party beside an Oklahoma lake, police said.
Ted Turner’s vision of news as global and continuous changed both the industry and society itself
NEW YORK (AP) — When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, Beth Knobel, a future TV news correspondent, was in graduate school. Emerging from class, she saw TV sets had been set up in the lobby. They were tuned to CNN, the 24/7 news channel that Ted Turner had launched about five years earlier, which was carrying the launch live.