Mississippi National Guard hands out water as Jackson's main water facility fails

(cnn) -- Mississippi's capital lacks enough water pressure to fight fires, flush toilets and meet other critical needs

Artemis launch rescheduled for Saturday

(cnn) -- The uncrewed Artemis I mission will get another attempt at launching on a journey around the moon on Saturday.

That comforting cup of tea could help lower your risk of death, study finds

(cnn) -- A warm cup of tea in your favorite mug can seem to heal the soul -- and a new study finds it may be good for

Biden says US needs to 'fund the police' for public safety

(cnn) -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday traveled to the key political battleground state of Pennsylvania to promote his

Lower gas prices push consumer confidence to highest level since May

(cnn) — Lower gas prices helped consumer confidence bounce back in August, breaking a three-month stretch of worsening

UN racism body calls for US to do more on abortion access

A UN committee on Tuesday condemned the overturning of the constitutional right to abortion in the United States, saying it was hitting racial and ethnic minorities hardest and asked Washington to take mitigation measures.

Alabama man's execution was botched, advocacy group alleges

An anti-death penalty group says Alabama corrections officials apparently botched a man's execution last month. The group cites the length of time that passed before Joe Nathan James Jr. received a lethal injection and a private autopsy indicating his arm was cut to find a vein.

Has the US seen its first death from monkeypox in Texas?

The death of an adult in a Texas hospital is being investigated as possibly the nation's first fatality from monkeypox .

Controversy brewing over adding 2 Muslim holidays to California school calendar

San Francisco ( Kgo ) -- San Francisco's public schools will add two holidays next academic year. The school board

Biden defends FBI, promotes ban on assault-style weapons

President Joe Biden is forcefully defending the FBI as the agency and its employees have come under criticism and threats of violence since executing a search warrant at Donald Trump's Florida residence earlier this month.

Arizona governor to focus on semiconductors in Taiwan visit

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has arrived in Taiwan for a visit focused on semiconductors, the critical chips that are used in everyday electronics and have become a battleground in the technology competition between the U.S. and China.

Officers seize a shipment of baby wipes that turned out to be $11.8 million worth of cocaine

(cnn) -- A shipment of baby wipes at the US-Mexico border turned out to be something quite different: $11.8 million

Truth Social Android app not approved on Google Play Store

Former U.S. President Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social has not yet been approved for distribution on Alphabet's Google Play Store due to insufficient content moderation, according to a Google spokesperson on Tuesday.

AP, other news outlets sue Uvalde officials for records

The Associated Press and other news organizations are suing officials in Uvalde, Texas, after months of refusal to publicly release records related to the May massacre at Robb Elementary School.

In new gun law, a quiet breakthrough for victims of abuse

Victims of abuse and their families saw a quiet breakthrough this summer when a new bipartisan gun safety law made it more difficult for intimate partners convicted of domestic abuse to obtain firearms.

Mississippi capital: Water everywhere, not a drop to drink

Mississippi's capital city is grappling with multiple water problems — too much on the ground after heavy rainfall in the past week, and not enough safe water coming through the pipes for people to use.

Musk cites whistleblower as new reason to exit Twitter deal

Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed salvos at each other in the latest round of legal filings over the billionaire Tesla CEO's aborted plan to buy the social media platform.

Underground carbon storage gaining traction in Wyoming, but years away in Utah

In what the BLM is calling a "significant milestone" in fighting climate change, the first carbon sequestration project on public land was approved Friday in Wyoming.

Rent price hikes are slowing — but are outpacing home price increases

As the U.S. housing market pandemic feeding frenzy simmers down, rental rates aren't immune. But even though rent increases are slowing, prices are still going up.

Student loan relief limited for many by US drug war's legacy

Black and Hispanic Americans were disproportionately shut out of access to federal student loan programs due to a "war on drugs" policy that the president supported as a U.S. senator. Criminal justice reform advocates say the president's solutions to the student debt crisis should be as comprehensive as the anti-drug laws were.