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40,000 people under evacuation orders after a chemical tank leak in Southern California

05/22/2026 11:15pm
Garden Grove, Calif. (ap) — About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern

Tractors, ATVs and golf carts, oh my: Michigan seniors arrive at school in style on Tractor Day

05/22/2026 10:40pm
Tractor Day, a celebration that dates back to the 1980s at Airport High School in Carleton, Michigan, took place on Friday as seniors eschewed cars for tractors, golf carts, and more.

A 10% tax on Olympic tickets? Why attending the 2028 Games could be even more costly

05/22/2026 10:23pm
Tickets to the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles may cost even more after a proposal to add a 10% tax to Olympic tickets starting next year was introduced by the City Council.

SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight

05/22/2026 8:55pm
SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.

40,000 people under evacuation orders for a chemical-tank leak in Southern California

05/22/2026 8:51pm
Authorities in Southern California on Friday were racing to prevent the explosion of a storage tank that has been leaking a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts.

1 person has died after blast at New York City shipyard that injured 36 people, officials say

05/22/2026 8:14pm
One person has died after a fire and two explosions Friday at a New York City shipyard, officials say.

Paul McCartney helps Stephen Colbert say goodbye to 'The Late Show' in ambitious final show

05/22/2026 7:28pm
Stephen Colbert chatted with Paul McCartney and joined him on stage for a performance of "Hello, Goodbye" on the final broadcast of "The Late Show" on Thursday.

'A great man': Death of conservative civil rights activist Robert Woodson felt in Utah

05/22/2026 7:00pm
The death of conservative civil rights activist Robert Woodson is having ripple effects in Utah, where he was a regular visitor.

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband's health

05/22/2026 5:41pm
Washington (ap) — Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Friday,

Warsh takes the Fed's helm as inflation climbs, consumer sentiment dives

05/22/2026 5:01pm
Kevin Warsh was sworn in as chair of the Federal Reserve on Friday at a pivotal moment for an American economy hit by surging inflation and eroding consumer sentiment.

Trump pledges 5,000 extra troops for Poland as Rubio cautions allies

05/22/2026 4:07pm
President Donald Trump surprised NATO allies by pledging to send 5,000 more troops to Poland. Secretary of State Marco Rubio added that Washington is still frustrated with some of them.

Arizona executes inmate who set a man on fire, killing him, in 2002 attack

05/22/2026 3:36pm
An Arizona prisoner convicted of killing another man by throwing gasoline at him and lighting a match has been put to death in the first of three executions planned this week in the U.S.

Review: 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' is basically a big-budget TV episode and that's mostly fine

05/22/2026 3:16pm
The good news about "The Mandalorian and Grogu" is that it's entertaining. The less exciting news? It mostly feels like several episodes of a TV show stitched together into a movie.

Chicks hatch from artificial egg as biotech company aims to revive extinct species

05/22/2026 1:08pm
Colossal Biosciences said over two dozen healthy baby chickens have hatched from an artificial egg platform it launched as a part of an effort to revive a large flightless bird that went extinct centuries ago.

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband's health

05/22/2026 11:52am
Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during Trump's second term.

Hill Air Force Base gets $6.5M boost for F-35 repair facility in new spending bill

05/22/2026 8:07am
Northern Utah's Hill Air Force Base could see a $6.5 million boost bolstering its F-35 repair capabilities thanks to a new military bill making its way through Congress.