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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's top military planner, a defense official said Wednesday, the latest in a series of generals to be ousted and one that... newser.com/story/399001/hegs…

Pope Leo XIV has denounced any religious justification for wars raging around the world, saying "there is no such thing as a holy war." "Only peace is holy," Leo... newser.com/story/398998/pope…

Two of President Trump's Cabinet members are pitching his planned 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington not as a vanity monument, but as a defense asset, the Washington... newser.com/story/398993/offi…

Police in South Carolina say their work on Hayden Panettiere's death is done, CNN reports. Greenville police this week closed their investigation after the county coroner... newser.com/story/398990/poli…

A federal judge rejected on Wednesday a Trump administration request to stop California from processing the ballots of up to 20,000 people over allegations they are likely noncitizens,... newser.com/story/398997/judg…

The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history, the AP reports. Hey, Milwaukee:... newser.com/story/399002/brew…

President Trump wants a Democratic Senate candidate in Alaska off the ballot—and facing charges. Trump on Wednesday said former Rep. Mary Peltola should be barred from challenging... newser.com/story/398992/trum…

Linda McMahon is lobbying Congress to shut down the Education Department, but she evidently wants the agency to go out in style—or at least her corner of it. President Trump's... newser.com/story/398994/educ…

Millions of Los Angeles-area residents apparently inhaled far more than ash during last year's Eaton Fire. A new Caltech study published in the journal Science Advances... newser.com/story/398981/mill…

Ernie Johnson says he isn't finished with broadcasting—but his long run steering Inside the NBA is winding down. The 70-year-old host announced in a video Wednesday... newser.com/story/398991/erni…

A new report says it's not gas or rent quietly hollowing out many Americans' wallets—it's caring for loved ones. An AARP survey of more than 2,500 family caregivers... newser.com/story/398962/fami…

A passenger arrested for texting that he was going to "hijack" the plane he was on told officers the message was banter with a co-worker and denied intending to harm... newser.com/story/398989/pass…

Hasan Piker says a conservative pundit crossed a legal line, for which he's seeking damages totaling $72.5 million. The progressive streamer filed a federal defamation suit... newser.com/story/398982/hasa…

California's coast just got a preview of the soggy winter ahead. Record-setting high tides on Monday and Tuesday sent seawater over seawalls and onto roads from San Francisco... newser.com/story/398936/king…

Homeowners who locked in low adjustable-rate mortgages a few years ago are now getting a costly reminder of the fine print. With interest rates near their highest levels in years,... newser.com/story/398967/for-…

Parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School are asking the Supreme Court to keep in place the type of assault-style rifle ban they fought for after the massacre... newser.com/story/398983/sand…

Alvin K. Hellerstein, a Manhattan federal judge who presided over cases involving President Trump, former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and the 9/11 attacks during nearly... newser.com/story/398988/alvi…

A Massachusetts-based truck driver who said he couldn't find an overnight lot to park in chose what he considered a safe-looking block in Southwest Philly, NBC Philadelphia... newser.com/story/398978/truc…

The bond market swung on Wednesday, while US stocks held relatively steady after the Federal Reserve decided not to raise its main interest rate to bring down high inflation.... newser.com/story/398987/stoc…

James O'Keefe's latest hidden-camera gambit has landed him in court. The conservative activist and fellow content creator Cam Higby have been charged in Minnesota with... newser.com/story/398985/okee…