Navy officials’ lack of on-scene leadership in the days following a fuel storage facility leak led to the contamination of thousands of Hawaii residents’ drinking water last year, a pair of newly released investigations found.  The response fell “unacceptably short of the Navy standards for leadership, ownership, and the safeguarding …

Washington — A political shift is beginning to take hold across the U.S. as tens of thousands of suburban swing voters who helped fuel the Democratic Party’s gains in recent years are becoming Republicans. More than 1 million voters across 43 states have switched to the Republican Party over the …

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York law that placed strict restrictions on carrying concealed firearms in public for self defense, finding its requirement that applicants seeking a concealed carry license demonstrate a special need for self-defense is unconstitutional. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court …

Yelp is closing three of its U.S. offices after finding most of its employees prefer to work remotely. In a blog post Thursday, Yelp Cofounder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said the company will close its offices in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C., on July 29. The online review and …

Washington – Former President Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro pleaded not guilty Friday to two charges of contempt of Congress. The charges against Navarro stem from his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the assault on the Capitol that took place on Jan. 6, …

Three former fraternity members were sentenced Thursday to jail terms for their roles in the hazing death of a Bowling Green State University student, while two others were ordered to serve house arrest. Jarrett Prizel, 19, of Olean, New York; Daylen Dunson, 22, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Ben Boyers, 21, …

A Medal of Freedom awarded to a notorious mobster by then-President Harry S. Truman is set to go to auction in California. The honor — a forerunner to the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom — was bestowed by Truman on Meyer “The Little Man” Lansky in a secret 1945 ceremony. …

The following is a transcript of an interview with Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser to Allianz, that aired Sunday, June 12, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” JOHN DICKERSON: We now want to go to Mohamed El-Erian. He’s the chief economic adviser at Allianz, a financial services company and the president …

A judge has thrown out statements that a 77-year-old Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl nearly half a century ago made to police and to his wife. Will County Judge David Carlson on Wednesday granted two defense motions tossing out statements that Barry …

Andy Fletcher, the keyboardist and one of the founding members of Depeche Mode, is dead at 60 years old.  A cause of death was not immediately known, though the news was announced by the band’s Twitter on Thursday.  More commonly known was “Fletch” by friends and fans, Fletcher, a United …