U.S. & World

A massive 100-foot-wide sinkhole opened up in an Illinois soccer field this week, with video capturing the moment it swallowed a light pole and bleachers in the field.

The ruling does not resolve the issues at the heart of the case. In a concurring opinion, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writes, “Today’s decision is not a victory for pregnant patients in Idaho. It is delay.”

The Supreme Court on Thursday blew up the massive bankruptcy reorganization of opioid maker Purdue Pharma, finding that the settlement inappropriately included legal protections for the Sackler family, meaning that billions of dollars secured for victims is now threatened.

One of America’s favorite Tex-Mex-inspired eateries has dropped its own meal deal, boldly following others into the most recent round of value wars. 

Boeing is being sanctioned by U.S. investigators for sharing information about the 737 Max 9 door plug investigation.

Over 1,000 new species have been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s “red list” as invasive species, climate change and human activities such as illicit trade and infrastructure development threaten certain animal and plant species with extinction.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off Thursday night for their first debate of the 2024 presidential election, but the two will be well familiar with each other’s tactics and styles. 

Everyone has too many passwords. The credentials we need to remember to navigate online life keep multiplying.

Many Midwestern homeowners hit by bad flooding this week do not have flood insurance.

The Disney Adventure will sail three- and four-night voyages from Singapore starting in 2025, with the capacity to carry some 6,700 passengers on board.

A jury on Wednesday recommended a former prison guard trainee be sentenced to death for his execution-style murders of five women inside a Florida bank five years ago, a massacre that fulfilled his long-stated desire to kill.

Firefighters were working to save a cat from the roof of a burning house while at the same time putting out the flames in the South Bay on Wednesday.

“It’s a tricky debate for Biden on foreign policy,” said Lewis Lukens, who was a U.S. diplomat for 30 years and is now a senior partner with Signum Global Advisers.