Texas county approves holding election to make SpaceX’s Starbase its own city

South Texas residents living near SpaceX will soon decide whether they’ll be officially recognized as Starbase, Texas

Judge orders LSU to reinstate professor who was removed following political comments

A judge has ordered Louisiana State University to fully reinstate a professor who was removed from his teaching duties last month after he used vulgar language to criticize Gov. Jeff…

UN food agency worker dies in a Yemeni prison after being detained by Houthi rebels

The U.N. food agency says one of its staffers detained last month by Houthi rebels in Yemen has died in prison

Excerpts from Salman Rushdie’s court testimony about a harrowing attack

In his own words, author Salman Rushdie describes the moments when a stranger rushed at him on stage in western New York and began attacking him

Kilauea is shooting lava again. It is the Hawaii volcano’s latest activity in an on-and-off eruption

Kilauea volcano is shooting lava into the air once again in Hawaii

Testimony in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie heads into 2nd day

Testimony is set to continue in the trial of the man charged with stabbing famed author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack on a western New York stage

Car collides head on with a bus in central Washington, killing 4 and injuring 7

Authorities say four people were killed and seven hurt when a motorist trying to pass another car on a two-lane highway hit a charter bus in central Washington state

Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending

A federal judge has found the Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and has ordered the White House to release all money

USAID staffers turned away from offices even after court suspends leave order

Officials and federal officers have turned away scores of U.S. Agency for International staffers who showed up for work at its Washington headquarters

Head of agency that protects whistleblowers sues Trump over firing

The head of the federal agency that seeks to protect whistleblowers has filed a lawsuit saying he was illegally fired by President Donald Trump