Across the country, small groups are working to rebuild social connection amid rising loneliness in their own modest ways.

The Justice Department released some of the Epstein files, including many previously public documents, related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's criminal charges and his death by suicide in federal custody.

A federal judge said HUD cannot dramatically change its funding policies on homelessness for now. States, cities and nonprofits say the proposed overhaul would push thousands back onto the streets.

The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of forecasting and prediction systems.

The lawsuit was filed by Ibrahim Shehadeh, a gas station owner in Northeast Ohio who was involved in two other high profile controversies in 2025.

Details are beginning to emerge about the life of Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the gunman who killed two and injured nine others in the attack at Brown University last week. He is also believed to have killed an MIT professor on Monday, police said.

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday requiring his administration to downgrade marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug.

A 21-year-old Canton man is charged with attempted murder after pulling a gun on a Canton officer.

The college closed in 2024 after struggles with debt and enrollment. Former employees and community members hope to raise money to buy part of the old property and start a new college.