A college student allegedly used a box cutter to carve a racial slur onto another student's chest at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, officials said Thursday. The alleged attack happened at a men's swim team gathering Sept. 6 at an on-campus residence, according to a statement from the victim's family that was published by the college's student newspaper, The Gettysburgian.

Gunmen opened fire in a popular entertainment district near the University of Alabama’s campus in Birmingham on Saturday night, killing four people and wounding dozens, the local police said. The authorities said they were still looking for the shooters. The police responded to calls of a shooting in the Five Points South area of Birmingham just past 11 p.m., Truman Fitzgerald, a spokesman for the Birmingham Police Department, said at a news conference. Two men and one woman were found dead at...

WASHINGTON—Washington and Baghdad have reached an agreement for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and other foreign forces from Iraq by the end of 2026, according to U.S. military officials, in the latest attempt to curtail America’s two-decade long military commitment. Hundreds of U.S. and coalition troops based in Baghdad, western Iraq and other parts of the country would leave by next September, followed by a drawdown of forces in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil by the end of the following year...

Former President Trump unveiled a new policy proposal, promising to eliminate sanctuary cities throughout the country. "Today, I am announcing a new plan to end all sanctuary cities in North Carolina and all across our country," Trump said during a Saturday rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. The comments come as Trump has continued to hammer Vice President Kamala Harris on border security, noting her role in being appointed the "border czar" before the administration oversaw record-setting...

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday announced a new temporary government funding proposal with key amendments from the original bill he put forward earlier this month, going against former President Donald Trump’s wishes and making some concessions to Democrats. The new bill would fund the government through Dec. 20 and does not include any part of the SAVE Act, the Trump-backed election security proposal that would require people to show proof...

The FBI agent leading the investigation into the second Trump assassination attempt was probed for allegedly targeting conservative agents for their viewpoints and retaliating against them for making protected disclosures as whistleblowers, according to a new letter delivered to Congress by a government watchdog which represents several FBI whistleblowers.  The group—Empower Oversight—sent the letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan Thursday ahead of a planned hearing in the...

The 2024 presidential race clearly remains a contest either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris can win, CBS News' latest polling finds.  But with interest rates and gas prices coming down, the number of voters saying the economy is good has ticked up. That, along with a debate voters say was net positive for her, has helped Harris a bit.  The vice president has now moved to the slightest of edges across the battleground states (it was 50-50 last...

In the 1980s and '90s, a push to lower the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for getting behind the wheel took the country by storm. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was formed in 1980, and in 2000, President Bill Clinton signed into law the nationwide .08 BAC limit—conditioning the provision of federal highway funds on state compliance with the new limit. Drunk driving rates are far lower today than several decades ago—falling by around half since the...

Former President Donald Trump stated in a Sunday interview that he doesn't expect to run for president again in 2028 if he loses the upcoming 2024 election. Why it matters: Trump has been a central figure in the Republican Party for the last three election cycles. The news: When asked on Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson whether he would consider another run in four years if unsuccessful in 2024, Trump responded, "No, I don't. I think … that will be it. I don't see...

The mayor of the only city in the United States with an all-Muslim government has endorsed former President Donald Trump for November’s presidential election. Amer Ghalib, who leads the city of Hamtramck in the crucial battleground state of Michigan, said on Sunday that the Republican candidate is a “man of principles” and “the right choice”, despite their disagreements on some issues. “President Trump and I may not agree on everything, but I know he is a man of principles,” Ghalib said...