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The sender of the first ransom note in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance opened with a direct warning to her daughter, "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, telling her that her mother's life "is in your hands."

Johnny Depp is stepping into one of literature's most famous roles this holiday season, playing the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in "Ebenezer," a new big-screen take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" from horror director Ti West. For Depp,

Democrats this week are debating the order of the 2028 presidential state primary calendar, which will determine how much influence the party factions have in choosing the eventual nominee.

Long John Silver's closed about 30 restaurants across 18 states last year, according to a newly issued franchise disclosure document, though the opening of 10 new locations left the chain with a net loss of 23 outlets.

Airports in Tampa, Des Moines and Charleston, South Carolina, have opted into the TSA Gold+ program that allows private contractors to do airport security screening.

The House version of the fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill calls on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to report on the Chinese Communist Party's influence in South Korea.

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will take up a slate of kids online safety and AI bills the first week of August.

The Council on Criminal Justice's midyear report released Thursday shows homicides are on track to hit their lowest point in U.S. recorded history amid an overall decline in crime nationwide.

KAROLINE LEAVITT defends WNBA player Sophie Cunningham, who said biological men should not play in women's sports: "Men should not be playing in women's sports. It's completely ludicrous that anyone could support that ...

The Charles County Sheriff's Office has arrested two men accused of stealing more than 100 bronze vases from a cemetery so they could be melted down.