U.S. & World

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed two pieces of sweeping social media regulation into law Thursday that require social media companies to get parental consent for minors using their services, making Utah the first state to impose such measures in the U.S. 

The TikTok account for the popular snack brand uploaded a video on Tuesday to debunk recent viral posts from users who said people can eat the snack without having to take off its plastic lining.

The contract with the service workers covers more than half of the 70,000-plus workforce at Disney World.

Police said a woman met men at Miami nightclubs, enticed them back to their apartments, drugged them and then stole their Rolexes and other high-end belongings.

For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released the new estimates of how common autism is. It estimates that 1 in 36 children who were age 8 in 2020 had autism. That’s up from 1 in...

As migrants cross illegally into the U.S. from Canada at historically high levels, U.S. officials have begun flying migrants apprehended at the northern border south to Texas. 

A prosecutor says a hostage rescue in Houston in which one person was fatally shot on Thursday first began days ago when three migrants were kidnapped from a vehicle in a neighboring county.

A North Texas twin, who was conjoined and separated from her sister earlier this year at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, headed home for the first time ever this week.

An investigation is underway after a young boy was found naked inside a dog cage in a Philadelphia home, police said.

Darryl Cohen is facing three different counts of fraud, which could amount to 20 years in prison.

A far-right extremist who was “obsessed” with white nationalist Nick Fuentes was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol and directing a mob toward the office of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, where another rioter stole a laptop.

A pilot from another airline who was a passenger aboard a Southwest flight helped land the aircraft after its captain “fainted or became incapacitated.”

Hyundai and Kia are telling owners of over 571,000 SUVs and minivans in the U.S. to park them outdoors because the tow hitch harnesses can catch fire while they are parked or being driven. The Korean automakers are recalling the vehicles. Affected Hyundais include the 2019 to 2023 Santa Fe, the 2021 to 2023 Santa Fe Hybrid, the 2022 and...