The Justice Department on Tuesday said a postcard depicting Jeffrey Epstein indicating President Trump loved “young” girls was a “fake,” saying the document had been flagged for the FBI at the time.

Most Texans would be thrilled to get a Buc-ee's in their town. But the beaver's potential arrival in Palmer Lake, Colorado, has started a civil war in the idyllic town. Neighbors have turned on neighbors, residents have filed lawsuits, and the town's government has basically collapsed. In November 2024, the Texas-based travel center proposed building a location in the small town. Palmer Lake is the perfect spot for a Buc-ee's. It sits just off of Interstate 25 between Denver and Colorado Springs, the state's two largest cities. But while many Texans are mad about the beaver, Coloradans are just plain mad at him. Some residents objected to the massive new travel center almost immediately after it was proposed. Residents drove around a bus advertising a website called "StopBucees.com," which urged residents to say "NO to unreasonable and excessive commercial development!" On Dec. 16, Colorado Public Radio reported that the Palmer Lake city attorney and two of the city's trustees, positions akin to city council members, resigned over the proposal. The three departures over the Buc-ee's follow others. The town's former mayor, a woman named Glant Havenar, resigned in June after it was revealed that she called a resident a "cow," another "unfortunate looking," and labeled others as "terrorists" over the Buc-ee's fight. Then, in September, voters recalled two trustees, Shana Ball and Kevin Dreher. And the board had to fill a different seat vacated by a trustee who stepped down in October over the controversy.

More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.

Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.

This morning, Representative Darrin Madison (D-10) joined colleagues in both chambers of the Capitol to announce new accountability measures for law enforcement in Wisconsin. The package is designed to prevent misuse of private data, a risk exacerbated by increased use of facial recognition and artificial intelligence technology by Milwaukee-area law enforcement, including the Milwaukee Police Department. It also prohibits the use of certain nonscientific and dangerous police training practices, among other protections.

“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."

As habitat loss and invasive predators decimate the Texas horned lizard population, researchers are banking on statewide fervor to bring them back.

A pall is hanging over the holiday season in Lexington, Nebraska, where the Tyson beef plant, by far the largest employer in small town, is set to lay off 3,200 people when the company closes the facility on Jan. 20, after three decades of operation.

A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent consensus.

On Monday morning, the network’s editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, told staffers she axed the report on Saturday “because it wasn’t ready,” although “60 Minutes” correspondents felt it was “not an editorial decision” but “a political one.” According to The New York Times, Weiss suggested “numerous changes to the segment” and wanted it to feature an interview with Stephen Miller or another senior Trump administration official. She said the piece was centered on information that had already been reported by the Times, and “we simply need to do more.”

Rats finding their way through plumbing and up through toilets is nothing new. But after heavy rain and flooding, like the record-setting floods Washington state experienced in December 2025, can force more rodents into sewer systems.

California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living flesh and once devastated U.S. livestock. By monitoring traps and educating veterinarians and farmers, they hope to stop the pest before it gains a foothold.

Group called Robins des Ruelles later said in statement stunt was intended to highlight cost of living crisis

Screenshots and message logs obtained by The Crimson appear to show Salient leaders casually using racial slurs, defending extremist rhetoric, and dismissing internal concerns — conversations that later became central to the board’s decision to suspend the magazine.

Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.

One of Kentucky’s largest bourbon producers apparently is pausing whiskey production at the end of the year. Jim Beam, which is one of the largest makers of American whiskey in the world, is planning to shut down production in Happy Hollow in Clermont on Jan. 1 through 2026... The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry grapples with a glut of whiskey and a slump in demand at home. In response, the industry has pulled back production by more than 55 million proof-gallons (an industry unit of measurement) or more than 28% through August, the lowest level since 2018. At the same time, exports have been curtailed to major trading partners; Canada has been boycotting American spirits since March in retaliation for President Trump’s ongoing trade war and U.S. whiskey sales to that country are down by more than 60% through October.

What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.

Trump's FDA claims that companies selling chest binders have "misbranded" medical devices.

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik will suspend her campaign for governor of New York and leave her seat in Congress at the end of 2026, she confirmed to the Times Union on Friday. In an interview with columnist Chris Churchill, Stefanik cited a difficult political climate and a primary challenge from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman as the primary reasons for her decision not to move forward with her challenge to Gov. Kathy Hochul — a campaign that was previewed for several months before being formally announced after last month’s general election... It’s the second time in the past year that Stefanik has had to back out of her pursuit of a position outside Congress: She was first set to leave office in the spring after being nominated by President Donald J. Trump, just days after his reelection, to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, an entity that she previously described as “a deep den of antisemitism.” But her confirmation was delayed by several special elections in the U.S. House that left the GOP’s narrow majority at least temporarily drawn down. The nomination was withdrawn by Trump in March because he and other Republicans feared losing their slim majority over Democrats.

After decades of effort, intersection of Essex and Delancey streets on the Lower East Side will be named Jack Kirby Way!