'His standard playbook': How Trump spent the week of the DNC on counterprogramming

As leaders on both sides of the political aisle criticized Donald Trump while praising Joe Biden at this week’s virtual Democratic National Convention, the president did his best to steal the spotlight with a range of calculated counter-programming events and statements.

Body cam footage shows Phoenix police restraining a man on asphalt in 100-degree heat who later died

Phoenix police launched an internal investigation and released footage showing the arrest of Ramon Lopez, 28, who died in hospital shortly afterward.

Harris sets off Democratic donor stampede

Biden's new running mate has energized some donors who were disappointed after the primary, piling on top of Biden's robust fundraising.

Pakistani who killed American in court says he was given gun

A Pakistani man charged with the killing of a U.S. citizen inside a court in the country's restive northwest has claimed he had an accomplice, a lawyer who managed to sneak the gun into the building and give it to him, the police said Thursday. The American, Tahir Naseem, was gunned down in public last month in the city of Peshawar where he was on trial for blasphemy following his arrest two years ago after he had allegedly declared himself Islam's prophet. The U.S. State Department said Naseem had been “lured to Pakistan” from his home in Illinois and entrapped by the country’s controversial blasphemy law, which international rights groups have sought to have repealed.

Former Navy Seal who killed Osama bin Laden ‘banned’ from Delta Air Lines after not wearing mask

The former Navy Seal who shot and killed Osama bin Laden has sparked controversy online after he bragged about not wearing a face mask on a recent flight – a claim that has apparently seen him banned from Delta Air Lines.Robert O’Neill, 44, a former US Navy SEAL Team Six member, tweeted an image of himself on a flight where he was seen smiling in his seat without a mask.

Mauritius to scuttle oil-spill tanker, Japanese owner apologises

Mauritius said on Wednesday it planned to scuttle the Japanese-owned bulk carrier that ran aground off its shores and spilled oil over pristine waters and fragile coral reefs. The MV Wakashio struck a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island on July 25 and began spilling oil on Aug. 6, prompting the government to announce a state of environmental emergency. The spill spread over a vast area of endangered corals, affecting fish and other marine life in what some scientists have called the country's worst ecological disaster.

Black veteran serving life for $30 marijuana sale set free after nearly a decade in prison