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Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart gave employees an update in an all-hands meeting on Thursday, according to audio obtained by CNBC.

New York City is gearing up security again for possible action from the grand jury against former President Donald Trump, multiple law enforcement sources familiar with the preparations said Thursday. Stressing the situational fluidity, the sources said the ramped-up security is related to the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing investigati...

Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius is eligible for parole and has applied to be released from prison 10 years after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his home.

Nashville authorities have released 911 calls that capture the terror inside an elementary school during this week’s mass shooting, as people in hushed voices urged dispatchers to send help with sirens, crying and gunfire audible in the background.

U.S. authorities on Thursday said they arrested a Washington state man who made more than 20 “swatting” calls around the country and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses to his fake reports of bombs, shootings or other threats.

A heated debate erupted on Capitol Hill when Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a former middle school principal, yelled at his GOP colleagues Wednesday and repeatedly called them “cowards” for not supporting stricter gun measures in the wake of the Nashville school shooting.

A trove of FBI documents made public this week offers a new view into high-stakes gambler Stephen Paddock’s mindset before he carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern America.

Josselyn Berry, the press secretary for Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, resigned Wednesday over a social media post that was criticized as promoting violence against transphobic people.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro has returned to Brazil after a three-month stint in Florida following his election loss. The right-wing populist told supporters after he arrived that he doesn’t think leftists will be in power in Brazil for long. Bolsonaro, who is the subject of several investigations that could stymie any attempts at a political co...

For every American killed by gunfire, an estimated two or more more survive, often with terrible injuries. Public health experts say that fact is crucial to understanding the full impact of guns on society. A new government study highlights a surge in people wounded by gunshots during the pandemic, when the number of people fatally shooting each ot...

The top Mexican immigration official in the state where a detention center fire killed at least 39 migrants allegedly was informed of the fire by phone and ordered that the migrants not be released.

More than 50 years after her capture, the Miami Seaquarium’s Lolita, one of the oldest killer whales in captivity, will be returned to her home waters in the Pacific.

The ruling Thursday by U.S. District Judge Reed O’ Connor blocks the requirement that most insurers cover preventive care such as vaccines and cancer screenings.