2 dead, multiple injured in school bus crash with children on board

A plea agreement hearing has been set for Tuesday in the case of an ex-CIA officer found with 303 gold bars

Former “Grey’s Anatomy” star Isaiah Washington revealed in an Instagram post over the weekend that his wife of 29 years, Jenisa Washington, died more than a year ago.

Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News as a contributor, the cable news network announced Monday. She begins Nov. 1, and will provide commentary across shows, Fox News said in a news release. "I look forward to bringing my unique perspective from my experience as White House press secretary, along with the same energy and candor that defined my tenure, to Fox's millions of viewers across their many platforms," Leavitt said in a statement.

Texas tops list with 8,100 bans while Stephen King is again most banned author, PEN America finds The US saw almost 12,000 book bans in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, the highest number in a single year, according to the free-expression non-profit PEN America . In a report released on Monday, PEN America said that there had been 34,000 instances of book bans since the organization started tallying the increasing “book censorship crisis” across US schools in 2021.