U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Wednesday night that an investigation was underway after the Cuban government opened fire on a speedboat they claimed was registered in Florida, killing four people and wounding multiple others.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from his teaching gig at Harvard University over his relationship with notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.

Summers, a prominent economist at the university, announced Wednesday that he will resign from his professorship and other faculty appointments at Harvard University at the end of the 2025-2026 academic year. This decision follows increased public scrutiny related to his past associations with Jeffrey Epstein.

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon is among the defendants named in a civil lawsuit filed by a St. Paul church congregant over the disruption of a worship service on January 18, 2026, at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. The same incident has also resulted in federal criminal charges against Lemon and eight other individuals.

A dozen of the world’s most advanced fighter jets touched down in Israel this week, signaling a sharp escalation in America’s military posture as President Donald Trump warned Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions or face consequences.

According to The Times of Israel, twelve U.S. F-22 stealth fighters arrived Tuesday at an Israeli Air Force base as part of the American buildup across the Middle East. Open-source flight tracking data showed the aircraft departing from Royal Air Force Lakenheath in the United Kingdom, though one jet reportedly turned back because of a technical issue before completing the trip.

Cuban authorities on Wednesday reported a confrontation between Border Guard Troops of the Ministry of the Interior and a speedboat registered in Florida, which left at least four people dead and others wounded.

The incident took place in Cuban territorial waters off the northern coast, resulting in four fatalities and six injuries among individuals on the speedboat, as well as one injury to a Cuban border guard commander.

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is leading in the tightly-contested Texas Democratic Party Senate primary by a whopping 12 points, according to a new poll.

The survey, which was conducted by the University of Texas/Texas Politics, among likely Democratic primary voters, showed Crockett leading with 56 percent of the vote and Talarico trailing 44 percent. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 percentage points for the Democratic subset.

A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Atlanta was forced to turn back to Savannah Sunday evening after a left engine failure shortly after takeoff,  an issue that sparked a brush fire near the runway.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that Delta Flight 1067 departed Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport around 6:45 p.m. but experienced a malfunction involving its left engine minutes into the climb.

President Donald Trump used one of the most-watched political stages of the year to revive a familiar feud.

During his Tuesday State of the Union address, Trump urged Congress to pass the Stop Insider Trading Act, legislation designed to bar members of Congress and their immediate families from buying and selling individual stocks. The proposal is intended to prevent lawmakers from profiting off nonpublic information obtained through their official duties.

Federal agents executed search warrants at the home and office of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, The California Post confirmed Tuesday, in a developing probe that has sent shockwaves through one of the nation’s largest school systems.

President Donald Trump returned to the State of the Union stage Tuesday night, and early reaction from viewers suggested the speech landed with much of the television audience.

A CNN Instant Poll conducted immediately after the address found 64 percent of respondents said Trump is moving the country in the right direction. Before the speech, 54 percent of viewers surveyed said they approved of the direction he was taking the nation.

New York Rangers icon Ron Duguay is facing the toughest fight of his life.

The 68-year-old former NHL star revealed to Page Six that he has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer that originated in his colon and has been battling the disease for more than a year. During that time, he has lost both his appendix and gallbladder as part of treatment.

Larry Summers is leaving Harvard as questions swirl over his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein — and fresh attention falls on his long-standing role in Democratic politics.

The former Treasury secretary will resign from his teaching posts at Harvard University at the end of the academic year, the school announced Wednesday. Summers will also relinquish his University Professorship, Harvard’s highest faculty distinction.