First responders at scene of a mass shooting Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, in Stockton, Calif. Ethan Swope/AP hide caption
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Signs are displayed outside a tent encampment at Northwestern University on April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Ill. Teresa Crawford/AP hide caption
Snow covered vehicles sit in a rental car parking lot at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
As the Atlantic hurricane season draws to a close, the most destructive storm of the year was Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5 hurricane walloped Jamaica in late October. It was the strongest storm to ever hit Jamaica, killing dozens and decimating scores of neighborhoods. There was forecast uncertainty in the days before landfall. But one particular model got it exactly right. Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Derek McManus has ALS, but his insurer initially refused to provide an advanced medical ventilator. Each machine can cost insurers more than $10,000. An independent appeals reviewer ordered the insurer to provide one. Lauren Petracca for KFF Health News hide caption
National Guardsmen patrol in front of the Washington Monument on the National Mall on Friday. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption
Friday
An American Airlines Airbus A320-211 is seen on the tarmac on Jan. 8, 2020, at Philadelphia International Airport. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One on Nov. 16 at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images hide caption
The parking lot at Hilltop Mall in Richmond, California. The U.S. has devoted huge swaths of its cities and suburbs to storing cars. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
A small memorial of flowers and an American flag has been set up outside the Farragut West Metro station on Nov. 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot on Nov. 26, blocks from the White House in what authorities are calling a targeted shooting. Andrew Leyden/Getty Images hide caption
Trump Suspends Immigration After Guard Attack, Holiday Economy, Retail Spending
Harjinder Singh is seen on a video screen next to his attorney Tejinder Bains during court proceedings in Fort Pierce, Fla. on Nov. 13, 2025. The Indian-born Singh was behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler in August when he allegedly made an illegal U-turn, causing a crash that killed three people. Cody Jackson/AP hide caption
Transportation Department wants tougher rules for commercial driver's licenses
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A woman carries away a free turkey during the Los Angeles Police Department turkey drive on November 20, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
What's motivating volunteers across the country, especially this Thanksgiving
The Belgian Sheepdog, Soleil, and handler Daniel Martin of Princeton, N.C., won Best in Show at the 24th Annual National Dog Show presented by Purina. National Dog Show hide caption
Streets are blocked after reports that two National Guard soldiers were shot near the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Anthony Peltier/AP hide caption
In this April 6, 2006 file photo, Fuzzy Zoeller encourages the crowd to be quiet on the second hole during first round play at the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Morry Gash/AP hide caption