U.S. & World

Just a few days before New Year’s Eve, Alicia Arritt received a text message out of the blue from her ex-boyfriend, a decorated U.S. special forces soldier named Matthew Livelsberger.

An Arizona death row prisoner has asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier than authorities were aiming for.

Flu is taking off in the U.S., with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week.

The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Year’s Day confided to a former girlfriend — who had served as an Army nurse — that he faced significant pain and exhaustion that she says were key symptoms of traumatic brain injury.

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In an extraordinary turn, a judge has set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he’s due to return to the White House — but indicated he wouldn’t be jailed.

Much remains unknown about the man who carried out an attack in New Orleans and another who died in an explosion in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.

A former Virginia hospital worker was arrested in connection with an incident that left three babies with “unexplainable fractures,” officials said.

Rudy Giuliani is testifying in a New York courtroom at a contempt hearing to decide whether he has dodged and deceived lawyers trying to recover a $148 million judgment for two Georgia election workers.

Star U.S. sprinter Fred Kerley was arrested in Miami Beach for alleged battery on a law enforcement officer and other charges, police said.

President Joe Biden will visit New Orleans next week, with the city still reeling from the deadly New Year’s rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a truck into revelers.

The department says it’s the first such fine against an airline over chronic delays, and it blames JetBlue for “unrealistic scheduling.”

The 42-year-old Texas man once impressed an Army commander with his attitude and work ethic, but over the past few years, his life began to deteriorate.