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Four people were arrested and charged Monday in connection with the death of a 5-year-old boy who was killed in a hyperbaric chamber in Michigan this year, police said. Thomas Cooper died in a fiery explosion on Jan. 31 while he was undergoing treatment at the Oxford Center, an alternative …

English actor Ian McKellen called on closeted gay actors to “come out” and “get into the sunshine” in an interview published Sunday in The Times of London. McKellen, 85, came out in a radio interview with the BBC in 1988, before going on to co-found an LGBTQ rights charity in …

Demonstrators plan to take over Federal Plaza in New York City on Monday to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate arrested by federal immigration agents. Khalil, who helped organize the school’s pro-Palestinian protests, was hauled away from his university-owned apartment Saturday night by Immigration …

TOKYO, Japan — More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago Monday in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo, the Japanese capital. The attack, made with conventional bombs, destroyed downtown Tokyo and filled the streets with heaps of charred bodies. The damage was comparable to the …

At least eight people were injured when a customer rammed into a CarMax store in Inglewood, California, Saturday afternoon, according to the Inglewood Police Department. The incident is being investigated as an intentional act. Police were dispatched to the store on the 8600 block of S. La Cienega Boulevard at …

Federal workers under pressure as Trump agenda ramps up All employees of the Department of Health and Human Services, overseen by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., received unsigned emails Friday night offering them a “voluntary separation incentive payment.” The move comes after President Donald Trump clarified in a Cabinet meeting …

LAS VEGAS — Former kickboxer and controversial internet personality Andrew Tate was cageside for UFC 313 inside T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night, one night after attending Dana White’s Power Slap 12 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Tate and his brother, Tristan, left Romania late last month after a travel ban on …

AUSTIN, Texas — Xavier Worthy was released Saturday after a district attorney in Texas declined to pursue charges against the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver following an arrest in which he had been accused of felony domestic violence. Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick told the Austin American-Statesman his office …

Brush fires have erupted in Long Island and near Brooklyn as strong winds in New York created an elevated risk of fire spread Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. A special weather statement was active Saturday in New York City and Long Island, where a combination of “low relative …

A Newark police officer was killed and another officer suffered critical injuries in a shooting in New Jersey’s largest city Friday evening, according to the police union and officials. Gunfire erupted after 6 p.m. in the area of Broadway and Carteret Street in the city’s North Ward, the Essex County …