Today’s Lead News Stories

Advocates call for removal of machines and demand that company speak out against ICE raids in parking lots

Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle's death in a plane crash adds to a list of athletes lost in aviation accidents

Biffle was named one of the 75 greatest drivers in 2023

President claims bonus the result of tariff revenue but stipend had already been approved in tax-and-spend bill

Report on Kamala Harris’s loss to Trump would be a ‘distraction’ as party is ‘putting our learnings into motion’

Images, undated and uncaptioned, include lines from Lolita written on woman’s body and show Bill Gates and Noam Chomsky

Mario Pineida, a 33-year-old defender for Barcelona Sporting Club, was shot and killed Wednesday in an apparent targeted attack in the northern sector of Guayaquil, Ecuadorian police confirmed. The incident also left at least one other person dead and a third injured, according to authorities and local media.

Proposal would ban use of Medicaid funds to cover puberty blockers, hormone treatments or surgical procedures

Lead singer Carlos "Mono" Suarez of Peruvian rock band Mi Major Amigo Scott was hospitalized after an electric shock from a faulty microphone during a live show in Lima. Treated for first-degree burns, Suarez remains conscious and urges improved safety to prevent future incidents in the independent music scene.