Searches Enter Third Day as 70 Dead in Central Texas Floods
Hundreds of first responders continue to comb through the Hill Country region of Texas for a third straight day after fatal flash floods swept through the region early Friday, killing nearly 70 people, with dozens still missing. Why It Matters Fast-moving floodwaters surged 26 feet along the Guadalupe River before dawn on Friday, sweeping away […]
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Thousands Gather in Tehran to Mourn Dead from Israel Strikes
Hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets of Iran’s capital on Saturday for a state funeral honoring about 60 Iranians killed in Israeli strikes over the past few weeks, including top military commanders and nuclear scientists. Why It Matters In what President Donald Trump has called the “12 Day War,” in mid-June Israel initially […]
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At Least 3 Dead in West Virginia Floods: What to Know
At least three people were killed and several others remain missing after flash floods swept through parts of West Virginia on Saturday night. “I have declared a state of emergency for Ohio County,” Governor Patrick Morrisey said in a Sunday morning Facebook post that announced “multiple fatalities.” Newsweek has reached out to the Ohio County […]
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Florida Sheriff’s Ominous Warning to Rioters: ‘Kill You Graveyard Dead’
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Thousands of Dead People Got Student Aid, Trump Admin Finds
The U.S. Department of Education revealed that over $30 million in federal student aid had been distributed to thousands of deceased individuals during the past three years. The disclosure followed an internal cross-check of student aid records against federal grant logs and the Social Security Death Index. Why It Matters The discovery of erroneous payments […]
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Two Dead, More Than 700 Arrested or Injured During Soccer Celebrations
By Jasmine Laws is a US News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on health insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid, but she also writes about U.S. politics, crime and global affairs. Jasmine joined Newsweek in 2024 from News UK and had previously written for the Metro, Byline Times, The Human […]
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Philadelphia Mass Shooting Leaves Two Dead, Multiple Injured: What To Know
By Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south, fertility and birth rate issues around the world, multiple disease outbreaks in the U.S. and ongoing vaccination discourse. Jordan joined Newsweek in 2024 […]
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Navy Officer Charged After Wife Found Dead in Hotel Room
A U.S. Navy officer was charged with second-degree murder on Wednesday in the death of his wife, Jessica “Jesse” Arguinzoni Olsen, whose body was discovered in a hotel room in Japan in October. Lieutenant Commander Christopher Olsen was also charged with obstruction of justice at a preliminary hearing at Naval Base San Diego on Wednesday. […]
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Dead Body on New York Subway Was Target of Robbery and Sexual Misconduct
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is still searching for two people accused of misconduct involving a corpse on a Manhattan subway train late Tuesday into early Wednesday, a department spokesperson confirmed to Newsweek on Sunday. Newsweek has reached out to the office of the chief medical examiner for comment via email on Sunday. Why […]
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Memphis Mass Shooting Leaves One Dead, Multiple Injured: What To Know
By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held various editorial roles covering different beats, […]
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