Hurricane Isaias has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane, which still includes extremely dangerous winds and extensive damage

Latest forecast, track and expected Alabama landfall timing as residents monitor impacts, watches and warnings.

The Category 2 storm brought the possibility of life-threatening flooding to the region as more than 500,000 customers in Alabama and Florida were without power.

NBC News’ Jesse Kirsch reports from Destin, Florida, and describes the heavy wind gusts and rain hitting the area as Hurricane Isaias moves through.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s announcement that the execution of the convicted Fort Hood mass shooter would be shown in public caught people across the Pentagon and the Army off guard, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

The defense secretary couldn’t contain his bloodlust when discussing making a firing squad execution available to the public.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major who killed 13 unarmed soldiers and injured another 32 at Ford Hood, will be livestreamed. MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s confirmation Thursday that the firing squad death of the Fort Hood mass shooter will be livestreamed was swiftly met with bipartisan outrage and questions over how the public execution will be carried out.

President Donald Trump and Iran’s leadership appear to agree on one thing about their seven-month-old war: they each insist the U.S. election calendar isn’t motivating them to find an end to it. Persistent inflation and high gas prices fueled by the conflict have driven widespread American disapproval of the war — a sentiment casting a long shadow over the Nov.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States is having productive discussions with Iran and will not launch an attack on the country before the midterm congressional election.

President Donald Trump’s declaration Thursday that he would not attack Iran again before next month’s midterm elections was an implicit admission of the damage being inflicted on Republican hopes by a war that has defied his promise of a quick victory.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will not resume military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections

Ditka died Friday at 86, his family announced in a statement. The Pro Football Hall of Famer was remembered by the sports world and beyond for his impact on the game as both a player and a coach, and later as a TV analyst.

Mike Ditka, who personified the toughness and grit of Chicago in a Hall of Fame career as a player and coach of the Bears and the leader of arguably the most dominant team in NFL history, has died. He was 86.

The former player and coach, known for his sweaters and aviator sunglasses, won championships as a game-changing tight end before leading one of the most memorable teams in NFL history.

Mike Ditka, a Pro Football Hall of ⁠Fame ⁠tight end best known as ⁠the slick-haired and mustachioed head coach who led the NFL's Chicago Bears to ​their only Super Bowl triumph in 1986, has died. He was 86.

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official says federal officers shot and wounded a Dominican man in New York because they believed their lives were in danger.

New video shows the moments before an ICE-involved shooting in New York City. Officials said the suspect was treated at the hospital and is now in federal detention. DHS said the suspect weaponized his vehicle towards officers.

A 5-year-old boy was in the car when the man was shot, authorities said.

The BBC's Nada Tawfik goes through new dramatic body cam footage that shows the tense moments when police arrive on scene.

The update comes just four days after Pike's attorneys said that she was considered brain dead.

Lawyers for Tennessee inmate Christa Pike say she has taken her first steps with assistance, just one week after a failed execution left her in critical condition

Christa Pike, who has regained consciousness and is speaking a week Tennessee failed to execute her, is believed to be the only person to survive after receiving lethal injection drugs during an execu

Christa Pike, the Tennessee death row inmate who survived two lethal injection doses, is "up and walking" but faces pneumonia and severe arm injuries.