SAN DIEGO -- It was as though Han Solo himself had stepped into the San Diego Convention Center.
Harrison Ford made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con Saturday, and the crowd of some 6,000 sci-fi and comic book fans greeted him with a sustained standing ovation unmatched by any other during this year's event.
Two security guards playfully brought him out in handcuffs.
Legislation that would allow mining companies to use public land regardless of whether mineral deposits have been found on the land passed the House and will head to the Senate.
The two candidates are the top finishers among those running in the Las Vegas mayoral primary, based on a recent Emerson College voter preference poll.
Eldorado High School had barred a senior from wearing cultural regalia but reversed its position after the ACLU became involved.
Police detained several people Thursday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after demonstrators blocked a parking garage in their ongoing protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war.
Two backcountry skiers were killed and one was rescued after an avalanche in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City, authorities said.
State officials reported the presence of deadly chronic wasting disease in two wild California deer earlier this week.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed the back-to-back WNBA champion Aces to the White House to celebrate their achievement.
The United States warned that Israel will be dealing a strategic victory to Hamas if it carries out plans for an all-out assault on Rafah.
Republican Attorney General Dave Yost advised the presidents of Ohio’s 14 public, four-year universities to forewarn students about the 1953 law.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday called for an end to antisemitism on campus as he met with university leaders.
