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Attorney General Todd Blanche has long maintained that the so-called Epstein files, even those kept from the public, contain no secret information related to national security.  When the document releases began last winter, Blanche noted that the Epstein Files Transparency Act authorized withholding information in the interest of national security or foreign policy, but said, "no files are being withheld or redacted on that basis."  Click here for more on this story.  

Click here to read about how neighbors love and hate a traditional Halloween tradition. For more than 20 years, a Halloween display at a home in Bloomfield, New Jersey, has drawn thousands of visitors in the two weeks leading up to Halloween.  The display, created by James Joanow with the help of friends and volunteers, features an elaborate haunted attraction stretching from the side yard to the back of the property.

When fall arrives and leaves start changing color, Mike Valladao, a systems engineer at a cybersecurity company, slips into his alter ego, “Farmer Mike," also known as the “Picasso of Pumpkin Carvers.”  Farmer Mike has been chiseling whimsical faces and comical creatures into big pumpkins for more than four decades.  Click here to learn more about this fantastic artist!

Click here to see a video about how in the first six months of 2026, more than 7,500 restaurant locations have closed nationwide. Mark Strassmann reports that rising costs and declining sales are forcing some to make tough decisions .

An Idaho prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against a woman charged with murder in the 2025 deaths of her twin toddlers.  Andrea Shaw, 23, has pleaded not guilty and has said the 18-month-old twins became sick and died after receiving flu shots and routine childhood vaccinations. But Payette County Prosecutor Mike Duke wrote in court documents that an autopsy revealed symptoms consistent with smothering and wrote that suffocation "is the only conceivable explanation" for their deaths.  Click here for more.

In a world full of bad happening, a Minnesota man is talking about how he saved nearly 20 children when their school bus driver suffered a medical emergency.  Surveillance video, released by convenience store Ya Bricks Snacks and Tobacco, captured the scene on Monday. Ahmed, who was standing outside the store, said he noticed a school bus driving by with the door wide open. Click here for the video and a hero's story.

President Trump campaigned in 2024 on promises to lower Americans' cost of living, vowing to push gasoline prices below $2 a gallon and to deliver 2% mortgage rates. Two years later, consumers face sharply higher costs for many of the necessities he pledged to make more affordable.  Less than a month before the midterm elections, the gap between Mr. Trump's promises and the financial realities facing many Americans is fueling voter frustration over the economy.  Click here for on this story.

These cameras are run by a company called Flock Safety and this sabotage, which happened in late July, is a signal of growing concern over the nationwide spread of sophisticated AI-powered surveillance systems. Similar vandalism incidents have occurred in Minnesota, California, and Georgia.  Click here for more on this story.