Sam Darnold is coming off arguably his best career game in the NFL last week in his Minnesota Vikings‘ debut against the New York Giants, and he brought that confidence to the team’s home opener against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. After his defense came up with a big fourth-down stop, Darnold was back on his own 3-yard line …

The House of Representatives passed a roughly $3 billion veterans supplemental funding bill with broad support Tuesday. It comes as Congress is barreling toward an Oct. 1 partial government shutdown deadline with no agreement between Republicans and Democrats on federal spending in the next fiscal year. Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., who spearheaded the veterans bill, said he was hopeful that …

A New York City Department of Education manager and five other employees brought their own family to Disney World and on other excursions with city funds meant for homeless students, according to a report. The New York Post first reported that the Special Commissioner of Investigation (SCI) for New York City schools alleges the workers’ actions robbed disadvantaged children of …

Brooklyn residents say they were blindsided by New York City officials’ decision to open an all-male migrant shelter on the same block as an elementary school. “We wanted to know when it’s going to happen, what are the logistics, what are the safety measures. We were not given any transparency,” Brooklyn mom of three Irina Edelstein says in the Independent …

Prince Harry is expected to get a reported $8.5 million payday on his birthday — but it seems not everyone is celebrating. The U.K.’s Mirror previously reported that the Duke of Sussex, who is turning 40 on Sunday, will get the major cash haul from his late great-grandmother’s estate. The outlet reported that the amount is more than what Prince …

Sitting for prolonged periods is known to raise the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity — but it can also contribute to “dead butt syndrome,” according to health experts who specialize in musculoskeletal injuries. The condition, otherwise known as gluteal amnesia, involves numbness or pain in the buttocks, or pain in the upper thigh and hip, after …

A fuel truck explosion on a road in Haiti’s southern peninsula on Saturday killed 24 people and left half of the 40 injured survivors with third-degree burns, the government said. Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille visited the site, near the coastal city of Miragoane in the department of Nippes, and said some of the most seriously injured victims were evacuated …

Vice President Kamala Harris has made up significant ground on former President Trump in Iowa, a state previously thought to be safely in the former president’s column. Harris has narrowed Trump’s lead to four points, trailing the former president 47% to 43% in Iowa, according to the latest Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll released Sunday. The poll represents a shocking …

Former President Trump was safe after the Secret Service fired at a gun-toting man outside Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, Sunday, sources told Fox News. Authorities are treating the case as a potential assassination attempt, and arrested a man sources identified as Ryan Wesley Routh. Routh was allegedly armed with a rifle when agents fired at …

Vice President Harris was mocked online for debuting another “new accent” during a Congressional Black Caucus event Saturday night. “Hello to all of my Divine Nine brothers and sisters,” Harris said at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. “And to all my HBCU brothers and sisters.” The account End Wokeness shared the clip on X, …