Overnight Russian drone and missile strikes plunged parts of nine Ukrainian regions into blackout, ignited a Kyiv high-rise, and injured at least 20 people in the capital, authorities said. A 7-year-old boy was killed in Zaporizhzhia, where energy sites were hit and a hydroelectric plant was taken offline as a...
Police in Japan said human remains found in Miyagi have been identified as those of Natsuse Yamane, a 6-year-old missing since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 still unaccounted for as of the end of February. Teeth and jaw fragments discovered in February 2023 were...
Federal judges in Maryland and Tennessee weighed challenges to the government’s handling of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador fueled backlash to President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. In Maryland, Judge Paula Xinis ordered officials to explain shifting plans to deport him to a third country after ICE...
Roy Lee Ward, 53, was executed by injection early Friday at Indiana State Prison for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne, a crime that shook Dale. Pronounced dead at 12:33 a.m., his final moments were described by a spiritual advisor who held his hand as it turned...
Billionaire investor Peter Thiel held four off-the-record lectures in San Francisco exploring his fear of Armageddon and an antichrist he equates with a one-world state. Recordings, not disputed by his spokesperson, show him denouncing international bodies, environmentalism and tech guardrails, and floating figures like Greta Thunberg and Bill Gates as...
Attorney General Pam Bondi was blindsided when President Donald Trump’s handpicked US attorney, Lindsey Halligan, won a grand jury indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James on bank fraud and false statements charges, sources told CNN. Halligan, leading the Eastern District of Virginia, moved ahead without coordinating with Bondi...
At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Qatari Defense Minister Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced a finalized accord enabling the Qatari Emiri Air Force to build a facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. The site will host Qatari F‑15s and pilots for combined training...
After saying he didn’t recall a meeting with Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley about the offense, A.J. Brown stood out on one pivotal snap. With 11:36 left in the fourth and the Eagles down 10 at the Giants’ 15, Hurts targeted Jahan Dotson. Cor’Dale Flott intercepted it, returning the pick...
Viral videos captured a tense moment at Billie Eilish’s Miami concert when a fan yanked the singer toward the crowd as she high‑fived attendees at the Kaseya Center, sending her into the barrier. Eilish steadied herself and kept moving. A woman in the audience confronted another concertgoer, and Miami police...
China announced tit-for-tat port fees on U.S.-linked vessels, charging 400 yuan per net ton per voyage from Oct. 14, rising annually to 1,120 yuan by 2028, capped at five calls per ship each year. The measure mirrors Washington’s planned charges on Chinese ships and targets U.S.-owned, operated, flagged, or U.S.-built...
