After five days of on-and-off talks in Istanbul, Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to extend a ceasefire, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said, with a Nov. 6 follow up and a new mechanism to monitor violations and penalize offenders. The truce pauses the most intense cross-border exchanges in years—dozens killed after an Oct....
Vice President JD Vance sparked backlash after telling a University of Mississippi audience he hopes his Hindu-raised wife, Usha, will convert to his Catholic faith. The remarks, delivered at a Turning Point USA event, drew criticism from Indians and Indian Americans who said he disrespected her religious choices and implied...
Blue Origin cleared a key hurdle for New Glenn’s second flight, igniting seven BE-4 engines on the Cape Canaveral pad for 38 seconds at 9:59 pm EDT Thursday. The run hit full power for 22 seconds, topped nearly 3.9 million pounds of thrust, and included staged shutdowns to mimic a...
The Pentagon has shifted recent anti-smuggling strikes from the Caribbean to the eastern Pacific, where officials say intelligence more clearly links cocaine routes to the US. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the last four strikes were in the Pacific, part of 15 since September that have killed at least 61...
Heidi Klum is stoking suspense for her annual Halloween bash, teasing a grotesque toothy mouth and pea green face paint on Instagram while tagging prosthetic makeup designer Mike Marino. Fans guessed Gremlin Greta or the Grinch. The 52-year-old model also shared plaster casts of her back and face, promising an...
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled Friday that President Donald Trump cannot require documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form, calling the directive an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers. Granting partial summary judgment to Democratic and civil rights groups, she permanently barred the U.S. Election...
Federal prosecutors charged Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker of Needham, Alabama, with making an Interstate Communications Threat after a string of menacing calls and texts to rabbis, an imam, a church and others, including telling one rabbi “I want you to die.” Arrested earlier on related state counts, he denied intent to...
Travelers across the US face a spooky Halloween as severe weather and staffing shortages tied to the government shutdown trigger widespread disruption. Ground delays hit Orlando MCO, Austin-Bergstrom and Nashville amid an air traffic control staffing shortage. By 3 pm ET, 3,437 flights within, into, or out of the U.S....
Google is opening early access to Gemini in Google Home. Gemini adds smarter, contextual commands — including multi-device control and tune recognition with details about artists or albums. Subscribers to Google Home Premium Advanced can have Gemini analyze camera footage, label events in video history, and surface key clips from...
Illinois civil rights groups sued federal agencies Friday, alleging inhumane, torturous conditions at ICE’s Broadview immigration facility near Chicago. The ACLU of Illinois and the MacArthur Justice Center say agents blocked attorney access and outside oversight and coerced detainees into signing rights‑waiving paperwork. Lawyers and relatives call Broadview a de...
