A foreign exchange student from China who was reported missing last week in Utah has been found in what authorities said was an apparent “cyber kidnapping” scheme to extort $80,000 from the student’s family.
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Someone in Michigan has won an $842.4 million Powerball jackpot on the first day of 2024, the first time it has been won on New Year’s Day since the game’s start in 1992.
Dozens of people are still unaccounted for after Hamas infiltrated Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking about 240 hostages.
Young survivors of the Tribe of Nova music festival have tried to come to terms with traumas of that horror-filled day during a five-day retreat at Secret Forest.
Vice President Kamala Harris engaged in a speed round of diplomatic talks with Arab leaders on Saturday where she focused on shaping the outlook for a post-conflict Gaza.
Israel pounded targets in the southern half of the Gaza Strip on Saturday and ordered more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacuate as Hamas launched rockets.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said the bill would help Israel defend itself and eradicate Hamas, but President Joe Biden said he would veto the legislation.
U.S. and Arab mediators called for at least a brief halt to the war between Hamas and Israel in order to aid Palestinian civilians.
The numbers drawn Monday were 12-26-27-43-47 with a Powerball (red) of 5.
The NTSB issued a preliminary report on the July crash, with new details that added to questions about whether the pilots could see the runway as they attempted to land.
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United States government’s credit rating, citing rising debt and a “steady deterioration in standards of governance” over the past two decades.
The U.S. Capitol Police had said that the buildings were locked down earlier in the day in response to a 911 call.
Cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, servers, bellmen and front desk agents at hotels were picketing outside major hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties just as the summer tourist is ramping up.
In Baltimore, nine victims were transported by ambulance and 20 victims walked into area hospitals with injuries from the shooting. More than a dozen were minors.
Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to a multi-decade drought.
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