A second round of documents related to the once high-flying financier Jeffery Epstein's patterns of serial sexual abuse has been released. The U.S. military on Thursday conducted a rare drone strike in Baghdad that killed the leader of an Iranian proxy group, attracting a prompt condemnation from Iraq. A sixth-grade student was killed Thursday and five others injured in a shooting at Perry High School in suburban Des Moines, Iowa. A Texas woman who led a human smuggling operation that trafficked hundreds of foreign nationals into the United States pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money laundering charges Thursday, the Justice Department reported. Hundreds of court documents, with the names of those associated with the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein, were unsealed Wednesday. Among the nearly 200 names are Prince Andrew, who settled a sex abuse lawsuit in 2022. A California man pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding the IRS of nearly $900,000 in taxes. New York City Mayor Eric Adams is suing more than a dozen charter bus companies for helping send migrants in from Texas. Stranded motorists who were trapped when a massive snowstorm stranded at least 1,000 vehicles on a major Swedish thoroughfare for more than 24 hours have been evacuated, officials reported late Thursday. Kim Kardashian's once-popular mobile game is shutting down after nearly 10 years. The San Antonio Zoo in Texas announced its first birth of a babirusa, a species of tusked pig native to the tropical forests of Indonesia. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, 71, a Missouri Republican and influential chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, will retire at the end of his term, he announced Thursday. A man who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot that resulted in the breach of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington and is believed to have tried to fake an overdose, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday. Secretary of State Anthony Blinked departs Thursday evening for the Middle East as tensions rise due to Israel's ongoing war with Hamas. A Chinese performer created a new Guinness World Records category with his Slinky skills when he used the spring-like toy to surround 41 glass bottles in 1 minute. A brooch purchased for under $25 from a British antique store in the 1980s is now headed to auction and is expected to fetch up to $19,000 after an appearance on "Antiques Roadshow." TGI Fridays announced Wednesday it had closed dozens of stores and plans to sell others to former CEO of the company Ray Blanchette. A transgender woman running for a house seat in Ohio was disqualified for failing to disclose her pretransition name on petitions circulated to voters. A Maryland man collected a $50,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket a few years after winning a $100,000 prize. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is asking Airstream and Winnebago vehicle owners to check their towing trailers to see if they might be subject to a recall. U.S. officials say Russia has begun deploying North Korean missiles into Ukraine. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for twin bombings Wednesday that killed dozens of people near the tomb of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps commander Qasem Soleimani. The Department of Justice said Thursday that a Florida research hospital will pay $19.6 million to settle civil liabilities for submitting false claims to federal healthcare programs. |
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