The state of Texas has assumed control of a city park on the banks of the Rio Grande River in an attempt to slow the flow of immigrants crossing into the country illegally, Eagle Pass, Texas Mayor Rolando Salinas said. A North Carolina jury on Thursday convicted 52-year-old Marian Hudak of hate crimes against a Black man and Hispanic man in different incidents. The Iranian navy seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, according to state-run media, raising tensions in the already-fraught Middle East. In a major shift, the United States and its allies have begun full, large-scale retaliation against recent Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Popular rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll, who has made recovery from drug addiction part of his public persona, testified in a Senate hearing Thursday about the lethal dangers of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded over $3 million to public housing agencies in six states to protect children and families from radon hazards, the agency announced Thursday. Closing arguments concluded Thursday in the New York civil fraud trial of Donald Trump following a bomb threat at the home of Judge Arthur Engoron. Trump was allowed to address the court. A decade-long decline in the lead levels of American Indians' blood has resulted in reduced blood pressure and heart failure, new research from the National Institutes of Health revealed Thursday. Astronomers studying gamma rays said they have found an unexplained activity just outside of our galaxy. The first day of bitcoin exchange-traded funds in New York Stock Exchange trading topped $1 billion in just an hour Thursday. Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty Thursday on a nine-count indictment on tax-related charges. The American Muslim Task Force for Palestine will hold a March on Washington Saturday, featuring speakers who have been affected by the violence in the war between Israel and Hamas. An Arizona fire department said it was a "rooftop rodeo" when firefighters were called to rescue a pet goat that found its way onto the roof of a home and became stranded. Animal rescuers in Britain are trying to find the owner of a talkative parrot found wandering down a street. Officials with a petting zoo in England are warning the public about a meerkat on the loose in the area. A sexual assault case against one of the most prominent Catholic leaders in the United States was suspended Wednesday on the grounds he was unfit to stand trial. The U.S. State Department on Thursday welcomed the news from Google and Chile's government that the first-ever transatlantic undersea digital cable connection between Chile to Australia will be completed by 2026. A North Carolina man said a Sunday morning stop for coffee led to his winning a $1 million lottery prize. The Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday said over 31,000 veterans have benefited from its new life insurance program in the first year. Taiwanese voters will head to the polls Saturday for an election with geopolitical implications that resonate far beyond the borders of the self-governing island of 23 million. The man who attacked three NYPD officers with an 18-inch kukri knife at a 2022 New Year's Eve Times Square security checkpoint pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges of attempted murder and assault, While the Senate negotiates President Biden's supplemental national security package, Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives drew red lines Thursday that could make the package harder to pass. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Thursday is supposed to be the busiest travel day heading into the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. |
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