Several people are dead after a small plane crashed into a mobile home in Clearwater, Fla., Thursday night, the local fire department said. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for building up the country's naval forces in order to intensify war preparations, state-media reported Friday, as tensions on the Korean Peninsula remain at their highest in years. In the first-ever settlement with an advertising company for its role in the U.S. opioid epidemic, Publicis Health agreed Thursday to pay states $350 million over its "predatory and deceptive" marketing tactics. To mark the third anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, the United States, Britain and Australia separately leveled sanctions against entities linked to the Tatmadaw. An Ocean County, N.J., man admitted in federal court Thursday that he committed a series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community near Lakewood, the Justice Department said. President Joe Biden on Thursday targeted extremist West Bank Israeli settlers for sanctions, charging that their actions against Palestinians are threatening to widen the current conflict with Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Authorities have arrested 171 immigrants who were in the country illegally and are facing charges for crimes including murder and assault against children, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said. Nearly 140 passengers and crew members have fallen sick aboard a Cunard Cruise Line ship, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. A "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a football field will make its closest pass to Earth in more than a century this week, and it won't be this close again for another 200 years, officials announced Thursday. New York state Judge Arthur Engoron now expects to issue a verdict against Donald Trump some time from early to mid-February, delaying a long-anticipated outcome in the former president's civil fraud trial. The United Nations Security Council reported this week that Al-Qaeda established eight new training camps and maintains several safe houses in Afghanistan, but the Taliban rejects the claim. CBS announced Donna Kelce will appear on "The Price Is Right at Night" Super Bowl episode on Wednesday, with video appearances from her sons Travis and Jason. Israel's defense minister said Thursday that ground forces have officially routed Hamas from Gaza's Khan Younis. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that he will deploy members of the Florida National Guard and State Guard to Texas to help that state with immigration issues at the southern border. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that the Senate will vote next week on a bill funding the war in Ukraine and addressing border security. A former Central Intelligence Agency programmer convicted of stealing and sharing classified information was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday. The U.S. Commerce Department has allocated $20.6 million to help mitigate the environmental effect of two 2023 fishery disasters in California. Netflix added three cast members on Thursday to an untitled Mindy Kaling comedy starring Kate Hudson. A security camera at a Texas home captured the moment a box of cookies delivered to the front door was stolen by an unusual porch pirate -- an opossum. Police and animal control officers in Iowa rescued a deer found with its antlers entangled in a hammock. The National Press Club and the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said Thursday they are outraged by Russia's decision to extend the detention of American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to April 5. A sheriff's deputy in Florida responded to a call from a member of the public about some bears in the road and arrived to find a pair of young Kodiak bears -- a species found only in Alaska. A Maryland man said a "lousy day" led to his buying a Powerball ticket to boost his mood and he ended up winning a $100,000 prize. The United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is embroiled in controversy after Israel reported agency employees participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Here is the agency's history. |
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