President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary and first-term official Russell Vought to head the Office of Management and Budget. Attorneys for Daniel Penny, accused of manslaughter in last year's death of a Black homeless man on the New York City subway, rested their case Friday after disputing his chokehold actually caused the man's death. NBC released the teaser for "Suits: L.A." on Friday. The show premieres Feb. 23. A federal jury in Minnesota on Friday found two men guilty of human smuggling in a case in which a family from India froze to death along the Canada-U. S. border in 2022. A draft finance deal Friday at the U.N. COP29 climate and environment talks proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion a year to poorer nations in climate funding. Developing countries want more money. A hungry hawk swooped toward a Connecticut homeowner's chicken coop and became stuck in the surrounding netting. Actor Jonathan Majors and ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari have jointly asked a New York federal judge to dismiss her assault and defamation claims against the actor, Jabbari's attorney said Friday. Animal rescuers in Washington brought a cat back down to earth after the feline spent five days stranded in a tree. A Maryland woman won $100,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket just one month after winning $50,000 from another game. How long Americans can expect to live varies dramatically -- and the gap continues to widen. A new report says health inequalities have, in essence, created 10 Americas. A majority of the Texas State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to a state-authored curriculum under intense scrutiny in recent months for its heavy inclusion of biblical teachings. A 57-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has received the world's first fully robotic double lung transplant. "Fly Me to the Moon," a romantic comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, is coming to Apple TV+ in December. Israel Friday continued widespread bombing attacks in southern and eastern Lebanon in a series of air strikes near Beirut and Tyre, killing at least 47 and wounding 22 in the Baalbek district northeast of Beirut. Apple TV+ has signed off on "Your Friends & Neighbors" Season 2, even though Season 1 doesn't premiere until April. As news of Donald Trump's re-election begins to ripple through North Korea's top echelons, surprise and curiosity are inevitable reactions among its high-ranking officials. Sunday's Japan Cup highlights weekend horse racing,with the Hong Kong International Races looming just over the horizon. "Speak No Evil," a psychological horror movie starring James McAvoy and Mackenzie Davis, will stream on Peacock. An Irish jury on Friday ordered mixed martial arts fighting star Conor McGregor to pay a woman who accused him of raping her six years ago nearly $259,000 in civil damages. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday invited Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu to visit his country and confirmed he will not honor an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. A "historic" rezoning plan in New York City that would open the way for 80,000 new housing units has been approved by an important City Council committee. Jelly Roll has released "Run It," a new song for the upcoming movie "Sonic the Hedgehog 3," which premieres Dec. 20. Prison officials in Alabama have executed convicted murderer Carey Dale Grayson, marking the state's sixth death sentence and third using the nitrogen gas method so far this year. Tua Tagovailoa and Anthony Richardson are among UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler's five must-start fantasy football quarterbacks for Week 12. A Wisconsin sheriff's deputy came to the "rescue" of a 10-year-old who called 911 to ask for help with math homework. |
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