The body of a missing hiker was recovered over the weekend in New Hampshire's White Mountains, according to authorities, who said the man died after "a significant fall in icy terrain." The number of traffic-related deaths in the United States declined for the first half of this year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which attributed the drop to new safety measures. A federal judge on Monday granted special counsel Jack Smith's request to drop all felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump in connection to his role in seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Attorneys for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life sentences without parole for the 1989 murders of their parents, asked a judge Monday to reconsider the brothers' convictions. Sixteen people are missing after a tour boat capsized Monday during a five-day diving expedition and sank off of Egypt's Red Sea coast. Microsoft 365 users on Monday have seen ongoing software delays and a massive outage for hours on its Outlook and Teams applications. A 60-year-old White woman, found guilty of manslaughter in last year's deadly shooting of her Black neighbor through a closed door, was sentenced Monday in Florida to 25 years in prison. The St. Louis Zoo in Missouri announced the birth of a male baby Asian elephant, the first of his species to be conceived via artificial insemination at the facility. Rhode Island Department of Transportation workers cleaning out catch basins made a startling discovery -- two trapped raccoons treading water in a rapidly-filling drain. A married couple who ran a Colorado funeral home have pleaded guilty to corpse abuse for storing nearly 200 decomposing bodies inside their facility. People in Southern California with relatively high exposures to wildfire smoke over a decade also had significantly higher risks for dementia, a new study warns. Queen Latifah is set to host the 47th Kennedy Center Honors. On Monday, President Joe Biden pardoned two doomed-to-be-dinner turkeys at the White House in the long-standing traditional National Thanksgiving Turkey event in his last time as commander-in-chief. Russell Wilson and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine are among UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler's top fantasy football waiver wire priorities for Week 13 of the 2024 NFL season. Actor Sterling K. Brown, who is best known for his roles in "American Fiction" and "This is Us," will star in the live-action "Voltron" movie. A U.S. bankruptcy judge in Houston was expected to hear a challenge by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on the requirement to sell media platform Infowars to the satirical media outlet The Onion. An engineer conducting an inspection at a 209-year-old Scottish lighthouse discovered a message in a bottle dating back 132 years. Uruguay's left-wing opposition Broad Front candidate, Yamandú Orsi, claimed victory in Sunday's presidential runoff, besting Alvaro Delgado of the conservative ruling National Party. Lebanon and Israel are edging closer to implementing a cease-fire amid reports that they have agreed on the terms of the agreement that would end their raging, 13-month war. Opioid-free surgery can address both physical and emotional well-being through effective anesthesia and complementary pain-management techniques. Police set up security cameras at a Japanese school after students' shoes started disappearing and the culprit was ultimately identified as a furry footwear fan -- a weasel. Katy Perry is teasing new dates for her "Lifetimes Tour." Macy's announced Monday that it would delay its full third-quarter earnings report because of an employee hiding up to $154 million in expenses, sending its stock plummeting in early trading. |
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