Iranian cartoonist and activist Atena Farghadani, jailed in Iran's infamous Evin prison to serve a six-year sentence over her work, had her sentence reduced on appeal to eight months and was released. House Speaker Mike Johnson and minority leader Hakeem Jeffries hosted a ceremony Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol to mark the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette's address to Congress. The United States on Tuesday took action against cybersecurity company Sichuan Silence Information Technology Co. and employee Guan Tianfeng for their role in a 2020 breach that compromised firewalls worldwide. A fast-moving brush fire in Malibu, fueled by Santa Ana winds, exploded to 2,800 acres along the southern California coast Tuesday as most of the city has been ordered to evacuate. President Joe Biden's economic policies are working despite the pain inflation has caused for consumers, he during a speech delivered at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The Justice Department under the Trump administration in 2017 and 2018 secretly collected phone and text message logs from 43 Congressional staffers and two members of Congress during an investigation of leaked classifie President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees made the rounds Tuesday on Capitol Hill, where his Defense secretary choice Pete Hegseth appeared to gain ground with several key Republicans. Christmas is all about tradition, and on Tuesday U.S. officials again made an effort to warn the shopping public about counterfeit goods, questionable deals and other holiday-ruining schemes. More than 840 million people around the world under age 50 are living with genital herpes, according to a new study that calls for vaccines to tackle the disease. Customers can buy whiskey by the barrel through the newly launched Beam Private Barrel Club as the Kentucky bourbon distiller celebrates its 230th anniversary in 2025. Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione struggled with police and yelled at media while being escorted into an extradition hearing in Pennsylvania, where he challenged his extradition to New York. A federal jury this week in Maryland convicted two ex-CEOs of a Washington biotech company for their role in a multi-million dollar securities fraud scheme related to HIV and COVID-19 drugs. The bipartisan House task force -- investigating two assassination attempts on President-elect Donald Trump -- released its final report Tuesday, calling the July 13 attack in Butler "preventable." U.S. District Court for Oregon Judge Adrienne Nelson on Tuesday ruled a proposed $24.6 billion merger between grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons likely would harm consumers and halted it. Animal rescuers in Virginia came to the rescue of a large owl found entangled in netting. In guidelines that may encourage more women to get screened for cervical cancer, a leading health task force has backed giving women over 30 the option to collect their own vaginal samples for testing. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Brokeback Mountain" director Ang Lee will be honored at the 77th annual Directors Guild of America Awards. An Iowa man made a stop on the way to a friend's birthday party and ended up winning a $500,000 lottery prize. A New Jersey lawmaker called on the state to issue a "limited" state of emergency over unexplained drones that have appeared in recent weeks, his office said Tuesday. Fatty, salty and sugary ultra-processed foods could be increasing people's risk of colon cancer by spurring chronic inflammation in the gut. Syrian rebels, who toppled President Bashar Assad over the weekend, named Mohamed al-Bashir as caretaker prime minister of the transitional government Tuesday as Damascus gradually returns to normal life. Veteran-founded Sport Clips Haircuts has teamed with the Military Spouse Employment Partnership to create career opportunities for military spouses who are hairstylists. |
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