The Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed a historic close encounter with the sun, passing through its blazing corona in mankind's nearest approach to the star, NASA announced Friday. Negotiations between Israel and Hamas to implement a Gaza cease-fire and free the remaining Israelis held hostage there remained stalled Friday as the White House laid blame on the Palestinian militants. Warren "Red" Upton, the oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor who was serving aboard the USS Utah during the 1941 Japanese surprise attack, has died at age 105, a veterans group has announced. Wall Street limped to a downbeat end of the trading week on Friday as a sell-off in Big Tech stocks dragged the Dow Jones Industrial Index down by more than 500 points at one point during the session. The New Year's Eve ball has been unveiled ahead of its big drop on New Year's Eve. A South African security firm said teams were dispatched to a home where a panic alarm turned out to have been triggered by a thieving monkey. Syria's new government has been facing new challenges with unrest emerging in certain regions amid a growing number of violations and acts of revenge that increased the fears of the country's minorities. Authorities in Minnesota said Santa Claus may have been deprived of some of his traditional snacks when a tanker truck spilled its load of milk onto a road. The number of homeless people counted across the country on a single night in January 2024 soared by 18% over a year-earlier count to 770,000 individuals, the Biden administration said Friday. A Baltimore man won a $100,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket he received as a Christmas gift from a friend. Netflix is teasing "WWE Raw," which arrives on the streamer Jan. 6. Germany will elect a new government seven months ahead of schedule after President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament and called for snap elections on Friday. A new climate change superfund law in New York state will impose an estimated $75 billion in fees for companies that are the biggest fossil fuel polluters. The Guatemalan national accused of setting a woman on fire in the New York City subway was indicted on four counts of murder and one count of arson Friday. Two crew members participating in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Australia are dead after separate accidents at sea, police announced late Thursday. A California couple's engagement photo shoot in snowy Utah took a turn for the worse when their engagement ring vanished into the winter wonderland. Officials in a South Carolina city announced they have captured the second of two wallabies who escaped from a petting zoo. A specific class of anti-inflammatory drugs can help children avoid a debilitating complication of Crohn's disease, a new study shows. Football legend Eric Dickerson thinks his longstanding NFL single-season rushing record will hold up through the 2024 season, despite Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley nearing the mark. The woman who asserts that she was raped by Sean "Diddy" Combs and Shawn Carter, or Jay-Z, as he is more widely known, does not need to reveal her identity. A vessel delivering oil for Russia was detained by Finland authorities on Thursday in connection with an undersea cable cutting incident that disconnected electricity to Estonia. An Australian snake catcher responded to a Melbourne-area home where a deadly tiger snake was found lurking underneath a baby's bouncy chair. Here are some key questions and risks in the financial sector as the United States rings in the new year. The Detroit Tigers agreed to a 1-year, $15 million deal with former New York Yankees infielder Gleyber Torres. A U.S. District Court in California has allowed the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on JustAnswer LLC to determine if the digital platform's experts are paying their taxes on money charged for advice they provide. |
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