The Biden administration revealed Monday that China-backed hackers infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Department earlier this month in what officials are calling a "major cybersecurity incident." A South Korean court authorized a warrant Tuesday for the arrest of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection allegations following a short-lived bid to impose martial law at the start of the month. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres reflected on 2024 in a message Monday, as he urged countries to do their part to combat climate change in the new year and "exit this road to ruin." The northern lights are forecast to put on a New Year's show as far south as Illinois, New York and Oregon starting Monday night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The fund meant to help victims of the investment scam perpetrated by Bernie Madoff started its final round of payment reimbursements, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke Monday with leaders of Venezuela's democratic opposition to reaffirm U.S. support for the Venezuelan people and their votes "expressed at the ballot box." Five people were hospitalized after two vessels collided and one sank in the Mississippi River in Louisiana, according to multiple reports. Recent data indicated that cases of norovirus are on the rise in the United States, according to government reports. Before Artemis II, NASA will send two missions to scout the surface of the lunar south pole for resources that could sustain human space travel and enable new scientific discoveries. Police in Tennessee responded to a Wendy's parking lot to round up a different sort of Baconator -- a large pig. Musician Allen Toussaint will be featured on the 48th Black Heritage Stamp, which makes its debut next year. An Iowa woman collected a $150,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket she fished out of her stocking on Christmas morning. Searchlight Pictures is teasing the upcoming digital release of "A Real Pain" starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin. A group of six former Florida State basketball players sued Leonard Hamilton on Monday, alleging that the Seminoles' coach failed to fulfill promises that should have brought $1.5 million in NIL royalties. Dow Jones fell 300 points while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also dipped in trading Monday morning, with one day left in what has been a record year for the U.S. stock market. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday gave his blessing to Mike Johnson in the pending race for House speaker, according to social media. Treasure hunters dedicated to recovering millions of Lego pieces that fell into the ocean in 1997 said hundreds of pieces were found this year, including the first reported discovery of a sunken Lego shark. Musician and actress Carolina Giraldo Navarro, better known as Karol G, is getting a Netflix documentary. A federal appeals court let stand a jury decision finding President-elect Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing columnist E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and slapping him with a $5 million judgment on Monday. This year, ring in NYE with "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," CNN's "New Year's Eve Live," "Nashville's Big Bash," or a "Toast to 2024!" An India-based martial arts collective captured a dangerous Guinness World Records title when one member donned a blindfold and used a sledgehammer to smash coconuts arranged around another member's body. The ex-husband of Gisele Pelicot said Monday he will not appeal his conviction after he and dozens of others were found guilty in December of a series of sexual crimes against his wife. Prosecutors in Argentina have charged five people in connection with the October death of One Direction singer Liam Payne. A Florida family's dog, missing for nearly 10 days, returned home for the holidays and rang her family's doorbell about 2:30 a.m. |
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