President-elect Donald Trump's choice to oversee border policy said Thursday that family detention centers for migrants are "on the table," as a means of securing the border. Two crew members participating in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Australia are dead after separate accidents at sea, police announced late Thursday. Fierce winter winds have whipped up dangerous surf along the West Coast and spawned tornadoes in the South, killing one person on the California beach and causing flight delays in Texas. A $2 tip allegedly triggered a pizza delivery driver to return Sunday and repeatedly stab a pregnant woman at a motel in Kissimmee, Fla., the Osceola County Sheriff's Office announced. The former prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh, has died at the age of 92. He was the country's first Sikh prime minister and credited with launching economic reforms that led to India's emergence as a global leader. Former Democratic Party presidential candidate Marianne Williamson has announced her candidacy to chair the Democratic National Committee. Following a lackluster start to the NHL season, the Detroit Red Wings have fired their head coach Derek Lalonde, the first time in nearly 40 years that the team has made an in-season top coaching change. A Christmas Day attack claimed the life of corrections officer Andrew Lansing at the Ross County Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, Ohio. Operations are back to normal at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport Thursday after an apparent family fight erupted into gunfire in the airport's busiest terminal Wednesday night, injuring four people, one critically. The potential for mass deportations and travel restrictions has spurred more than a dozen U.S. universities to tell international students to return to the United States before Jan. 20. Increasing analysis suggests Russian air defenses might have downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243, which crashed in a ball of fire near Aktau,Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning, killing 38 of 67 passengers and crew. Ice Spice released the deluxe version of "Y2K!: I'm Just a Girl" just in time for Christmas. "Wicked," starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, will be available to rent or purchase on Prime Video and other streaming services Dec. 31. A Palestinian television channel said an Israeli strike killed five of its journalists in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, but the Israel Defense Forces said it targeted Islamic Jihad operatives posing as journalists. Longtime University of Miami men's basketball coach Jim Larranaga will step down amid his 14th season with the Hurricanes, he announced Thursday. Veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater ended his short retirement and agreed to join the Detroit Lions, coach Dan Campbell confirmed Thursday. All four of Moscow's airports including another about 100 miles southwest of the Russian capital were temporarily shut down for undisclosed security concerns, authorities said. In a new study, researchers examined the health effects people experienced when they returned to still-standing homes after the Marshall Fire outside Boulder, Colo. Estuardo Gomez Diaz was about to go Christmas shopping when he realized he scored $20,000 in Mega Millions winnings. Netflix released behind-the-scenes photos from the set of Maria starring Angelina Jolie. Speed eater Leah Shutkever took home a new Guinness World Record title when she consumed 49 grams of green cotton candy in sixty seconds. Jayden Daniels, Josh Allen and Baker Mayfield lead UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler's Top-20 fantasy football quarterback rankings for Week 17. Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Post Malone, Shaboozey and other artists performed during NFL Christmas Gameday on Netflix, aka Beyoncé Bowl. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time dropped 1,000 last week from the period before, but those who made continuing claims reached a three-year high. The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington lost 20 of its big cats to bird flu, the sanctuary announced. |
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