The FBI has arrested a Virginia man after finding the largest stockpile of "finished explosive devices" in the bureau's history, according to court documents. Brad Spafford was arrested Dec. 17 at his farm in Smithfield. A 45-year-old man is in critical but stable condition after a suspect shoved him onto the southbound 1 subway tracks and was caught afterward in Manhattan. Stocks closed lower on the final trading day of 2024 to end what has been a strong year for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500, which notched its second consecutive larger than 20% annual return in decades. Outgoing North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced 15 commutations of the death penalty to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Effingham County (Ga.) Judge Stephen Yekel died by suicide while inside a county courtroom where he was slated to serve his last day on the bench on Tuesday. More than 1 million people on Tuesday were without electricity on Puerto Rico after a major power outage hit the island, according to official reports. Three people are dead and a minor boy in critical condition after an American family were shot at in Mexico while on vacation, officials say. Aaron Brown, who anchored CNN's coverage of 9/11 and other important national and world events, passed away Sunday at age 76, his family announced. They did not release his cause of death. Chinese President Xi Jinping in a New Year's address declared Taiwan and China to be one people and said no nation can stop China from annexing the island nation. Police have identified the woman who recently was set on fire in a subway car in New York City, according to several news reports. A concerned neighbor with a drone helped rescue a dog that spent nearly a full day stranded on the thin ice covering a New Jersey lake. A Missouri man asked a gas station clerk to pick out a lottery ticket for him and ended up winning $2 million from a scratch-off game. North Korean President Kim Jong Un on Monday declared a "new high" in relations between North Korea and Russia and hoped for a Russian victory over Ukraine in 2025. The United States sanctioned a Russian judge for the "arbitrary" imprisonment of Moscow politician and human rights activist Alexei Gorinov as officials in Russia seek to extend his sentence, the U.S. announced Tuesday. Reality series "The Kardashians" will return for a sixth season on Hulu in February. New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it will begin congestion pricing tolling on Sunday despite New Jersey officials claiming that a U.S. district judge's ruling disallows the plan. Houthi militants have used the targeted facilities to conduct attacks on U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, according to Central Command. The Miami Hurricanes, who had college football's top offense, but were often doomed by poor defensive play, fired defensive coordinator Lance Guidry, coach Mario Cristobal announced Tuesday. Ashton Jeanty wowed throughout 2024 by bouncing off big hits and running defenders out of their shoes, but Penn State plans to corral the Boise State star Tuesday in the first College Football Playoff quarterfinal. The unthinkable in the troubled Middle East happened in 2024, with a major geopolitical shift after the stunning collapse of the Syrian regime at the hands of Islamist rebels. "Silo," "Shrinking," "Slow Horses," "The Morning Show," "Ted Lasso," "Severance" and other Apple TV+ films and series will be available to stream for free over the weekend. Utility officials in Washington are reminding residents not to release mylar balloons to celebrate the New Year after 155 discarded balloons were collected by workers during the past 12 months. A pre-flight check of the deadly plane crash in South Korea showed "no issues" prior as U.S. investigators arrived to aid the investigation, according to multiple reports. A Polish city announced it broke a world record when nearly 200 people took turns immersing themselves in a small pool filled with water and ice. |
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