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Hundreds of Massachusetts hospital patients are on high alert after officials said they may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV during a medical imaging procedure.

Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul who helped define the genre's sound, is facing accusations of rape, sex trafficking and physical abuse by his former romantic partner Cassie, an R&B singer who was once signed to his Bad Boy record label.

The House Ethics Committee found substantial evidence that Rep. George Santos committed additional violations of criminal law, including misreporting loans from the 2020 campaign and other reporting violations, according to a report released Thursday.

The US Defense Department failed for the sixth consecutive year to score a clean financial audit, a goal routinely achieved annually by businesses that have a fraction of its $3.8 trillion in assets and $4 billion in liabilities.

The Israeli raid of the Gaza Strip's largest hospital stretched into its second day Thursday as troops searched for evidence of the extensive Hamas infrastructure that Israeli and U.S. officials have said lies beneath the facility.

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron chose Kyiv as the destination for his first trip abroad since returning to government and gave a personal assurance to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Britain will maintain support for Ukraine “for however long it takes.”

Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping emerged from their first meeting in a year betting that a handful of small victories will arrest a surge in U.S.-China tensions that has unnerved neighboring nations and threatened global economic growth.

President Xi Jinping indicated that China will renew its “Panda Diplomacy” with the U.S. by once again sending the bears to American zoos, signaling his intent to stabilize relations between the world’s two largest economies.

Former President Donald Trump’s fiery rhetoric about his legal travails will be tested in a Washington, D.C., appeals court Monday in arguments that will determine how he can speak about a criminal case he has made part and parcel of his reelection bid.

The National Hurricane Center was tracking two systems with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm including one off the coast of Florida and one in the Caribbean. The system now centered just offshore from South Florida is an area of low pressure that already has brought a flooding threat to the state with a flood watch up the coast from Miami to Volusia ...

Hamas has agreed in principle and Israel is now considering a proposal for the release of at least 50 women and children among about 240 foreign and Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza, according to an Arab diplomat familiar with the negotiations.

Iran increased its stockpile of uranium enriched just below the level needed for nuclear weapons, potentially compounding Middle East tensions already heightened by the Israel-Hamas war.

The House is headed home for Thanksgiving after a GOP revolt that led to defeat of the rule for floor debate on the final two pieces of legislation the chamber was scheduled to consider.

Donald Trump is seeking a mistrial in New York state's $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against the former president, alleging the judge and his law clerk have tainted the proceedings with rampant political bias.