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Israel said Tuesday that it would stop automatically issuing visas to United Nations employees, an escalation of tensions between the two over the war in the Gaza Strip.

Earth is finishing up its warmest year in the past 174 years, and very likely the past 125,000.

U.S. forces launched retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq on Monday after a drone attack that injured three service members, the Pentagon said, the latest response to dozens of aerial assaults against U.S. personnel in the Middle East that the Defense Department has been unable to curtail.

The holidays are a special time of joy and giving – and a special time for generating trash.

U.S. animal shelters will start 2024 the most overcrowded they have been in years, according to a broad survey of animal rescue facilities, a symptom of persistent economic concern as the country’s pandemic pet-adoption boom finally cools.

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine – “There was a new joy that had never happened before.”

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was located in a penal colony in Russia’s far north, his team said Monday, after a span of nearly three weeks when the imprisoned dissident politician’s whereabouts were not known to his aides, lawyers and family.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops fighting in the Gaza Strip on Monday, vowing to stay the course of the war even with the death toll mounting. His trip came hours after health officials in Gaza reported that a devastating overnight strike on a crowded neighborhood had killed dozens.

It wouldn’t be a Chiefs game without Taylor Swift in attendance. The superstar singer came to GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Christmas to show support for her boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, as they played the Las Vegas Raiders. But who else was there with her?

A new housing complex where residents will be able to enjoy a dining room, offices, laundry facilities and even a dog park is nearly complete in a downtown parking lot at 184 Forsyth Street.

CHICAGO — The state of Illinois is temporarily providing hotel rooms to house up to 200 asylum-seekers in Chicago. About 30 hotel rooms were available Saturday night, with additional rooms available Sunday. The announcement comes after the City of Chicago requested more resources given the latest increase in new arrivals from Texas. Illinois has seen thousands of asylum-seekers arrive since ...

Almost half of books challenged at school are returned to shelves, but titles with LGBTQ characters, themes and stories are most likely to be banned, according to a Washington Post analysis of nearly 900 book objections nationwide.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank – On Christmas Eve, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, entered into this ancient city through a clanking metal gate built into a high concrete wall beside an Israeli army watchtower scorched by petrol bombs and covered with graffiti.

What better way to say it’s Christmas Eve in Sacramento? Cloudy skies, cool temperatures and a hint of roasted turkey. A wild turkey made a fatal connection with a power line Sunday afternoon in south Sacramento, briefly cutting power to more than 4,000 customers of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. SMUD said 4,248 homes and businesses of the Little Pocket and Greenhaven ...