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Ole Frøbert, a cardiologist, cozied up to his next patient, gently turning blood-filled tubes and placing the samples into a plastic bag. But drawing the blood had been more difficult than Frøbert was used to, given the fat, fur and freezing temperatures. "It's not easy to puncture a bear vein," he said.

Since Argentina President Javier Milei took office on Dec. 10 and quickly devalued the country's currency, prices have soared at such a dizzying pace that many in this South American nation wonder how their businesses or households can survive the far deeper economic crunch the country is enduring.

At Christmastime, the world comes to Bethlehem. But this year there will be no tree. No parades, bands or music. No lights. No markets, no feasts, no carols. No Santas handing out candy to the children. And no pilgrims. No tourists.

More than four months since the deadliest wildfire in modern American history burned Lahaina to the ground, nearly 6,200 people are still looking for a place to live while their beloved Maui town is rebuilt.

The Czech Republic held an official day of mourning on Saturday for the victims of the Charles University shooting in Prague earlier in the week. The country observed a minute of silence at noon. Flags flew at half-mast on public buildings and black ribbons were attached.

The Supreme Court's decision Friday not to fast-track consideration of former President Donald Trump's claim that he is immune to prosecution on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election was unquestionably a victory for Trump and his lawyers.

In the past month alone, the Houthis have launched more than 100 attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea, crippling traffic there. So why has the United States taken a different approach with the Houthis? The reasons are many.

Ukrainian police have arrested a senior Defense Ministry official on suspicions that he embezzled nearly $40 million as part of a fraudulent purchase of artillery shells for Ukraine's military.

Decrying what he saw as the liberal bias of ChatGPT, Elon Musk earlier this year announced plans to create an artificial intelligence chatbot of his own. That's turning out to be trickier than he thought.

For the second time this year, a rare hissing mushroom was spotted in Texas at a state park in Hill Country.

Federal agents arrested and charged a Los Angeles man for allegedly sending threatening emails to the FBI, explicitly targeting the Los Angeles Field Office and referencing the infamous Unabomber, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

A harrowing rescue unfolded on the rocky shores of Sunset Cliffs late Friday morning, when an unidentified man was finally plucked to safety by emergency crews who spent almost 24 hours with the victim before he was able to be saved.

A senior leader of Somali terrorist group al-Shabab, who was accused of planning multiple attacks that killed 148 Kenyans in a university town and three Americans on a military base, was killed in a U.S. military drone strike Sunday, according to Somali and American officials.

Republican polling leader Donald Trump, who launched his first successful presidential campaign by vilifying Mexican immigrants as "rapists," is again making inflammatory attacks on foreigners a core campaign theme as he pledges militarized mass roundups and deportations.

A wave of lawmakers who oppose vaccine requirements are winning elections for state legislatures amid a national drop in childhood vaccination rates and a resurfacing of preventable deadly diseases.

Local and federal law enforcement officials say they are investigating a surge in threats that justices on Colorado's Supreme Court are facing after their decision this week to bar Donald Trump from running in the state's presidential primary.

Ukrainian forces are suffering from a shortage of artillery shells on the front line, prompting some units to cancel planned assaults, soldiers said this week, and stoking fears over how long Kyiv's troops will be able to hold their ground against continuing Russian attacks.

The U.S. extended its claims on the ocean floor by an area twice the size of California, securing rights to potentially resource-rich seabeds at a time when Washington is ramping up efforts to safeguard supplies of minerals key to future technologies.

In a setback for special counsel Jack Smith, the Supreme Court on Friday turned down his request for a fast-track ruling on whether former President Donald Trump may be prosecuted for having allegedly conspired to block then-President-elect Joe Biden from being certified as the winner of the 2020 election.