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Jay Tenison's grim diagnosis came in early 2022. The abdominal pains he had experienced over the previous year were signs of terminal stomach cancer. When the shock subsided, the 40-year-old Army veteran planned out a bucket list. It covered some conventional thrills and experiences: skydiving, vacations to the beach and trips to Disney World. But there was something else Tenison decided he wanted to do. Something only a fellow tanker would understand.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan affirmed the United States' continued support for Israel in its war against Hamas on Friday, playing down differences over the way the war is being fought and agreeing with Israeli officials that it would continue for "months."

 It was an improbable scene in Dubai as a top oil executive basked in a standing ovation from hundreds of diplomats tasked with fighting climate change.Sultan Al Jaber, head of the United Arab Emirates' state-owned oil company, had just presided over the two-week COP28 summit that led to the world's first agreement to move away from fossil fuels. There were tears, hugs and claps on the back as exhausted delegates celebrated a milestone in the battle against global warming.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is ending 2023 with an ominous preview of what to expect in the new year: dissension in his ranks that threatens to hamstring deals on U.S. government funding, Ukraine war aid and border policy. It could also cost him his job. 

Scientists have detected a poison among the spray of molecules emanating from a small moon of Saturn. That adds to existing intrigue about the possibility of life there.

Former FBI official Charles McGonigal, who served as chief of counterintelligence in the bureau's New York City office, on Thursday was sentenced to more than four years in prison for his illicit work for a Russian oligarch.

Almost half of the munitions Israel has used in Gaza since the war began have been unguided bombs, a U.S. intelligence assessment has found, a ratio that some arms experts say helps explain the conflict's enormous civilian death toll.

Each year, students at Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas write down a gift they would like for the holidays, and why it's important to them. The 300 staff members at the school use their own money to try to fulfill the wishes of hundreds of students.

Ron DeSantis really, really wants to get former President Donald Trump to debate him. The Florida governor begged Fox News host Sean Hannity to arrange a one-on-one clash with Trump even though the former president says the GOP presidential primary is basically over.  

ctor and comedian Tiffany Haddish has been charged in Los Angeles after being taking into custody on Nov. 24 on suspicion of driving while under the influence.

The House, in a decisive vote Thursday, passed the annual defense authorization bill, delivering a bipartisan rebuke to its most conservative members who had sought to infuse the legislation with a wish list of provisions targeting Pentagon policies on abortion, diversity and LGBTQ+ rights.

Texas school libraries must have policies to prohibit the possession or purchase of books determined to be “sexually explicit.”

America’s Poison Centers reported nearly 3,000 calls this year involving the weight loss drug semaglutide — a 15-fold increase since 2019, according to CNN.  

President Vladimir Putin said Russia remains determined to achieve its military aims in Ukraine, as divisions over U.S. and European aid threaten to undermine Kyiv’s ability to repel the invasion.

 When President Joe Biden touched down in Israel 10 days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet formally declared war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the two leaders shared a warm embrace. That tight bear hug eight weeks ago is now entwined with some of the most hellish aspects of this war.  

The Senate on Wednesday passed an $886 billion defense bill that would set Pentagon policy and defy the demands of hard-right Republicans who had failed to attach a raft of deeply partisan restrictions on abortion, transgender care and diversity initiatives.