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A Russian court on Friday extended the detention of an editor working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a broadcaster funded by the U.S. government, who was arrested in October on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent.

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice, whose independence on a court that was often ideologically divided made her the pivotal vote in numerous closely contested cases and one of the most powerful women of her era, died Dec. 1 in Phoenix. She was 93.

The war in Ukraine has shown the value of low-cost drone swarms in modern warfare. Now the Pentagon is planning to build an army of thousands of small, cheap drones in hopes of spurring U.S. drone production and cutting China's dominance of that market.

While hosting a luncheon Thursday featuring dishes from her state, Senate Republican Joni Ernst of Iowa choked on some of the food, a spread of corn, rib-eye and pork chops. But Sen. Rand Paul came to the rescue, Senate colleagues said, moving swiftly to perform the Heimlich maneuver. 

Gavin Newsom, seen widely in the Democratic Party as a 2028 presidential-contender-in-waiting, isn't doing all that much waiting. While other potential White House aspirants are quietly laying the groundwork for the future, the second-term governor has been more of an attention-seeking missile - darting across the country and the world stage as he courts a broad array of Democratic constituencies who could be helpful in a future presidential run.

A New York appeals court on Thursday reinstated a limited gag order on Donald Trump, preventing him from making public comments about the law clerk in a civil business fraud case brought by the state.

 The Senate Judiciary Committee descended into partisan rancor Thursday as Democrats sought a subpoena for Dallas real estate magnate Harlan Crow in their investigation of his gifts to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.  

One of Haiti’s most controversial figures is back in his troubled homeland after being deported from the United States on Thursday.

A defiant Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said Thursday that House members were "bullying" him as a vote on his expulsion from Congress loomed and warned that if a third effort to remove him were successful, it would lead to the downfall of several other lawmakers down the line.

Anthony Bourdain didn't mince words when it came to Henry Kissinger. "Henry Kissinger walks into a bar. Would it displease you if I walked over and punched Henry Kissinger in the face?" Bourdain once asked guests appearing on an episode of his "Parts Unknown" TV program.  .

Israel and Hamas agreed to lengthen their truce for at least another day, allowing for the release of more hostages held by the militant group in Gaza. 

Nearly 200 nations agreed on how to run a fund to help vulnerable countries deal with more extreme weather, and rich nations pledged at least $260 million to start the program, marking a breakthrough as global climate negotiations opened in Dubai.

 A plan to draft more Ukrainian men into the army has been sitting on President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's desk since June. The wartime leader so far has defied pressure from the military to sign it.

New Zealand was primarily known abroad for its sheep, its wine and its rugby team on the September day in 1998 that filmmaker Peter Jackson's helicopter landed on a sprawling family farm about 100 miles south of Auckland.

A U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashed into the sea near Yakushima island in southern Japan with eight people onboard, the U.S. Air Force said Wednesday.

Henry A. Kissinger, the scholar-turned-diplomat who engineered the United States’ opening to China, negotiated its exit from Vietnam, and used cunning, ambition and intellect to remake American power relationships with the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War died on Wednesday. He was 100.

PLAINS, Ga. – Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died this month at age 96, was laid to rest Wednesday in Plains, Georgia, the tiny farm town where she met Jimmy Carter as an infant, married him as a teenager and where they returned after the White House.