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The White House on Monday launched several official accounts on Threads, the social media platform created by the tech giant Meta (the parent company of Facebook and Instagram), which is broadly seen as a rival of X - formerly known as Twitter.

Paul Landis stood guard outside Parkland Memorial Hospital's Trauma Room No. 1 as Father Oscar Huber rushed past, dressed in his Roman collar. It was just before 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, 1963. Less than half an hour earlier, Landis had been riding on the running board of a Secret Service car when he witnessed President John F. Kennedy's murder up close as the motorcade drove through Dallas's Dealey Plaza.

A black felt bicorn hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte sold for 1.9 million euros, or $2.1 million, at an auction in Fontainebleau, France, on Sunday, fetching the highest price ever paid for one of the 19th century French emperor's hats.

It’s been a tense autumn at the White House. Between wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, a leadership scramble in the House, and the President’s plummeting approval rating, it’s unclear how voters will treat the administration next year. But two Biden administration VIPs already know they’ll fight to see another day: On Monday, President Joe Biden pardoned turkeys named Liberty and Bell, saving them from a certain fate on an American Thanksgiving table.

On the day her tax evasion trial was set to begin in Barcelona, Shakira announced that she struck a deal with Spanish prosecutors, settling a years-long legal dispute.

The effort to get Donald Trump removed from the 2024 ballot over Jan. 6 has thus far failed to achieve its stated objective. But late Friday, it did notch a major victory: A judge ruled that while the former president can't be disqualified, he did incite an insurrection.

The 97th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will take place Thursday, with more than 3 million spectators expected to brave the early morning cold for a view of the procession's many floats, balloons and celebrity performers.

The World Health Organization said Sunday that it had evacuated 31 premature infants from Gaza City's al-Shifa Hospital, bringing the newborns to a facility near the Egyptian border and signaling a broader effort to save the most vulnerable amid an Israeli siege of the sprawling medical complex.

Before you decide to board your dog as you head out for the holidays, be aware there is a mystery illness affecting canines across the United States. The potentially fatal respiratory illness begins as a cough that can last for weeks, Today first reported. If antibiotics don’t help, your pet can develop severe pneumonia and struggle to breathe. Some dogs have died from the disease.

The business of sending humans into space has not yet risen to the levels seen during the space shuttle program, but 2024 could see the most U.S.-based orbital launches in 15 years.

The world only has a tiny chance of keeping global warming below a key threshold that could cause several climate tipping points to be reached, drastically exacerbating the likelihood of extreme weather, according to a new report from the United Nations.

Lloyd Austin, the U.S. defense secretary, arrived in Kyiv for talks on a mission to reaffirm Washington’s continued backing for Ukraine against Russia’s invasion.

Israeli forces engaged in heavy fighting with Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip overnight as the U.S. said it was optimistic about a deal to free hostages held by the militant group.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – The Halifax International Security Forum began with an unambiguous message, repeated in the title of each panel discussion during the three-day event that concluded Sunday: The world’s democracies must unite in unwavering support for Ukraine in the war prompted by Russia’s invasion.

A Texas woman was about to board a Carnival cruise ship at PortMiami in August to celebrate her son’s graduation and her own anniversary when she found herself detained because of CBD gummies.