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PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court building near downtown Phoenix was evacuated on Jan. 5 as law enforcement agencies investigated a package that tested positive for explosives, authorities said.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that if Donald Trump were to attack the Danish island of Greenland that would mean the end of the NATO alliance. “I believe one should take the American president seriously when he says that he wants Greenland,” Frederiksen said in an interview with Danish broadcaster TV2. “But I will also make it clear that if the U.S. chooses ...

PHILADELPHIA — A newly filed lawsuit alleges that the deadly explosion at a Bucks County nursing home just before Christmas was the result of negligence on the part of the facility’s operator and its natural gas supplier. Filed by Philadelphia law firm Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky on behalf of four survivors of the explosion, the lawsuit claims that Saber Healthcare Group, Peco, and others failed ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that he has formally censured Sen. Mark Kelly and launched administrative proceedings against the Arizona Democrat to consider whether to reduce his Navy rank in retirement, the latest twist in a weeks-long dispute about the lawmaker’s political commentary.

Eva Schloss, an Auschwitz survivor who dedicated her life to speaking out against prejudice and to preserving the legacy of her stepsister Anne Frank, died Saturday at a care home in London. She was 96.

Actor Tommy Lee Jones’ late daughter Victoria Kafka Jones was due in court later this month to respond to a plea deal that would have required her to get sober, according to a report.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said he won’t seek reelection after coming under fire for a scandal involving alleged fraud in state programs that has been amplified by President Donald Trump and Republicans.

The Cuban government said 32 officers of the Cuban army and the Interior Ministry were killed in Caracas during the raid by U.S. forces to apprehend Venezuela’s strongman Nicolás Maduro early Saturday, in an acknowledgment of the presence of Cuban military and intelligence personnel in the South American country.

The sharp increase in tariffs imposed last year by the Trump administration may reduce inflation rather than increase it, according to research published Monday by the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, suggesting that interest-rate cuts may be the proper policy response. 

Lawmakers are returning to Washington this week confronting the fallout from the stunning capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — and familiar complaints about the Trump administration deciding to bypass Congress on military operations that have led to this moment.

CAIRO – The Israeli military on Monday began striking what it described as Hezbollah and Hamas "targets" in Lebanon after issuing evacuation orders for four villages in ‌the country's east and south.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Monday said "a crazy person" had tried to break into his Ohio home by hammering on the windows, noting he and his family were not there at the time.

KYIV, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had appointed Canada's former Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland as his economic development adviser, citing her experience in attracting investment.

Toppled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty on Monday to narcotics charges after President Donald Trump's stunning capture of him rattled world leaders and left officials in Caracas scrambling to respond.

AIR FORCE ONE – President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States might launch a second military strike on Venezuela following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro if remaining members of the administration do not cooperate with his efforts to get the country “fixed.”

KIEV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing for a week of fresh diplomatic efforts aimed at finding a peaceful solution to Russia's war against his country, he announced in his evening video address on Sunday. Meetings are set to take place in Europe to contribute further to Ukraine's protection and to end the war, he said, without providing details about the time and place of ...

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday appeared to pivot away from President Donald Trump's assertion a day earlier that the United States would "run" Venezuela, emphasizing instead that the administration would keep a military "quarantine" in place on the country's oil exports to exert leverage on the new leadership there.

HOUSTON – White House and State Department officials have told U.S. oil executives in recent weeks that they would need to return to Venezuela quickly and invest significant capital in the country to revive the damaged oil industry if they wanted compensation for assets expropriated by Venezuela two decades ago, according to two people familiar with the outreach.