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As the United States prepares “multiple actions” in response to a drone attack by Iran-backed militants that killed American soldiers, Kataib Hezbollah, one of the more powerful of Iran’s Iraq-based proxies, announced it is suspending all its military operations against U.S. troops in the region. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden said […]

Ukraine said Tuesday that Russia’s military attacked overnight with 35 drones and two guided missiles targeting multiple regions of the country. Ukraine’s air force said air defenses destroyed 15 of the drones, including intercepts over the Mykolaiv, Sumy, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Kyiv regions. The air force said part of Russia’s attack was focused […]

International Olympic officials have told counterparts in the United States that their figure skating team will receive Olympic gold medals now that Russian skater Kamila Valieva has been disqualified for doping at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee received word Monday night that the IOC would award the gold […]

Iowa State athletes caught in a gambling sting last year were criminally charged and lost NCAA eligibility as a result of improper searches into their online wagering activities, according to defense attorneys’ court filings. Attorneys for former Iowa State football players Isaiah Lee and Jirehl Brock and wrestler Paniro Johnson wrote in motions for discovery […]

Elon Musk, Neuralink’s billionaire founder, said on Monday the first human patient received an implant from the brain-chip startup on Sunday and is recovering well. “Initial results show promising neuron spike detection,” Musk said in a post on social media platform X. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had given the company clearance last year […]

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returned to work at the Pentagon on Monday after nearly a month’s absence because of prostate cancer and met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “At this important time, I’m glad to be back at the Pentagon,” said Austin, speaking at the start of the meeting. “I feel good and […]

Taylor Swift exchanged a kiss with Travis Kelce on the football field after his team, the Kansas City Chiefs, secured a spot at the Super Bowl on Sunday. The Chiefs defeated the Baltimore Ravens during the AFC championship and are now on their way to the Super Bowl for the fourth time in five years. […]

Nearly 40,000 migrants have arrived in Denver over the past year, making a city with a population of just over 710,000 the top destination per capita for newly arrived migrants crossing the U.S. southern border and traveling north in buses from Texas. The influx is taking a toll on the city’s public safety net. Starting […]

A jury said that Donald Trump should pay $83.3 million in damages Friday, an eye-popping sum that marks the sharpest legal setback for a former president now entangled in multiple criminal and civil cases while he campaigns for the White House. The verdict was the second time over the past year that a jury has […]

WASHINGTON/NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE — The burning conflict in Gaza has lit a spark under untold numbers of American voters, and put extra heat on U.S. President Joe Biden’s reelection bid. Protesters have interrupted his recent campaign appearances to express their anger over his support of Israel’s military campaign. On Wednesday, protesters briefly disrupted a labor union […]