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THE WHITE HOUSE — President Joe Biden said Thursday he was unable to legally divert money away from a plan to build several miles of new barriers along the southern border – directly contradicting his campaign vow to build “not another foot of wall” and drawing harsh criticism from Mexico’s president. A notice to allow construction […]

Ukrainian officials bitterly condemned a Russian attack Thursday that blew apart a café where a wake was being held, killing at least 51 people, including a child. The Associated Press reported that after the attack in the eastern village of Hroza, “body parts were strewn across a nearby children’s playground that was severely damaged by […]

After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the European climate agency reported Thursday. Last month’s average temperature was 0.93 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average for September. That’s the warmest margin above average for a month […]

WASHINGTON — For the first time in U.S. history, U.S. lawmakers voted Tuesday to remove the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from power. Republican Kevin McCarthy was removed from his position as speaker in a 216-210 vote triggered by a rare challenge from his own party. Republican Representative Matt Gaetz filed a motion late […]

The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s New York civil real estate fraud case on Tuesday imposed a gag order on the former president after he disparaged a court staffer. New York State court Judge Arthur Engoron issued the order after Trump recirculated on his Truth Social site a critical social media post about Engoron’s principal […]

Jennifer Lopez struggled with her body image after welcoming her twins. While presenting trainer Tracy Anderson with the Outstanding Achievement in Fitness award at the Daytime Beauty Awards on Sunday, the superstar recalled how Tracy helped her overcome her body image issues after she welcomed twins Max and Emme in 2008. “I’ve been doing a […]

Ukraine’s air force said Tuesday it destroyed 29 drones and a cruise missile that Russia used to attack Ukrainian regions overnight. The Ukrainian military said most of the drones targeted the Mykolaiv region in southern Ukraine and the Dnipropetrovsk region in the central part of the country. Serhiy Lysak, the regional governor of Dnipropetrovsk, said […]

NAIROBI, KENYA — A Kenyan parliamentary panel called on the country’s information technology regulator on Monday to shut down the operations of cryptocurrency project Worldcoin within the country until more stringent regulations are put in place. The government suspended the project in early August following privacy objections over its scanning of users’ irises in exchange for […]

HELENA, MONTANA — The office of Montana’s Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that said state agencies aren’t doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming. The state filed notice Friday that it is going to appeal the August ruling by District Court Judge Kathy Seeley, who […]

LeBron James has gushed over Adele’s “absolutely incredible” show in Las Vegas. The Los Angeles Lakers player took to Instagram on Sunday to share a glowing review of Adele’s Las Vegas concert, which he attended over the weekend. “You’re ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE @adele!! Simple as that!,” LeBron, 38, gushed. “Pleasure witnessing it live in the flesh! […]