Rep. Kevin McCarthy appears not to have the votes necessary to win the House speaker’s gavel on the first ballot as a crucial group of conservative – Republicans want a “radical departure from the status quo” in chamber leadership

Ukrainian forces fired rockets at a facility in the eastern Donetsk region where Russian soldiers were stationed, killing 63 of them, Russia’s defense ministry said Monday, in one of the deadliest attacks on the Kremlin’s forces

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s body, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday as thousands of people filed by to pay tribute to the pontiff who shocked the world by retiring a

Wimbledon’s greatest-ever singles champion Martina Navratilova today announced that she has been diagnosed with two forms of cancer. Navratilova, 66, who won Wimbledon a record nine times, said she has been diagnosed with

Left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed to haul Brazil out of Jair Bolsonaro’s era of “devastation” and kickstart a new phase of reconciliation, environmental preservation, and social justice after being sworn in as president.

Just in time for the New Year, New York lawmakers have become the highest-paid state legislators in the nation under a bill signed Saturday. Members of both houses are getting a pay raise of $32,000, for a base salary of $142,000,

Kathy Hochul became the first woman to be sworn into a full term as governor of New York on Sunday, a landmark moment that she said she would seize to lead a state confronting fears over crime and a crisis of affordability. In her

A ban on foreigners buying residential property in Canada took effect Sunday, aiming to make more homes available to locals facing a housing crunch. Several exceptions in the act allow individuals such as refugees

Mexico Prison Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to state officials.

Australia – Four people have been killed and several others are in critical condition following a collision between two helicopters near Sea World on the Gold Coast.At least 13 people needed treatment following the collision, which

Marvel actor Jeremy Renner was in “critical but stable” condition on Sunday after getting into a snow plow accident, a report said. A spokesperson for Renner told Deadline that the “Hawkeye” star was injured in Nevada “after

Venezuela and Colombia will fully reopen their shared border on January 1 to allow passage of cargo and passenger transport via the cross-border Tienditas bridge, Colombia Migration said in a statement on Saturday. The South

The tax law that Donald Trump signed in late 2017 echoed through his finances in the following years, limiting some tax benefits for him and opening some tax-planning opportunities, according to the former president’s tax

The trial of five members of the Proud Boys on charges of seditious conspiracy, with the defendants including the group’s longtime chairman, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, is heading into its second week without a word of testimony

The alleged Islamic extremist who stabbed a rookie NYPD cop in the head with a machete in Times Square on New Year’s Eve has been pictured. Trevor Bickford 19 from Wells, Maine, is seen in unsuspecting photographs

Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be sworn in Sunday in the capital, Brasilia, and assume office for the third time, marking the culmination of a political comeback sure to thrill supporters and enrage opponents in a

An NYPD officer on his first day on the job was stabbed in the head with a machete by a 19-year-old who investigators believe may be an Islamic extremist during New Year’s Eve celebrations near Times Square. Witnesses

Pope Francis prayed for his predecessor’s passage to heaven as he presided over a special New Year’s Day Mass Sunday in St. Peter’s Basilica a day after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died in retirement at the Vatican. The huge

Anita Pointer, one of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, country, and R&B hits in the 1970s and 80s included I’m So Excited, Jump (For My Love) and Fire, has died of cancer aged 74, her publicist said

A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida school district’s policy of separating school bathrooms based on biological sex is constitutional. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced its 7-4 decision on Friday, ruling

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the “exponential” expansion of his country’s nuclear arsenal, the development of a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile, and the launch of its first spy satellite, state media reported

A new Omicron variant is rapidly spreading in the US just in time to ring in 2023 according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The strain known as XBB.1.5 accounts for about 41% of confirmed COVID

Clerk of Courts Harvey Ruvin, Miami-Dade County’s longest-serving elected official has died at 85 shocking those in the legal and political communities.Tonight, we are heartbroken to learn of Harvey Ruvin’s death — a public

Thousands of people braved the rain to welcome in 2023 at New York’s iconic Times Square which exploded into a spectacular light show as revelers watched the ball drop at midnight. The magnificent light show was kicked off by New

When retired Pope Benedict XVI is laid to rest on Thursday, it will be an event unprecedented in the modern history of the Catholic Church. Not only was Benedict the first modern pope to step down, but his funeral will be highly

Mark Meadows, who was chief of staff to President Donald Trump, will not be charged for voter fraud related to his 2020 registration and absentee vote in North Carolina, the state’s chief law enforcement official announced Friday.

A Miami dog owner who dyed his puppy red and yellow to resemble the Pokemon character Pikachu and showed it off at the Miami Heat basketball game is now getting some heat himself. Owner Erik Torres was seen in a video

Norwegian Cruise Line must pay $110 million in damages for use of a port that Cuba’s government confiscated in 1960, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday, a milestone for Cuban Americans seeking compensation for Cold War-era asset

Venezuela’s biggest opposition parties voted to remove Juan Guaidó as their leader, marking an end to a bold, U.S.-backed political gambit in which he was recognized as the country’s legitimate president unsuccessful bid to oust

President Biden issued full pardons to six individuals on Friday, with the majority convicted of drug- and alcohol-related crimes decades earlier when they were young. The individuals granted clemency had served sentences

Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate was ordered held for 30 days on Friday following his arrest in Romania on human trafficking and rape charges. A Romanian court agreed to extend the former kick-boxer’s

A month after a tumultuous departure from Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo signed with Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr on Friday in a big-money move that probably marks the end of the 37-year-old forward’s storied career

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years, has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced. His death was announced in Rome on Dec.

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the sea east of the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, the South Korean military said. The launches were the latest in an unprecedented number of missile tests conducted by North Korea

Bryan Christopher Kohberger, charged in the quadruple slaying of University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves in Moscow, Idaho. The suspect’s choice of academic field

Barbara Walters, who broke barriers for women as the first female co-host of the “Today” show and the first female anchor of a network evening news program, interviewer of celebrities has died at 93. Her death was reported by

President Jair Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States on Friday, 48 hours before his leftist rival President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was set to take office, saying he had “lost a battle but not the war.”Bolsonaro,

At shareholder meetings, she was the stinging nun. For more than four decades, Sister Patricia Daly pursued her chosen vocation: shareholder activist and scourge of corporate CEOs.A member of the Roman Catholic Sisters of St.

A college student has been arrested for the murders of four University of Idaho students almost six weeks ago. Four police sources have confirmed to NBC that a 25-year-old man has been arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with

The House Ways and Means Committee released six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns Friday, pushing documents into the public sphere that the former president had long tried to keep confidential. The panel’s move to

As if canceled flights and lost luggage weren’t enough of a hassle, would-be Southwest Airlines passengers faced another hurdle to their holiday travel this week: High fares on other carriers.Southwest announced on

One of former Donald Trump’s top White House aides slammed his ex-press secretary Kayleigh McEnany as “a liar and an opportunist” in testimony to the House Jan. 6 committee. Former White House communications director Alyssa

Arkansas Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday chose one of Florida’s top education officials — Senior Chancellor Jacob Oliva — to lead schooling efforts in her state. By nominating Oliva, Sanders is attempting to bring in a

Google has announced that it’s adding a red “suspected spam caller” warning to Google Voice calls if it doesn’t think they’re legitimate. In a post on Thursday, the company says it’s identifying spam “using the same advanced

On the campaign trail, Representative-elect George Santos, a Republican who ultimately flipped a Democratic seat in New York, misled voters about his work and educational history, his family’s heritage, his past philanthropic

Southwest Airlines Co. said it would reimburse customers for many types of reasonable expenses they have taken on after the airline canceled close to 16,000 flights since last Thursday, leaving people stranded across the

The U.S. military said a Chinese jet fighter conducted an unsafe maneuver while intercepting an American spy plane in international airspace over the South China Sea last week. During the Dec. 21 encounter, a J-11

The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York rung up its first sales on Thursday opening up what is expected to be one of the country’s most – lucrative markets for cannabis

Incendiary social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother were busted in Romania Thursday related to sex-trafficking allegations, according to a report. Police in tactical gear descended on a villa Andrew Tate and brother

Several Cuban immigrants slated for deportation back to Cuba were instead freed from detention Thursday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement accidentally posted their confidential data online last month

Bolivian police on Wednesday detained prominent opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho on charges of “terrorism” in a move that significantly escalates tensions between the national government and Camacho’s Santa

He was hailed as the king of soccer, but it was Pelé’s other nickname — the Pérola Negra, or Black Pearl — that best evoked the rare brilliance he packed into his diminutive frame. Pelé, who for decades staked

Democrat Kris Mayes is the winner of Arizona’s attorney general race, a state judge announced Thursday. Mayes defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh by 280 votes after a mandatory recount was triggered due to how close

Wary residents of the historic Coral Gate community are in talks with a large-scale developer who wants to tear down a nearby 68-year-old Sears and build a modern