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12:11 PM on Thursday, December 18

Five new defendants have been charged in connection with a Minnesota housing services fraud scheme

12:02 PM on Thursday, December 18

An alleged leader of the Tren de Aragua gang labeled by the United States as a terrorist organization has been charged in a New York federal court with racketeering conspiracy and terrorism-related charges

11:55 AM on Thursday, December 18

Three governments that were central in South Sudan’s peace process have urged leaders to end renewed fighting and focus on implementing the peace agreement that ended a deadly conflict

11:54 AM on Thursday, December 18

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. has been found not guilty of charges he endangered and abused his teenage daughter

11:28 AM on Thursday, December 18

Sheriff's office confirms multiple deaths in crash of business jet in North Carolina

11:00 AM on Thursday, December 18

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage slipped to 6.21% this week, close to its low for the year

10:59 AM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump's administration has imposed sanctions on two more International Criminal Court judges over their role in investigating Israeli officials for possible war crimes

10:44 AM on Thursday, December 18

A Mexican drug cartel member accused of faking his death to avoid capture has been sentenced to more than 11 years in U.S. prison

10:43 AM on Thursday, December 18

Authorities say a plane crashed while landing at a regional airport in North Carolina, erupting in a large fire

10:15 AM on Thursday, December 18

A core question for European Union leaders discussing whether to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine is whether the idea is legally sound

10:13 AM on Thursday, December 18

Finland's government is facing a backlash after its representative for the 2025 Miss Universe pageant, Sarah Dzafce, was seen pulling the corners of her eyes in a viral photo

8:48 AM on Thursday, December 18

The U.N. Human Rights Office says in a new report that more than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces on Sudan's largest displacement camp

8:06 AM on Thursday, December 18

Partners at the International Crane Foundation and The Conservation Fund have secured permanent protection of more than 3,300 acres of high-priority wintering habitat for whooping cranes near Port Aransas, Texas

7:38 AM on Thursday, December 18

U.S. inflation slowed unexpectedly last month according to data that was delayed and likely distorted by the government shutdown

5:08 AM on Thursday, December 18

Pope Leo XIV has made a significant U.S. appointment by naming Bishop Ronald Hicks as the next archbishop of New York

4:29 AM on Thursday, December 18

Israel has carried out airstrikes on southern and northeastern Lebanon

3:16 AM on Thursday, December 18

The European Central Bank is leaving interest rates unchanged for the fourth meeting in a row as the economy in the 20 countries that use the euro increasingly looks strong enough to get by without the stimulus of lower borrowing costs for businesses and consumers

11:03 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Bushfires are deadly, they can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days in the vast desert of Mauritania

10:52 PM on Wednesday, December 17

A Boston-area man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife, whose body has never been found

5:47 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Ani Kilambi has joined the Nationals as their new general manager, making the 31-year-old who had been with the Philadelphia Phillies the latest young face to join president of baseball operations Paul Toboni in Washington