NATO’s chief and Poland’s president said there is no indication the missile strike was a deliberate attack.
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Former Vice President Pence says voters want new leadership
In an Associated Press interview, former Vice President Mike Pence declines to say whether he believes Donald Trump is fit to be president again.
U.S. officials say Iranian bomb-carrying drone hit Israeli-linked oil tanker
Iran’s government in Tehran did not acknowledge the attack on the oil tanker.
Man who killed 6 in Christmas parade gets life, no release
Darrell Brooks Jr., now 40, drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee in November 2021.
‘Brazil is back’: At COP27, Lula vows to be a global climate leader
‘There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon,’ President-elect Lula da Silva tells a packed room at the U.N. climate conference in Egypt.
Happy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words
The new Scrabble book includes at least one old-fashioned word that simply fell under the radar for years: yeehaw.
Republicans win slim House majority, complicating ambitious agenda
Republicans will take control of key committees, giving them the ability to shape legislation and launch investigations of President Biden, his family and his administration.
Plea deal reached for missing New Hampshire girl’s stepmother
Her estranged husband, Adam Montgomery, pleaded not guilty to killing Harmony Montgomery, falsifying physical evidence and abuse of a corpse.
Tom Brady, Larry David, other celebrities named in FTX suit
The class-action lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange argues that their celebrity status made them culpable for promoting the firm’s failed business model.
Trump criminal probes will proceed – even while he’s a candidate
Donald Trump enters the race facing federal investigations related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and into the hoarding of top-secret government documents at his Florida estate – plus a separate state probe in Georgia.