More than 100 million people are waking to winter weather alerts and warnings Wednesday morning, as storm systems cause severe conditions, biting cold and travel chaos from coast to coast. The National Weather Service warnings stretch from Colorado to Maine and multiple storms systems have dumped as much as 9 inches of snow in West...
Donald Trump signed an order giving Elon Musk more power over the federal workforce. Millions of people are under warnings as a pair of winter storms take hold. And Trump teases the release of another American after Russia freed teacher Marc Fogel from its custody. Here’s what to know today. Trump is giving Musk and...
A satirical counter offer to President Donald Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland has popped in the form of a petition which suggests that Denmark should buy California. More than 200,000 people have signed up for the plan which says that the Scandinavian country needs “more sunshine, palm trees, and roller skates.” “Måke Califørnia Great Ægain,”...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to withdraw from his country’s ceasefire with Hamas and resume “intense fighting” in Gaza if the militant group does not release more hostages by midday Saturday. Netanyahu’s warning followed President Trump’s threat in recent days to let “all hell break out” in Gaza, after the Hamas reiterated...
Russia’s emergency services said Wednesday that it had rescued all 139 fishermen stranded on an ice floe drifting in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Western Pacific. Earlier, the ministry said that about 300 were stranded and that some of them refused “to leave without a catch under any circumstances.” The ministry posted several videos...
BEIJING — A Chinese animated film about a mythical child with a punk attitude and superpowers has become China’s highest-grossing movie of all time, stoking national pride and potentially setting more records as it premieres overseas. “Ne Zha 2” has earned almost almost $1.3 billion in the two weeks since it was released in mainland...
KYIV, Ukraine — A pre-dawn Russian missile salvo on the Ukrainian capital killed at least one civilian and injured four others on Wednesday, starting several fires in the city of three million, Ukrainian officials said. A series of powerful explosions shook the capital around 4:30 a.m. local time (9:30 Tuesday ET) as local officials said air defenses were working to...
HONOLULU — Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Tuesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for nearly two months since it burst to life on Dec. 23. The eruption has been taking place at the the volcano’s summit crater inside...
ROME — Around 130 people were arrested on Tuesday in a large-scale sting against the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo, indicating that it has remained a significant criminal force despite setbacks in recent decades. “Cosa Nostra,” the mafia syndicate based in and around Palermo, terrorized Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, but has since been overtaken as Europe’s most powerful mob by the...
During a break between semifinal rounds, security personnel surrounded and ousted someone along the sidelines of the ring. The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which has protested the dog show for years, said on X that a supporter was removed after holding a sign. Westminster says it celebrates all dogs. The show...