NEW YORK (AP) — The confetti has been tested for airiness. The giant numerals – 2 0 2 4 – are in place. And the luminous ball, bedazzled with 2,688 crystal triangles, is fixed to the pole from which it makes its 60-second descent at 11:59 p.m. With throngs of revelers set to usher in the new year under...

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley appeared to mix up a CNN anchor and a college women’s basketball star in a clip posted Saturday. According to The Des Moines Register, Haley was speaking to a crowd in Coralville, Iowa, before the University of Iowa women’s basketball game Saturday when the incident occurred. “[W]e’re super excited to...

Shelling in the center of the Russian border city of Belgorod Saturday killed 21 people, including three children, local officials reported. A further 110 people were wounded in the strike, said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, making it one of the deadliest attacks on Russian soil since the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine 22 months...

Mexico and Venezuela announced Saturday that they have restarted repatriation flights of Venezuelans migrants in Mexico, the latest move by countries in the region to take on a flood of people traveling north to the United States.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said on her Facebook page Saturday that her house was swatted.

Republicans say legal maneuvers to remove former President Donald Trump from several states' GOP primary ballot are no different from when liberal activists successfully used the courts to change election laws during the COVID pandemic before the 2020 presidential campaign.

Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court Saturday to reject former President Donald Trump's claims that he is immune from prosecution, saying the suggestion that he cannot be held to account for crimes in office "threatens the democratic and constitutional foundation" of the country.

New York City is preparing for protestors during its New Year’s celebrations, officials said at a press conference Friday. “[T]he groups that have regularly protested, in regards to Israel-Palestine, have been 1,000 to 5,000 on occasion, and we're prepared for ‘em at any number,” New York Police Department (NYPD) Assistant Chief John Hart said. “We're...

Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson, who passed away "suddenly" Saturday at the age of 75, according to an announcement by his family, had a long 50-year career in Hollywood with both television and film credits to his name. The English actor starred in more than 130 roles on the big and small screens and was recognized...