Blinken: China’s spy balloon program has been ‘exposed to the world’
Blinken and Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party’s most senior foreign policy official, held talks in Munich after the US shot down an alleged surveillance device
Former US president Jimmy Carter in hospice care
The 39th president, who at 98 is the longest-lived American leader, has entered home hospice care “to spend his remaining time with his family”
Police: nine children shot at Georgia gas station
An altercation apparently took place at a party nearby and it spilled over to the gas station when the shooting began
Turmoil in courts on gun laws in wake of justices’ ruling
The legal turmoil caused by the first major gun ruling in a decade will likely force the Supreme Court to step in again soon to provide more guidance for judges
A rare Sunday game in Utah awaits with NBA All-Star contest
The Utah Jazz traditionally don’t play home games on Sundays out of respect to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
How to keep your Twitter account secure – without paying
A pop-up message warned users they will lose the ability to secure access to their account via text message two-factor authentication
Chief of staff exerts quiet power at center of White House
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said the White House chief of staff is a kind of a “chief operating officer of the country”
US: Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine
The Biden administration formally determined last March that Russian troops had committed war crimes in Ukraine and said it would work with others to prosecute offenders
US ends search for objects shot down over Alaska, Lake Huron
The announcements capped three dramatic weeks that saw US fighter jets shoot down four airborne objects
Will Alex Murdaugh testify? Takeaways from his murder trial
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Prosecutors called 61 witnesses and introduced more than 550 pieces of evidence over 17 days of testimony
FBI records deepen mystery of dig for Civil War-era gold
There is little evidence in the historical record to suggest that a Union Army detachment lost a gold shipment in the Pennsylvania wilderness
Russian envoy claims West is determined to destroy Russia
‘We had no choice other than to defend our country; defend it from you, to defend our identity and our future,’ said Vassily Nebenzia at United Nations
Brazil’s glitzy Carnival is back in full form after pandemic
The government expects 46 million people to join festivities that officially began Friday and run through February 22
How quantum computing threatens internet security
An experiment has highlighted the vulnerability of the current encryption system – something of concern to companies and governments all over the world
How will we construct our identity when machines do our work for us?
If technology frees us from the curse of labor, around which our existence currently revolves, we will face new challenges
When the Great Resignation is a class privilege: ‘The reality is that there are bills to pay’
Many employees don’t believe in quitting their jobs to prioritize their mental health, and instead consider it a luxury they can’t afford. The financial pressure of not making a paycheck is just too high
Julián Araujo, from defending farmworkers in the US to the Barcelona backline
The player, born in California, was raised among thousands of migrants in the United States, but decided to play for the Mexican national team. He will now be part of the Catalan youth team