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Air force pilot Alper Gezeravci was selected to be the first Turkish citizen in space, and will travel to the International Space Station, the president said

Data issued Friday by the Labor Department showed that workers’ pay and benefits rose 1.2% in the first three months of this year

The Moscow-installed governor of the port city of Sevastopol posted videos and photos of the blaze on his Telegram channel on Saturday

Authorities say an 8-year-old child was among five people killed in a shooting at a home in southeast Texas late Friday night

At least three children were among the fatalities as Moscow hit targets beyond the front lines for the first time in weeks ahead of an anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive

A judge in London’s High Court ruled Friday in favor of Green in her lawsuit against the producers of “A Patriot,” a sci-fi thriller that folded in 2019

Police say a 34-year-old man confessed last week to four killings at a home in Bowdoin and injuring three people while shooting at vehicles on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth

The rover spotted cracks and crusts in the Martian salt-rich dunes. Small pockets of water from thawing frost or snow, mixed with salt, likely resulted in the cracked surface

Much of the increase in airline-caused cancellations has happened at low-fare airlines, but the biggest carriers are also causing a higher percentage of their own cancellations, according to government data

It varies by region, but tick season generally stretches from April to October and Lyme disease cases peak in the summer

Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s criticism of the bill led the transgender lawmaker to be silenced on the House floor and then removed after she encouraged protesters on Monday. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill into law on Friday

Access to gender-affirming care is taking center stage in state governments across the U.S., with some states passing restrictions and others protections. The debates and lawsuits have raged throughout 2023 so far

Francis outlined his vision for the future of Europe as he began a three-day visit to Hungary on Friday. In a carefully calibrated speech, he demanded that the European Union approve safe and legal ways for migrants to enter.

On Thursday, a court in Moscow ordered to liquidate the Sova Center, a prominent non-governmental organization that monitors racism and xenophobia in Russia, as well as implementation of anti-extremism laws

Lula’s action delivers in part on a campaign promise and also serves to help protect critical Amazon rainforest from commercial exploitation

Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Friday that the lawsuit alleging Google wields monopolistic power in the world of online advertising can proceed in its entirety

It’s a city of two tales: After years of protest, crackdown and pandemic restrictions, Hong Kong is returning to normal — or is it? Living in there today means juggling contradictory feelings

At the hearing, the judge seemed incredulous about defense arguments that the government has not shown the 21 year-old ever intended leaked information to be widely disseminated

In South Carolina, Thursday’s vote was the third attempt since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer to strict bans on abortion

Some Medicaid recipients say errors and confusion are leading to them being kicked off the federally and state-funded health coverage program. States are undertaking an unprecedented review of the 84 million Medicaid enrollees nationwide

Facing questions this week about his standing within the GOP and his fight with Disney, he’s sometimes appeared agitated, reinforcing concerns within corners of his own party about his readiness for the rigor of presidential politics

The Fed finds that while poor management ultimately doomed Silicon Valley Bank, watered down regulations and social media’s ability to rapidly hasten a bank run also contributed

The new laws enacted Friday include raising the buying age for all firearms from 18 to 21 and installing a three-day waiting period between the purchase and receipt of a gun

Fox had 1.33 million viewers in the 8 p.m. Eastern hour on Wednesday, down 56% from the 3.05 million that Carlson had on the same day a week ago. Eric Bolling at the conservative alternative Newsmax has seen his audience shoot up

The musician was the first witness called by the defense Thursday after the heirs of Ed Townsend, Marvin Gaye’s co-writer on the 1973 hit, finished presenting their arguments that their copyrights were infringed by “Thinking Out Loud”

The DEA spent $4.7 million on “strategic planning and communication” and other contracts to hire people Milgram knew from her days as New Jersey’s attorney general and as a law professor

The former vice president’s grand jury appearance in Washington is a milestone in the Justice Department’s investigation into the conversations and events preceding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol