U.S. military launched a massive strike against Venezuela with 150+ aircraft, capturing dictator Nicolás Maduro in major coordinated operation.

Riley Gaines, Martina Navratilova support defendants while Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird back transgender plaintiffs in Supreme Court women's sports cases.

Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin compared the U.S. to Iran, claiming both countries are "killing protesters" in controversial social media posts.

Clinical trials show retatrutide, Eli Lilly's new triple-agonist drug, delivered 24.2% weight loss in 48 weeks and the improvement of other conditions in longer studies.

Supreme Court considers controversial Louisiana coastal erosion lawsuit against energy companies in case dating back to World War II defense production.

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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal slammed ICE as "madeup, fake, wannabe law enforcement" officers who violate both the "legal" and "moral" law.

House Democrat Janelle Bynum accused federal authorities of "state-sponsored terrorism" in a statement following a shooting in Portland on Thursday.

Archaeologists discovered a 6,000-year-old skeleton showing healed lion attack wounds. The ancient man survived the brutal encounter as a teenager and lived for months afterward.

Ohio dentist's wife and husband allegedly killed by her ex-husband, a vascular surgeon now facing extradition from Illinois. Double murder shocks Columbus.

Prosecutors struggle with charging alleged assassins Luigi Mangione and Tyler Robinson as U.S. law lacks clear penalties for political murders and assassinations.

U.S. capture of Venezuela's Maduro sparks international debate over whether bold action deters rivals like China and Russia or sets dangerous precedent.

"PBS News Weekend" was cancelled over the weekend with the network citing President Donald Trump and the Republican Party's spending cuts to PBS last summer.

As Trump pressured Cuba to strike a deal, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez asserted that the country will defend itself "to the last drop of blood."

Pierre Poilievre is surely looking forward to what 2026 will bring. But while the new year may still be in its infancy, there are two pressing matters he needs to deal with right off the bat. Read More

There is something perverse about a government that once claimed there is "no business case" to sell natural gas to Europe so our allies don't have to rely on Russia, but whose prime minister is happily going to China to talk energy exports. That energy, by the way, could very well end up powering a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. The Liberal party's disreputable habit of siding with authoritarian enemies of the West aside, the government's position on whether there is a "business case" for an energy project has nothing to do with the market, and everything to do with politics. Read More

Canadians are losing trust in major institutions, including Parliament and the school system. Good — because our institutions need an overhaul. Perhaps this country isn't a lost cause, after all. Read More

As the popular uprising against Tehran’s Islamic regime enters its third week, Iranian-Canadians are doing all they can to show solidarity and call for revolution. Their message is clear and united: the Mullahs governing Iran are illegitimate and must be replaced with a transitional government led by exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi. Read More

My Flemish giant bunny loved chomping on carrots, computer cables and my skirting board – and being walked on a leash. When I suffered a medical emergency, she jumped into action

The first time I saw a Flemish giant rabbit was at TruckFest in Peterborough in 2002. Among a sprawling maze of stalls at the East of England showground, I was led into a tent filled with the biggest rabbits I’d ever laid eyes on. I’d never heard of Flemish giants before, but I knew then that I needed one. I couldn’t have predicted in that moment that one of these beautiful creatures might save my life.

Dory was a baby when I met her, but even as a bunny she was already bigger than most normal-sized rabbits. We brought her home in a cat carrier, but she soon outgrew it. By the time she was fully grown, she weighed nearly 10kg, and I was walking her on a leash like a dog.

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© Photograph: Courtesy of Simon Steggall

© Photograph: Courtesy of Simon Steggall

As it did in 2003, the US is underestimating the potential for instability as Trump resurrects one of the Iraq war’s biggest myths

“Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!” Paul Bremer, the US proconsul in Iraq, famously declared at a press conference in Baghdad on 14 December 2003, a day after US troops had captured Saddam Hussein. Iraqis in the audience broke out in cheers, leapt up from their seats and pumped their fists in the air – many had waited decades for that moment. “This is a great day in Iraq’s history,” Bremer said, adding: “The tyrant is a prisoner.”

I was in the audience that day in Baghdad, covering the Iraq invasion’s aftermath as a correspondent for a US newspaper. It quickly became clear that Bremer and other jubilant US officials would use the occasion – US soldiers dragged the disheveled former Iraqi dictator out of a hole in the ground where he had been hiding near his home town – to declare that America’s war had reached a decisive turn. Despite a growing insurgency led by ex-members of the Iraqi security forces, US officials in Baghdad and Washington projected confidence that victory was in sight now that Saddam was locked up and headed for the gallows.

Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor, at New York University

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© Photograph: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images

Why should he, an eight-month-old boy, have more pockets on his clothes than I do?

There’s much about becoming a new mother that could be filed under “maddening”. The phrase “sleep when the baby sleeps”. The way people stop asking how you are, instead only asking after the baby. The sheer volume of unsolicited advice – some barbed, some so painfully obvious it’s borderline offensive, and all of it totally inescapable. (I suppose I could try living on a desert island, though no doubt someone would send a plane to skywrite: “They’re probably just hungry!”)

But it was while doing the laundry last week that I found something truly unhinged. I was sorting my infant son’s clothes from mine when I noticed that he had more pockets on his clothes than I did. What exactly does an eight-month-old need with a tiny pocket? Is he supposed to keep something in there? A dummy? Bits of rice cake? All the sleep he’s stolen from me (in which case he’d need a bigger pocket)?

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© Photograph: Posed by model; Tetra Images, LLC/Alamy

© Photograph: Posed by model; Tetra Images, LLC/Alamy

Many people misuse supplements because they’re unsure how much to consume, when to take them or whether they interact with their medications.

AI data centers that devour huge amounts of energy will be required to pay more for electricity to prevent sticker shock on regular customers, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

They all just seem to do it a little bit better when they have everyone available. They’re as close to that as they’ve been in weeks, missing only Landry Shamet now from the regular rotation. Hart is back in the fold. These, it would seem, are the real Knicks.