President Joe Biden welcomes Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the White House for wide-ranging talks on climate and strengthening democracies, after both leaders faced far-right mobs trying to overturn their election victories. (Feb. 10)…
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Mardi Gras kicks off with parties and parades
A fine-dining fixture on Bourbon Street helped kick off the final frantic days of New Orleans Mardi Gras season Friday, relaxing its jackets-required dress code and briefly ditching its no-pets policy for a pair of crown-and cape-wearing rescue dogs. (…
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Here’s the latest for Friday, February 10: Pentagon shoots down object in U.S. airspace near Alaska; Rescuers in Turkey find more earthquake survivors; Another classified document found at Mike Pence’s home; Tiny mouse is Guinness World Record holder.
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WH: US downs unknown object flying off Alaska coast
A U.S. military fighter jet shot down an unknown object flying off the coast of Alaska on Friday on orders from President Joe Biden, White House officials said. (Feb. 10)
FBI searches Pence home amid subpoena request
The FBI searched former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home on Friday following the discovery by his lawyers last month of sensitive government documents there. The search comes a day after the former vice president was subpoenaed by the special c…
Ukrainians in Turkey quake rubble of shoddy homes
Aydin Sisman’s Ukrainian mother-in-law was hosting her cousin and her cousin’s two sons in Antakya when their building collapsed from the force of Turkey’s devastating earthquake. The three were among the many Ukrainians who had sought a more peaceful …
2 killed, 5 wounded in Jerusalem car-ramming
A Palestinian plowed a car into a crowded bus stop in east Jerusalem on Friday, killing two people, including a six-year-old, and injuring five others before being shot and killed, Israeli police and medics said, the latest escalation as violence grips…
Married couple rescued from Iskenderun rubble
Rescuers pulled several people alive from the shattered remnants of buildings on Friday, some who survived more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete in the bitter cold after a catastrophic earthquake slammed Turkey and Syria, killing more than…
Teenager rescued 94 hours after Turkey quake
Teenager rescued 94 hours after Turkey quake
Hutchins’ relatives sue Baldwin
Halyna Hutchins’ Ukrainian relatives sue Alec Baldwin over her 2021 shooting death. (Feb. 10)