The new president will be tasked with pulling the nation out of political turmoil and face a polarized country and world.

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A key member of the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants of the 1960s and ’70s, Japan’s most enduring sports dynasty, Nagashima was a star from his first season.

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Shares are higher in Asia after U.S. stock indexes drifted closer to records

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The actor, also known for playing Chief Ken Hotate on ‘Parks and Recreation’, died aged 59 after being shot near his old home

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‘I just feel terrible putting all these ridiculously high prices up,’ said one worker on Reddit

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Trump administration wants to shutter emergency agency and shift disaster response to the states

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Xu Qiliang, a former air force general who was reportedly close to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, has died at age 75, according to the Defense MInistry

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A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert is blanketing most of the Caribbean in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States

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A Guatemalan court has ordered the arrests of Colombia’s attorney general and a former Colombian defense minister who led a U.N. anti-corruption mission in Guatemala

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Baldoni’s legal team had reportedly sought access to Lively’s therapy notes and other health records

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Authorities in the Italian city of Venice say that foreign tourists are among a dozen people injured when a 50-year-old tree fell next to a bus stop

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A northwestern New Mexico police officer has died, several days after being critically injured when a man opened fire during a traffic stop

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The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly elected Germany’s former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock to be the next head of the 193-member world body

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MrBeast plans to turn the success of his Amazon Prime Video reality competition series into millions of dollars for charity

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction to stop Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from killing a collective bargaining agreement for Transportation Safety Administration workers

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A study has found the ‘self-prescription’ can be a powerful tool

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In 2024, 91 young people were found to have a knife by Scottish police

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Distracted driving mistakes can have enormous consequences

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The UK struck a deal with Washington for import taxes on its steel to be removed weeks ago, but its implementation has not been finalised

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Known as ‘plugging’, the practice sees people made to swallow or hide items inside their bodies

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The fintech, which has been named one of the fastest-growing in the UK, said it means more of its customers can make payments in stores.

It is being described as a ‘truly thrilling moment’

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will hire for “mission-critical field positions” amid expert warnings that the weather service is too short-staffed to warn people of the dangers of the upcoming extreme weather season

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DeVito played the Penguin and Pfeiffer played Catwoman in the 1992 Batman flick.

Senate Republicans review Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," focusing on spending cuts, tax reforms, energy policies and immigration, amid potential increase in the national debt.

The infection is rare but deadly.

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal 2023 beef wellington lunch. Follow live

Barrister Colin Mandy SC asks his client why at one stage there were three properties in both Erin and Simon Patterson’s name when the couple had been separated for four years.

I always thought we would bring the family back together. That is what I wanted ... It was something tangible to say to Simon, I see a future for us.

I have not.

I’ve never had a needle biopsy anywhere.

I consulted Dr Google.

I alternated that with Don.

We did talk about it sometimes.

The kind of conversations that we had ... they would gently make fun of the fact that I was religious and I would try and evangelise back to them in a sense ... It was sort of all in good humour.

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The Justice Department opened an investigation into the student-run Harvard Law Review. The startling accusations show how the Trump administration is wielding power in pursuit of its political agenda.

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Here’s why the Mets may fare better against the Dodgers than did their crosstown rival Yankees.

The actor voiced John Redcorn in "King of the Hill."

Giants legend Carl Banks called out WFAN host Greg Giannotti for his take on Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns.

De Lesseps showed off the dramatic sparkler during a casual outing on a scooter.

It had been nearly four years since DJ LeMahieu enjoyed a four-hit game before Sunday night at Dodger Stadium. 

If you’re Aaron Judge, you can forget about going out for a cup of coffee on the road. 

"Don’t be a snitch and mind your own business."

Every new head coach, upon being hired, is quick to invoke the C-word: Culture.

Devonne Keith Brown, ex-health teacher at a charter school in Washington, D.C., is charged with soliciting child pornography from a minor by using CashApp payments.

Man overboard!

Rangers and multiple agencies responded to a suspicious device on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, leading to evacuations and a temporary closure.