Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has agreed to apologize and pay $3.3 million in taxpayer money to four former staffers who accused him of corruption in 2020, igniting an ongoing FBI investigation into the three-term Republican.
Super Bowl betting confusing? The AP shows you how to do it
Sports betting is now legal in two-thirds of the country, and more Americans than ever before have an opportunity to place a legal bet on Sunday’s Super Bowl.
In earthquake-battered Syria, a desperate wait for help that never came – The Washington Post
In earthquake-battered Syria, a desperate wait for help that never came The Washington PostA desperate search for survivors in the aftermath of Turkey and Syria’s devastating earthquake 13News NowA handful of ‘miracle’ rescues, bu…
Turkey earthquake drone footage shows fissure slicing through land
TEVEKKELI, Turkey (Reuters) – Drone footage in southern Turkey showed a fissure slicing across fields, roads, streams and hillsides, caused by a massive earthquake that struck the region at the start of the week.
The jagged scar of bare and cracked ea…
‘The darkness of not knowing disappears’: China data leak gives Uyghurs answers about missing family members
• Video: Uyghur man finds brother in leaked files
• Analysis: Washington forges rare political unity in condemning China over balloon drama
• US officials disclosed new details about spy balloon’s capabilities. Here’s what we know
The Earthquake in Turkey and the Question of Guilt
After Monday’s devastating natural disaster, people in Turkey are living in tents and the mayor of one city is running his office out of a van. Hundreds of thousands of people are just trying to cope. Meanwhile, President Erdoğan is facing critical que…
A gibbon who lived alone in her cage had a baby. Japanese zookeepers finally know how
Japanese zookeepers believe they have solved the mystery of how a gibbon became pregnant despite living alone in her cage.
Dutch police open probe of anti-Semitic text projected on Anne Frank museum
Dutch police said on Friday they were investigating the projection of an anti-Semitic laser message onto the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam — an incident the prime minister condemned as “reprehensible”.
West Coast labor talks resume after T-5 dispute temporarily set aside: sources
The resumption of negotiations between the ILWU and terminal employers can be viewed as a case of both sides feeling external pressure to get a deal done, especially with stakeholders growing increasingly displeased at the cargo bleed from West Coast p…
Four-year-old girl and her father fell from cliff to their deaths in suspected murder-suicide
The girl’s mother tried to warn the courts about her husband’s behaviour, a coroner’s analysis found