South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to take over efforts to detain impeached Yoon

South Korea’s anti-corruption agency has requested that police take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its investigators failed to bring him to custody following a standoff with the presidential security service last week.

National Guard units activate in response to powerful winter storm

National Guard units were activated in response to a powerful winter storm blowing across the central and eastern parts of the U.S. beginning in the late afternoon on Sunday.

Del Toro embarks on the new year by naming 2 future Navy destroyers

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named two new Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyers, the future USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146) and USS Intrepid (DDG 145) to start off the new year.

Early physical therapy is better for concussions, study indicates

Those who participated in early physical therapy reported less dizziness, and their concussion symptoms improved sooner than their counterparts who waited for PT.

Puerto Rican nationalists attacked the Capitol; Jimmy Carter freed them

When President Jimmy Carter commuted the prison sentences of the four Puerto Rican nationalists who attacked members of Congress and President Harry S. Truman in the 1950s, he cited “humane considerations.”

A soccer-loving nun from Brazil tops list of world’s oldest living person at nearly 117

Sister Inah Canabarro was so skinny growing up that many didn’t think she would survive childhood, said LongeviQuest, an organization that tracks supercentenarians around the globe.

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed last year inside the war operations room, aide says

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group’s war operations room, according to new details Sunday disclosed by a senior Hezbollah official.

Man behind New Year’s attack visited New Orleans before, recorded video with smart glasses, FBI says

The man responsible for the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with hands-free glasses.

Why South Korean protesters are using US flags and a pro-Trump slogan

Supporters and critics of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are using American symbolism, from the “Stop the Steal” slogan to the Virginia state flag.

Major Huntsville contractor awarded $481M for missile defense work

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. was recently awarded $481,329,816 for updates and improvements to its Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System’s software, according to the Department of Defense.

New Orleans mourns victims of truck attack with tearful vigil and celebration of life

New Orleans mourned, wept and danced at a vigil Saturday evening along the famous thoroughfare where a man rammed a pickup truck into a crowd, killing and injuring revelers who were there to celebrate the new year.

Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from new bill

The bill rescinds two provisions — the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset — that limit Social Security benefits for recipients if they get retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government.

The difference between the ‘deep state’ and ‘the swamp’

Donald Trump has promised to do many things once he reoccupies the White House. Among the most famous, and most desired by his biggest fans, is his vow to “drain the swamp” and “demolish the deep state.” What is the deep state? And what is the swamp? How are they different?

Musk’s DOGE should work with the government, not against it

President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, to be led by tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, seems motivated by the popular Silicon Valley mantra of “Move fast and break things.” When it comes to the federal government, however, that’s a recipe for disaster.

Lawmakers brace for Trump’s promised Jan. 6 pardons; some are urging restraint

The fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has a new focus as lawmakers brace for the prospect that Donald Trump may soon pardon many of the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes for their actions related to the riot.

The heaviest snowfall in a decade is possible as a wintery blast roils parts of the US

A major, disruptive winter storm was sweeping across the central U.S. and headed toward the mid-Atlantic on Sunday, forecasters said, bringing with it a dreaded combination of snow, ice and plunging temperatures. Indiana’s National Guard was activated to help stranded motorists.

Heavy snow brings widespread disruption across the UK and Germany

Heavy snow and freezing rain have brought widespread disruption across Europe on Sunday, particularly in the U.K. and Germany, with several major airports forced to suspend flights.

Ukraine presses attacks in Russia’s Kursk region

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will again call on allies to boost its air defenses at this week’s meeting in Germany.

Entering Baghdad, 2003

Baghdad, Iraq, April 8, 2003: A Marine mans a M-240G machine gun on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, as smoke from a burning building billows by.