Arrests in the deadly Honolulu fireworks explosion grow to 10

The total number of people arrested in the deadly explosion of illegal fireworks in a Honolulu neighborhood on New Year’s Eve has grown to 10.

VA orders many political appointees, non-union employees back to the office by Feb. 24

Political appointees, senior executives and non-union employees living within 50 miles of their workplaces are ordered to end remote work arrangements and return to the office by Feb. 24.

Emergency crews deployed on Santorini as an earthquake swarm worries Greek experts

Authorities deployed emergency rescue crews to Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini on Monday as hundreds of people scrambled to leave after a spike in seismic activity raised concerns about a potentially powerful earthquake. Schools on four islands were also to shutter through Friday.

2 Marines plead guilty in fatal fentanyl case of a fellow Marine

Two Marines pleaded guilty in federal court for their role in the fatal fentanyl overdose of a fellow Marine, according to federal officials.

Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse and infects 2 other people

Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week.

Comedian Jo Koy salutes the troops and brings laughter to bases in Guam and Japan

Standup comedian and actor Jo Koy had service members and their families roaring with laughter when he visited them at military bases in Guam and Japan in the middle of his “Just Being Koy” tour.

Texas empowers National Guard to make immigration arrests

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he has empowered the National Guard to make immigration arrests, the latest move by the Republican ally of President Donald Trump to help crack down on immigration and secure the border.

The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major Congo city declare a unilateral ceasefire

The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern Congo’s key city of Goma announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region Monday for humanitarian reasons, following calls for a safe corridor for aid and hundreds of thousands of displaced people.

Salvage crews recover engine, large portion of jet from river after deadly air collision near DC

Salvage crews have recovered an engine and large pieces of fuselage and are working to retrieve a wing from the wreckage of a commercial airliner involved in last week’s midair collision near Washington’s Reagan National Airport, officials said Monday.

Pacific Coast Highway reopens nearly month after devastating Southern California wildfires

The Pacific Coast Highway reopened Monday morning, nearly a month after it was closed when flames from the deadly Palisades Fire ripped through hillside Los Angeles neighborhoods, destroying properties all the way down to the beach.

US Army battalion hands over Patriot mission in Poland to Germany, eyes modernization

The U.S. military formally transferred its Patriot missile defense mission in Poland to German forces Monday, marking the first such handover to happen in Europe.

Hegseth meets with troops sent to border with Mexico as 150 Marines deploy to Guantanamo

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shook hands Monday with troops at Fort Bliss for a deployment on the U.S. border with Mexico as Marines unloaded at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to begin work on migrant detention facilities.

F-35 production still marred by quality woes, Pentagon test office says

Lockheed Martin Corp. is still delivering F-35 fighter jet aircraft with quality defects after 13 years of production, according to the Pentagon test office’s annual weapons-evaluations report.

Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Canada, Mexico after they pledge to boost border enforcement

President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada as America’s two largest trading partners took steps to appease his concerns about border security and drug trafficking.

Ukraine hits Lukoil oil refinery, Gazprom plant in Russia

Ukrainian drones struck more Russian oil and gas facilities, the latest in a near-daily series of attacks meant to hurt Moscow’s war effort.

Ukrainian troops losing ground to Russia as Trump talks of ending war

A dire shortage of infantry troops and supply routes coming under Russian drone attacks are conspiring against Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk, where decisive battles in the nearly three-year war are playing out — and time is running short.

Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies

Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, as fighting rages on between government forces and the Rwanda-backed rebels who seized the city of around 2 million people.

Denmark is open to US expansion in Greenland, prime minister says

Denmark is ready to allow the U.S. to boost its presence in Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said as she seeks to curb an escalating diplomatic crisis with the Trump administration over the world’s largest island.

Another car bomb in northern Syria city kills at least 19, mostly women

Another car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a city in northern Syria on Monday, killing at least 19 people and leaving over a dozen wounded, hospital workers and emergency responders said.