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Three recent incidents of orcas seemingly attacking and sinking boats off the southwestern tip of Europe are drawing intense scrutiny over whether the animals deliberately swarmed the vessels and if they are learning the aggressive behavior from one another. Encounters between orcas, or killer whales, and boats have been increasing …

BOSTON — A father and son from Massachusetts have both been sent to prison for running an elaborate lottery fraud scheme designed to enrich themselves and help prize winners avoid paying taxes on their windfall, prosecutors said. Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, both of Watertown, cashed in 14,000 …

A driver was detained after a truck crashed into security barriers near the White House on Monday night, officials said. The white U-Haul box truck crashed into the barriers on the north side of Lafayette Square, at 16th Street, just before 10 p.m. ET. The Secret Service said the incident, …

A private autopsy conducted in the case of Lashawn Thompson, who died in the Fulton County Jail last year, found that weeks of neglect caused his death. Thompson was found unresponsive slumped over a toilet in his jail cell on Sept. 13, 2022, according to the independent autopsy, and was …

An 18-year-old from Oahu, Hawaii made history Sunday after becoming the first Pacific Islander singer to win “American Idol.” Fan-favorite Iam Tongi won the show’s 21st season after an emotional performance of his original song, “I’ll Be Seeing You,” dedicated to his late father. Country singer Megan Danielle, from Georgia, …

Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at a small Christian university in western New York, acknowledge their names are unconventional, which explains why they attached gender identities to their work email signatures. Wilmot uses “he/him.” Zelaya goes by “she/her.” Their former employer, Houghton University, wanted them to drop the …

New York City police on Sunday continued to investigate the deaths of two boys last seen walking together in Harlem but found lifeless in waterways on opposite sides of Manhattan. So far, foul play has not been suggested, but aspects of the case are confounding. Garrett Warren, 13, was reported …

WASHINGTON — After he spoke to President Joe Biden by phone Sunday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said they have agreed to meet in person Monday afternoon to work toward a deal on lifting the debt ceiling. McCarthy and Biden discussed the debt ceiling in a call Sunday while the …

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that early June is a “hard deadline” for the federal government to raise the debt ceiling and warned that bills will go unpaid if Congress fails to reach a deal before the U.S. runs out of money in an exclusive interview on “Meet the …

An extremist Israeli Cabinet minister visited a sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Sunday at a time of heightened tensions with the Palestinians. The visit by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, his second known visit since becoming a member of Israel’s most right-leaning government ever, drew condemnations from the Palestinians and …