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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela promised in a tense meeting Thursday that neither side would use threats or force against the other, but failed to reach agreement on how to address a bitter dispute over a vast border region rich with oil and minerals that …

An elderly Washington, D.C., man was arrested Thursday and charged with killing his wife after an argument over pancakes, federal prosecutors said. Steven Schwartz, 85, is accused of fatally stabbing his wife, Sharron Schwartz, 81, at their home Sunday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said. Steven …

Sullivan had “a heavy discussion” about civilian protection with Israeli officials during his trip to the region, a senior administration official said Thursday on a call with reporters. “There was a discussion in these meetings — and also in our prior meetings and in calls between the president and the …

WASHINGTON — Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman, a leading public critic of university presidents who failed to condemn calls for genocide against Jews during a congressional hearing last week, was scheduled to co-host a fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie Thursday at a New York law firm, according …

BOSTON — A former professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of one of the nation’s largest fertility clinics is being accused of secretly impregnating a patient in 1980 after promising the sperm would come from an anonymous donor, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Sarah Depoian, 73, said she …

A Texas man has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a Boston physician who specializes in treating gender nonconforming youth.  Matthew Lindner, 39, had previously pleaded not guilty, but at a federal court hearing Wednesday, he changed his plea to guilty on one count of interstate transmission of threatening communication, …

A federal court on Wednesday granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request for an expedited appeal in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit set several deadlines for prosecutors and the defense to file briefs laying out their positions on …

A grand jury indicted two men on charges of going on a yearslong “killing spree” of federally protected eagles and selling “this country’s national symbol” on the black market, court documents revealed. Simon Paul and Travis John Branson were each charged last week with one count of alleged conspiracy and …

MYSTIC, Conn. — A 9-year-old beluga whale at Mystic Aquarium named Kharabali has died, marking the third death among five whales that were transported there from Canada in 2021. Kharabali began swimming abnormally in November, and “her strange behavior continued to progress.” She was eventually moved to the intensive care facility …

The suspect in an attack on a Jewish couple walking to a Beverly Hills, California, synagogue was charged Tuesday with multiple felony counts that could add up to life in prison. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced the charges at a news conference, saying rising antisemitic violence and …