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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the violent Wagner mercenary group who in June led his fighters on an aborted mutinous march to Moscow, likely died in a jet crash in Russia on Wednesday with nine others, Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport said. While the agency listed Prigozhin as having …

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that the House could move forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden if his administration doesn’t provide documents Republicans say they want to review. During a Fox Business interview Tuesday night, McCarthy, R-Calif., was asked whether he has made up his mind …

With the expiration of Title 42 looming, the Biden administration braced for the possibility of a migrant surge on the southern border. It decided to implement another way to send migrants back to Mexico without the chance to claim asylum — a new policy known as “asylum ineligibility.” If migrants …

WAILUKU, Hawaii — The list of people who may be unaccounted for in the wake of the Maui wildfires is now 1,000 to 1,100, officials said Tuesday. The numbers are expected to change, and “that doesn’t mean necessarily … that these people are, in fact, missing,” said Steven Merrill, the …

Police killed a bear after the animal attacked a 7-year-old boy outside his home in a New York City suburb Tuesday, authorities said. The boy was playing in the woods about 11:15 a.m. when he encountered the bear just behind his house on Hickory Kingdom Road in the Westchester County …

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday defended his remark over the weekend urging Republicans against being “listless vessels” who support former President Donald Trump. In a Florida Standard interview last week, DeSantis, who is running a distant second to Trump in polls for the GOP presidential nomination, said the conservative …

Six children and two teachers are trapped in a gondola dangling 900 feet above a ravine in Pakistan after a cable snapped, with an “extremely risky” helicopter rescue mission being hampered by high winds, officials said on Tuesday. The children, who have been stranded since 7 a.m. time (9 p.m. …

In a widely anticipated move, Hun Sen announced that Hun Manet, his oldest son, would succeed him as prime minister shortly after his Cambodian People’s Party won a landslide victory in July elections that were criticized by Western governments and rights groups as neither free nor fair because the main credible opposition party was barred …

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden traveled to Maui on Monday to meet with residents affected by the wildfires this month, the deadliest in modern U.S. history. The Bidens landed around 5 p.m. ET, and were greeted by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green and first lady Jaime Green, along …

Charles Martinet, the iconic voice of the video game Mario for decades, is “stepping back from recording character voices” for Nintendo as he transitions into a new role. Now a “Mario Ambassador,” Martinet will travel the world and interact with fans on behalf of the gaming company. Martinet started at Nintendo in …