Former publisher Jimmy Lai denied he asked a colleague to draft a list of potential sanction targets in his second day of testimony Thursday at his landmark national security trial in Hong Kong.

A fresh banana taped to a wall - a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan - was bought for $6.2 million on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction, Sotheby's announced in a statement.

Silicon Valley tech giants and others who together process more than 13 billion financial transactions annually through digital wallets and payment apps will be subject to government supervision, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.

Sen. John Cornyn, a senior Judiciary Committee Republican, says he has warned former Rep. Matt Gaetz that there will be no secrets held back about the sexual misconduct allegations he has been facing when his confirmation hearings are held for attorney general. "All I...

The U.S. military is supporting Philippine operations in the South China Sea via a special task force, a U.S. embassy official said Thursday, an initiative Manila said involves intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

Comcast's corporate reorganization means that there will soon be two television networks with "NBC" in their name - CNBC and MSNBC - that will no longer have any corporate connection to NBC News.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza and the October 2023 attacks that...

A woman told police she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday.

Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv's air force said, in the first known use in the war of a powerful weapon designed to deliver nuclear strikes thousands of kilometers away.

Inflation-weary consumers should see the cost of their classic Thanksgiving dinner gobble less of their paychecks this year, largely because Americans are buying less of the meal's centerpiece dish, turkey.

U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday argued to a judge that Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data, and search results with rivals, and take a range of other measures to end its monopoly on online search.

A Virginia circuit court judge ruled on Wednesday that Gov. Glen Youngkin, R-Va., does not have the authority to withdraw from a carbon-cap commitment without the approval of the state Legislature, The Hill reported.

The Capitol is in confusion as members of Congress weigh how House Speaker Mike Johnson's transgender bathroom ban will be enforced, according to Axios.

Legislation by Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at the federal level advanced out of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Wednesday along party lines and will move to a full vote on the House floor.

The Senate rejected Sen. Bernie Sanders' resolution to block arms sales to Israel on Wednesday, affirming continued support for Israel's military capabilities amid its ongoing conflict with Hamas, The Hill reported.

The AMCHA Initiative, a coalition of 121 education, civil rights, and religious organizations, is turning up the heat up on universities with Faculty for Justice in Palestine chapters, which were created following Iranian-backed Hamas' terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023, in Israel.

A House Democrat is attempting an end-around strategy to make the findings of the House Ethics Committee's report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., public, as Republicans are blocking its release.

A Florida man who said his goal was to "reboot" and/or "reset" the U.S. government was arrested and charged Wednesday with attempting to blow up the New York Stock Exchange.

A Utah judge on Wednesday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit that Gabby Petito's parents filed against the city of Moab alleging police did not do enough during a traffic stop to protect their daughter from the man who killed her weeks later.

The Federal Emergency Management's Agency disaster relief is "rapidly nearing exhaustion," Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told a committee Wednesday.

The Daily Mail reported Wednesday that pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has been found showing up in states across America.

Senate Majority Leader-elect John Thune, R-S.D., said "Democrats have struggled" to support Israel and told the Jewish state that "reinforcements are on the way" as Republicans prepare to take over the majority in the upper chamber in January.

A Ninth Circuit Court of appeals judge likened a traditional Korean spa's female-only policy to racist "white only" laws."

A 25-year-old former Georgia poll worker was charged on Tuesday, Nov. 19, for mailing a letter where he threatened to bomb a polling location, the Justice Department said.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq closed lower Wednesday, taking a break from the prior session's rally as investors worried about escalation of Russia-Ukraine tensions and weak results from Target, while awaiting earnings from megacap Nvidia.