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The classic Christmas movie “Home Alone” tells the improbable tale of a family who leaves their 8-year-old son home when they embark on a vacation. Yet in the years since the 1990 film was released, viewers have focused on another question — how wealthy was the fictitious McCallister family featured in the …

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take similar action against the leadership of the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. The comments by Israel Katz appeared to mark the first time that Israel has acknowledged killing Ismail Haniyeh, who died in an explosion …

A blast ripped through an explosives factory in northwest Turkey on Tuesday, killing 12 people and injuring four, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding that an investigation had been launched. CNN Turk broadcast photographs showing a fireball and smoke rising from the factory building at the time of the blast, …

Amber Heard said social media is where a lie becomes the truth in response to the complaint Blake Lively filed against her “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni, telling NBC News on Monday she “saw this firsthand.” Lively accused Baldoni, the film’s director, of sexual harassment, hostile work environment …

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PHOENIX — President-elect Donald Trump dismissed any suggestion that he’s being usurped by his high-profile billionaire ally Elon Musk, coming off a week in which Musk helped derail an emergency spending measure to avert a government shutdown. Trump said the notion that he has “ceded the presidency” to Musk is …

LONDON — Lawmakers in the United Kingdom are wrestling with a decision to fast-track legislation aimed at preventing foreign interference in national elections after far-right leader Nigel Farage suggested that Elon Musk could donate to his once-fringe right-wing party, in the latest turn for the world’s richest man as he …

There was once a time that Amanda Maze, a home health nurse and mother from Kentucky, took out loans to pay for her family’s Christmas presents — a decision she said caused a “vicious cycle” of year-round payments and debt. Now, she’s teaching her half-million TikTok followers that the holidays …

In response to an inquiry about Seiter’s and Walborn’s cases, Liberty said it is transparent about its guidelines, which members agree to when they sign up. “We regret that the processing of these members’ bills was delayed, but in an organization that receives hundreds of thousands of bills annually, processing …

Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian doctor accused of killing four women and a nine-year-old boy by driving into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, has been remanded into custody. His appearance before a judge on Saturday evening comes as details emerge about the attack and his possible motivations. German …