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Prosecutors this week decided not to pursue an assault charge against a man whom Rep. Nancy Mace accused of having “physically accosted” her at the U.S. Capitol in December. According to a filing Tuesday with D.C. Superior Court, prosecutors dropped the lone charge against James McIntyre, a foster care advocate. …

For nine months, Hailey Okula’s Instagram followers watched her balance the demands of her job with the happiness of preparing for her and her husband’s first child. Now, that same community is coming together to support her husband and their newborn son in the aftermath of her death. Okula, an ER …

Aubrey Bertram was starting to imagine her life without student debt. Bertram, a staff attorney at Wild Montana, a nonprofit that works on land conservation in the state, had just around 2½ years left of payments before her $247,804 federal student loan balance would be excused under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. But …

She could have picked up any old stone from the thousands in the ruins of Tel Azeka, an ancient town in Israel. Instead 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan pulled out 3.800-year-old treasure from the Middle Bronze age. “When she rubbed it and removed the sand from it, we saw something was different …

NEW YORK — Tony Bennett’s two daughters have filed a new lawsuit against their brother, alleging he illegally enriched himself at their expense against their father’s wishes both before and after the legendary singer’s death in 2023. Antonia and Johanna Bennett filed the lawsuit Monday in New York against D’Andrea …

As Democrats celebrate a battleground-state win in the most expensive judicial campaign in U.S. history, President Donald Trump and the GOP are confronting a worrying early sign about what the intense spotlight on Elon Musk’s influence means for the party.  Musk, the billionaire White House adviser, played a starring role …

A teenager was attacked by a sea lion in Southern California while she was trying out to become a junior lifeguard cadet. Phoebe Beltran, 15, has several cuts on her right arm and was hospitalized following the confrontation with the animal on Sunday in Long Beach, about 24 miles south …

Meta’s head of artificial intelligence research announced Tuesday that she will be leaving the company.  Joelle Pineau, the company’s vice president of AI research, announced her departure in a LinkedIn post, saying her last day at the social media company will be May 30.  Her departure comes at a challenging time for …

Nonetheless, a 63-year-old woman was found alive early Tuesday in the Myanmar capital, Naypyitaw, more than 90 hours after the quake. Dozens of monks are believed to be trapped under rubble after the quake sent monasteries in the Buddhist-majority country collapsing under their own weight. Rescue efforts are also continuing …

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan plans to expel 3 million Afghans from the country this year, as a deadline for them to voluntarily leave the capital and surrounding areas expired on Monday. It’s the latest phase of a nationwide crackdown launched in October 2023 to expel foreigners living in Pakistan illegally, …