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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean authorities tried and failed Friday to carry out an unprecedented arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched attempt to declare martial law in a dramatic standoff at the presidential residence where Yoon has been staying since he was impeached last month. …

A judicial organization that sets national policy for federal courts has rejected a request from two Democratic lawmakers to refer Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to the Justice Department over free travel and gifts from wealthy benefactors that were largely omitted from his financial disclosure forms. The group, the Judicial Conference, sent …

NEW ORLEANS — Enthusiastic Georgia and Notre Dame fans filed into the Superdome on Thursday to watch the Fighting Irish’s 23-10 Sugar Bowl win without any fear of the terrorism that had struck just blocks away. The odd Thursday afternoon stage was dominated by No. 7 Notre Dame’s stout defense, which …

President-elect Donald Trump and his allies in Congress have blamed the deadly New Orleans truck attack on President Joe Biden’s border policies even though the attacker was a U.S. citizen. “When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that …

NEW ORLEANS — Jeremi Sensky was returning to his hotel after meeting friends in the early hours on New Year’s Day when he heard a “massive noise” — the last thing he remembers before ending up facedown on the ground with his wheelchair smashed around him. Sensky survived the fatal …

New year, same old real estate market: The high mortgage rates, scarce inventory and dismal affordability that have plagued housing look set to linger into 2025. There were some signs of improvement late last year. Pending home sales rose for four months in a row through November, boosting hopes that …

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to avoid the same fate that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, experienced two years ago: an embarrassing, drawn-out floor fight for the speaker’s gavel. A small band of right-wing rabble-rousers is threatening to derail Johnson’s bid Friday to retain the speakership. It typically …

I can almost guarantee that you’re hunched over your phone, computer or tablet while reading this. We all do it (myself included) since so much of our world revolves around scrolling, tapping and typing. And despite how many years of ballet I took, how many barre, Pilates or yoga classes …

A sharp rise in mortgage interest rates toward the end of December took its toll on mortgage demand, hitting just as the housing market entered its typically slowest stretch of the year. Total mortgage application volume for the two weeks ended Dec. 27, 2024, dropped 21.9% compared with the week …

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