An attorney representing two parents who sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre said Thursday that the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has requested two years' worth of records from Jones's phone.
U.S.-China relations are tense enough to spark concerns of military confrontation after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. The island — which China insists is part of its territory — has had a relationship with the U.S. since 1950.
The U.S. is preparing to declare monkeypox a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to a growing outbreak, sources tell The Associated Press.
Joaquin Phoenix will reprise his role as the Joker in a sequel to the 2019 Oscar-winning psychological thriller, a spokesperson for film distributor Warner Bros. said on Wednesday. Lady Gaga confirmed in a separate Instagram post that she will co-star.
The U.S. Justice Department has charged four Kentucky police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor with violating her civil rights. Taylor, a 26-year-old Black medical worker, was shot to death in March 2020 during a police raid of her apartment to execute a search warrant.
Group insists in a statement that it 'has no knowledge of the arrival and residence' of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan.
Russian prosecutors asked a court outside Moscow to sentence American basketball star Brittney Griner to 9 1/2 years in prison as closing arguments in her cannabis possession trial were made Thursday.
U.S. officials believe Russia is working to fabricate evidence concerning last week's deadly strike on a prison housing prisoners of war in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine.
China says it conducted "precision missile strikes" in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades.
