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U.S. Navy sailors aboard nuclear-powered submarines have long trained in the Arctic, learning to hunt their Russian counterparts in case of war. But America’s sub force is sharpening its combat skills at the edge of the world as Russia expands military operations there.

One day in March, the black metal sail of a 360-foot attack sub armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles and torpedoes punched through the dense ice of the Beaufort Sea during Operation Ice Camp.

For many of the 152 sailors on board the U.S.S. Hampton, it is their first patrol.

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Kimberly Jolasun, a 32-year-old entrepreneur in Atlanta, has never voted for the Republican candidate for the presidency. That may be about to change.

Her company, Villie, is an online platform that lets new parents share photos and updates about their babies with friends and relatives and register for gifts like strollers and playpens. Not yet profitable, her company needs financing to grow. But venture capitalists struggle with her untraditional profile, she said. Technology is dominated by white men in places like Silicon Valley and Austin...

The historic and unprecedented criminal trial of former President Trump is set to resume for its third week Tuesday.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged the former president with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.

Trump pleaded not guilty.

So far, opening statements have been delivered by Trump’s defense attorneys and prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

NY V. TRUMP: TABLOID PUBLISHER TESTIFIES HE BOUGHT STORIES ON TIGER WOODS, EX-OBAMA CHIEF OF STAFF

Trump defense attorneys say the...

The already narrowly divided Senate could see more gridlock in 2025, with several of the less partisan lawmakers from both sides of the aisle departing.

As Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., each prepare to leave the Senate, questions loom over the upper chamber's future ability to legislate across party lines.

"The Senate is trending to be much more of a hostile atmosphere as more moderate or independent-minded senators are retiring," said Republican strategist Ron Bonjean, former top spokesperson to...

A spokesperson for a Democrat mayor is defending a recent meeting with a controversial Chinese diplomat, who has repeatedly praised the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

"Met with Philadelphia's Mayor Parker together with Tianjin’s Executive Deputy Mayor Liu Guiping," Huang Ping, who's been the consul general of China's New York Consulate since 2018, recently posted on X.

"Exchanges at the subnational level keeps fueling China-US relations. Let's keep it going," he added.

Over the last year, Huang has appeared at several prominent universities to...

Donald J. Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial had barely begun when he started to turn his anger toward his lead lawyer, Todd Blanche.

Although Mr. Blanche has been Mr. Trump’s favorite lawyer for some time, behind closed doors and in phone calls, the former president has complained repeatedly about him in recent weeks, according to four people familiar with the situation.

He has griped that Mr. Blanche, a former federal prosecutor and veteran litigator, has not been following his instructions closely, and has been insufficiently aggressive. Mr. Trump...

College campuses are the new southern border.

The way in which so many university presidents have surrendered to a small subset of Israel-hating protesters is the hottest issue in America.

It signals, without question, the breakdown of order in this country, especially at our elite institutions that once commanded respect and now are paragons of cowardice.

The tide is turning with hundreds of arrests – from NYU to Yale, from USC to the University of Texas – just as much of the public is fed up with students and outside agitators paralyzing one...

A 40-year-old who allegedly kicked a bison in the leg while under the influence of alcohol at Yellowstone National Park, was injured by the animal and arrested.

NEW YORK -- Protesters on Columbia University's campus occupied Hamilton Hall early Tuesday -- the same building demonstrators took over during anti-Vietnam War protests in 1968.

Addressing a crowd in front of the building, one protester said, "We demand that Columbia divest all of its finances including the endowment from companies and institutions that profit from Israeli apartheid, genocide, and occupation in Palestine. … We will not stop until every single one of our demands are meant, until every single inch of Palestine is free."

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A 2-year-old boy was killed and another child was injured when a strong gust of wind sent a bounce house they were playing in flying into the neighboring lot, police say.

The BBC’s Jonathan Head witnessed the confrontation in the disputed South China Sea.

Prajwal Revanna, an MP from the southern state of Karnataka, is accused of sexually assaulting several women.

Kenya's capital, which sits on a floodplain, has not taken enough measures to mitigate against flooding.

Five people are killed in an attack on a private university in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa.

Car maker takes a hit from weakening demand and price war in the world's largest electric vehicle market.