40,000 dead: 'Disaster of the Century' as thousands are still missing in Turkey and Syria's horrific earthquake

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A woman cries as search and rescue efforts continue in Kahramanmaras, Turkey
A woman cries as search and rescue efforts continue in Kahramanmaras, Turkey

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China threatens to punish the US for shooting down its spy balloon that floated past sensitive military sites before a jet shot it out of the sky

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.

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A transgender pharmacist says she felt 'dehumanized' after an Arkansas GOP lawmaker asked her about her genitalia during a public hearing

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Gwendolyn Herzig; Sen. Matt McKee
Gwendolyn Herzig; Sen. Matt McKee

Gwendolyn Herzig; Arkansas Senate

The wife of the doctor accused of driving his family off a cliff in a Tesla doesn't want him to be prosecuted. A domestic violence expert says this kind of behavior isn't uncommon.

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Emergency workers at the site of Devil's Slide accident.
Emergency personnel at the site of the Monday accident in Northern California near Devil's Slide.

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A Russian prisoner-turned-soldier says he was brought to the front line without training and told to charge 'as far as we could go' into Ukrainian gunfire

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Ukrainian soldiers fire anti-tank missile system of the 35th Separate Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Army on the frontline, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 10, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers fire anti-tank missile system of the 35th Separate Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Army on the frontline, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 10, 2023.

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A United Airlines flight plunged within 800 feet of the Pacific Ocean on the same day severe turbulence injured 25 people, data shows

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United 777-300ER.

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Here's why mysterious flying objects are suddenly popping up all over the place, according to the military command that's been shooting them down

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U.S. Air Force Maj. Josh Gunderson, F-22 Demonstration Team commander, performs during a practice at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., May 29, 2020.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Josh Gunderson, F-22 Demonstration Team commander, performs during a practice at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., May 29, 2020.

US Air Force photo by Lt. Sam Eckholm

The Pentagon once hid 10 giant red balloons across the US — and offered $40,000 to the first people to find them all

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10 large red weather balloons used for DARPA's Network Challenge float outside.
On December 5, 2009, in less than seven hours, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Red Balloon Challenge Team found all ten balloons.

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Sending a spy balloon was a 'clumsy' move by China that 'put a missile' through an already bad situation with the US, foreign policy expert says

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Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023.
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023.

Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Thompson

The FEC is forcing George Santos to announce if he's running for reelection because his campaign is already spending money

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George Santos in the House chamber
Rep. George Santos in the House chamber.

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