Cheap drones rigged with explosives have become the leading anti-tank weapon against Russian forces, Ukrainian commander says

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A Ukrainian drone operator from the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade holds a drone during the testing of new military equipment including FPV drones on the training area amid Russia-Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 03, 2023.
A Ukrainian drone operator from the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade holds a drone during the testing of new military equipment including FPV drones on the training area amid Russia-Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, U

Dating rumors around Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have gotten so out of hand that even a top White House official was asked about the pair

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Travis Kelce, left, and Taylor Swift, right, at Arrowhead Stadium.
Travis Kelce, left, and Taylor Swift, right, at Arrowhead Stadium.

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Ukraine's unending demand for artillery shells to fight Russia is tapping out critical Western ammo stockpiles, which officials say are almost empty

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Ukrainian soldiers load ammunition into a 2s9 artillery vehicle in Donetsk Oblast on April 14, 2023.

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Lindsey Graham jokes that he's too sane to try to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House

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Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

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Trump trial: Judge in New York fraud trial issued a gag order after Trump repeatedly attacked his clerk

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media after exiting the courtroom for a lunch recess during the first day of his civil fraud trial in New York.

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NASA caught a 1.2 mile-high Martian dust devil on camera and scientists say it's way bigger than whirlwinds on Earth

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The dust devil appears as a white-ish moving column in the distance.

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An orca pod has been harassing and killing porpoises for decades — but they don't eat them. Scientists still don't know why.

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Killer whales near the San Juan Islands in Washington.

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Trump attacks the judge in his fraud trial, saying he's 'getting away with murder,' while standing directly outside his courtroom door

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Donald Trump speaking in front of the Manhattan courtroom on Monday afternoon.

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California is dead at 90

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is seen in the U.S. Capitol subway on February 15, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is seen in the U.S. Capitol subway on February 15, 2023.

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The 2023 harvest moon is also the last supermoon of the year. Here's the best time to see it when it rises Friday.

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A supermoon rises behind a downtown office building in Kansas City, Missouri.

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