V, one of the members of K-pop sensation BTS, shared an emotional letter to fans as he, RM, Jungkook and Jimin start their mandatory military service in South Korea. He posted the note along with photos and selfies on Korean social media app Weverse, addressing BTS stans, known as the “ARMY.” “I will miss you…
GOP strategist predicts weather will affect caucuses — up to a point Iowa GOP strategist Dave Kochel predicted tonight that while the worsening weather in the state could affect turnout Monday, it won’t prevent Trump from winning there. “Trump is a dominant front-runner right now. We’ll see what the polls look like over the weekend….
The family of a pregnant Texas woman, killed in what investigators believe was a narcotics deal “that went bad,” insisted Thursday she didn’t use drugs and was unduly influenced by the man killed alongside her. San Antonio police arrested two men in connection with the slayings of Savanah Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, who…
A surfer who was killed in a suspected shark attack in Hawaii has been named by authorities, as his friends and family paid tributes. Jason Carter, 39, died Saturday after what police called a “shark encounter” at a beach near Paia on the north side of Maui. Maui County said in a statement that Carter,…
The case revolves around language in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment that bars people who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. It raises many novel legal questions, including whether the language even applies to someone running for president. Also lurking in the background is a case the court agreed to hear last week involving a man…
BEIJING — China on Thursday successfully launched a reusable robotic spacecraft for the third time since 2020, in a series of secretive orbital test flights that it says are aimed at developing reusable technologies to reduce space mission costs. The uncrewed spacecraft was launched atop a Long March 2F rocket, the same rocket series used…
The Iowa gunman who opened fire on Perry High School last week appeared to have an active account on the internet chat platform Discord where he previously discussed school shootings and described “gearing up” moments before Thursday’s attack, NBC News has learned. Dylan Butler, 17, killed sixth grader Ahmir Jolliff, 11, and injured four other…
When Bea Amma visited a med spa in 2021, she was hoping for treatments that would boost her energy and help burn off some body fat. She never imagined she would end up with a drug-resistant infection that would leave her scarred and still recovering more than two years later. The number of med spas…
MYSTIC, Conn. — A 9-year-old beluga whale at Mystic Aquarium named Kharabali has died, marking the third death among five whales that were transported there from Canada in 2021. Kharabali began swimming abnormally in November, and “her strange behavior continued to progress.” She was eventually moved to the intensive care facility at the aquarium’s Aquatic Animal…
Three months before the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, analysts in the Israeli military alerted their superiors to a serious threat from Hamas militants — a “plan designed to start a war.” But their concerns were dismissed by their superiors, according to an Israeli official familiar with the matter. The incident is part of a growing…
