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Advanced technology and low-yield nuclear weapons highlight the most complex and strategic threat environment for the United States since World War II, the new commander of the Strategic Command says.

The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff's deputies who sued him over music videos in which he used home security footage to mock their raid of his home.

The United Arab Emirates early Thursday denounced Iran's attacks targeting its Habshan gas facility and Bab field as a "dangerous escalation" as Israel and the United States escalate their war on the Islamic Republic.

Joe Kent, the former counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday that he and other senior officials with doubts about the airstrikes "were not allowed" to share them with President Donald Trump.

Attorneys are drawing on statements from a handwritten manuscript by the late mobster James "Whitey" Bulger in an effort to overturn a former FBI agent's murder conviction, saying the crime boss's own words show that the agent was framed.

The House on Wednesday rejected a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would require Congress to balance the federal budget within five years of its ratification.

The chairman opened the hearing with a provocative dare: Say it to my face.

Scenes of airport security lines spilling out of terminals may be adding a new layer of stress for travelers as the busy spring break season unfolds.

The FBI said Wednesday that a suspicious package found outside a gate at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa earlier this week contained "possible energetic materials."

A mix of uncertainty, anger and hope simmered in Cuba on Wednesday following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump this week saying that Washington could take "imminent action" against the island's government.