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A man convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was sentenced on Tuesday to 16 years in prison. 

Brazil's outgoing authoritarian President Jair Bolsonaro will reportedly skip his successor's inauguration, and plans to spend New Year's Eve at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, instead. 

China's army sent fleets of jet fighters and other military aircraft into Taiwan's air defense zone on Sunday as part of a military drill Beijing says was a response to "provocation" from the U.S. and Taiwan, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

While most air travel was able to recover by Tuesday from a winter storm pattern across the U.S., passengers on Southwest Airlines had a decisively different experience. 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday issued a sharp rebuke to the Biden administration over criticism of Abbott's recent decision to bus undocumented migrants to Washington D.C and strand them at Vice President Kamala Harris' residence in dangerously low temperatures on Christmas Eve. 

For at least one lucky person, the chance has arrived to change their life, as the Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday's drawing is set to be an estimated $565 million, lottery officials said. 

Arizona Governor-elect Katie Hobbs (D) and Maricopa County officials filed for sanctions against former opponent Kari Lake (R) on Monday after a judge dismissed Lake's lawsuit challenging the outcome of the state's gubernatorial race, NBC News reports. 

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Stuyvesant, New York

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This four-bedroom home on the Hudson is less than an hour from the Catskills and Berkshires. The restored 1850 Italianate house features wide-plank floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, wood-burning fireplaces in the drawing room and primary bedroom, and a chef's kitchen with French doors to the wraparound porch.

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The 7.8-acre lot includes lawns, willow and catalpa trees, an antique barn, and a smokehouse. $2,750,000. Annabel Taylor... Читать дальше...

The 2023 Oscar nominations will be revealed in January, so if you're interested in following this year's race, now's the time to start catching up on movies. But where can the average person watch all of these films, and which contenders should be prioritized? Here's a guide to all of this year's Oscar contenders and how you can see them, listed in descending order of significance to the race: 

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Fighting is one of ice hockey's most unique elements, and it is the only sport where throwing punches is not only allowed, but sometimes encouraged. Despite a cooling off in recent years, fighting remains an often integral part of the game. Here's everything you need to know: 

They've been around for thousands of years, but little is definitively known about Peru's mysterious Nazca Lines, in which scientists recently discovered more than 100 new designs. Here's what researchers understand so far:

Representative-elect George Santos, a Republican elected in November to represent parts of Long Island, New York, admitted on Monday that he lied about his education and work experience during his campaign.

Four electrical substations were vandalized in Washington state on Sunday, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said Monday.