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ASHBURN, Va. — It was the only house in the cul de sac with a skating rink in the backyard. When the freeze set in, Peter Livingston would anchor two-by-fours in the ground behind the house, fill the space with water and create a rink where his figure skating daughters, Alydia and Everly, could practice their jumps and lutzes, a …

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Special Report: Israeli American Keith Siegel among three hostages released by Hamas 08:46 UP NEXT Israeli American hostage Keith Siegel released by Hamas 01:22 Video shows Hamas handing over first Israeli hostage in exchange 00:54 Emotional scenes as released Israeli hostages reunite with …

Tonya Parker was not looking to add another activity to her life. She traveled the world as a flight attendant and regularly practiced ballet and yoga. She was not searching for new friends, either. A graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, she had plenty. With two grown children who made her proud, Parker’s life was full — or so she …

MAE SOT, Thailand — For people fleeing the conflict in Myanmar, the injuries are often more than just physical. Four years after a military coup that has morphed into a grinding civil war, experts say there is a growing mental health crisis in the Southeast Asian nation, made worse by the junta’s atrocities against civilians and a humanitarian disaster that …

Share Two of the three hostages on their way back to Israel The IDF said two of the hostages expected to be turned over today are on their way back to Israeli territory. The two — Bibas and Kalderon — will undergo a medical assessment, the IDF said. “The IDF is prepared to receive an additional hostage in the near future,” …

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense announced Friday night that it will institute a new “annual media rotation program” for its in-house press corps, effectively removing several major news outlets, including NBC News, from their Pentagon office spaces in favor of other outlets.  In addition to NBC News, The New York Times, National Public Radio and Politico must vacate their …

The phone call was chilling. Ken Holmgren didn’t talk to his father often, but during that February 1991 call, Elmer Holmgren told his son that if he didn’t hear from him again in a few days, he should call an agent with the ATF, the federal agency now known as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. “Panic struck,” …

The deadly, wind-fueled Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out 3½ weeks ago in Southern California, were declared fully contained Friday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The expansive Palisades Fire erupted the morning of Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood east of Malibu, as a brush fire and was quickly exploded in Southern California’s dry …

DENVER — A tour guide killed at a former Colorado gold mine last year fell out of a crowded elevator taking tourists below ground after apparently not latching its door closed, documents obtained by The Associated Press show. As the elevator descended, the door swung out and caught the side of the mine shaft, the guide fell out, was dragged …

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