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China’s balloon that crossed the United States was part of a huge, military-linked aerial spy program that targeted more than 40 countries, the Biden administration said Thursday.

The Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning composer helped write the themes for such films as “Arthur” and “What’s New, Pussycat?” He also wrote songs for Dionne Warwick.

Turkish authorities said the death toll had risen to more than 16,100 in the country, with more than 64,000 injured. Survivors gathered around campfires and clamored for food and water in the cold temperatures.

The Walt Disney Company will slash 7,000 jobs in an effort to cut costs and will be restructured into three core business segments, CEO Bob Iger revealed Wednesday during the company's first-quarter earnings call. 

The 7.8 magnitude quake and its powerful aftershocks were so immense — and spread so wide, including in areas isolated by Syria’s ongoing civil war — that many are still waiting for help.

A North Carolina woman said she took her dog to the shelter to be quarantined after the animal bit someone. But a fatal mistake left her to mourn the loss of her pet.

Celia Cruz is one of many women being featured on U.S. quarters as part of the American Women Quarters Program. Here are the other women honorees announced for next year’s coins.

To celebrate the recent birth of four new foals, the Budweiser Clydesdale breeding and training ranch in Missouri is hosting a Super Bowl watch party.

Biden’s speech before a politically divided Congress comes as the nation struggles with economic uncertainty, a wearying war in Ukraine, and growing tensions with China.

Rescuers are hoping to pull survivors from the rubble before they succumb to the cold two days after an earthquake tore through southern Turkey and war-ravaged northern Syria.