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April 8, 2025

New Navy chief 'regrets' costly missile interceptors against Houthis, pushes for cheaper Red Sea defense

Adm. James Kilby says expensive Red Sea missile defenses are not sustainable and calls on the military-industrial base to speed up cheaper munitions production.

April 8, 2025

NASA astronaut arrives at International Space Station aboard Russian spacecraft

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky entered the ISS after a successful launch from Kazakhstan.

April 8, 2025

World Series champion Octavio Dotel pulled from rubble after roof collapses at nightclub: report

Octavio Dotel was born in Santo Domingo and had stints with 13 MLB teams during his 15-year major league career. He last appeared in a MLB game in 2013.

April 8, 2025

White House warns against tariff retaliation, says Trump ‘has a spine of steel and he will not break’

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is warning countries who retaliate against President Trump's tariffs that he "has a spine of steel and he will not break."

April 8, 2025

At least 18 dead, 120 injured in roof collapse at Dominican Republic nightclub

A roof collapse at Jet Set nightclub in the Dominican Republic killed 18 and injured 120. Rescue teams are searching for survivors, while the cause remains under investigation.

April 8, 2025

Oded Lifshitz's grandson remembers him as a 'warrior of peace'

Daniel Lifshitz advocates for the release of the remaining hostages after his grandfather returned to Israel in a coffin more than 500 days after he was kidnapped.

April 8, 2025

Migrant convicted of killing his son arrested by ICE years after initial deportation

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it has arrested a Mexican national who was previously convicted of deliberately killing his own child.

April 8, 2025

Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre leaves hospital after crash with school bus

Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre has left an Australian hospital a week after she was involved in a crash with a loaded school bus that made international headlines.

April 8, 2025

China says JD Vance's comments about 'peasants' are 'words that lack knowledge and respect'

China is pushing back after Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. borrows "money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture."

April 8, 2025

2 Chinese men captured in Ukraine, Zelenskyy claims

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for action in the U.S. and Europe after claiming to capture two Chinese nationals fighting in Ukraine.