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Houston police announced Friday that Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, has been charged with murder in connection with Takeoff’s fatal shooting outside a bowling alley last month. (Image credit: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Yoel Roth was a top executive at Twitter, until he resigned in early November. He says people need to “very thoughtfully and carefully weigh the costs and benefits of using Twitter.” (Image credit: David Odisho/Getty Images)

Russia has rejected Western demands that it pulls out completely from Ukraine as part of any future talks to end the war, saying they effectively rule out any talks on settling the conflict.

Pentagon’s new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, is debuted  NPR Air Force unveils B-21 Raider stealth bomber  Fox News Air Force set to unveil newest stealth bomber aircraft Friday  CNN Air Force unveils B-21 stealth plane. It’s not a boondoggle, for a change.  NBC

Ukraine has banned the activities of religious organizations “affiliated with centers of influence” in Russia and says it will examine the links between the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox churches.

In recent days, some top Republicans have called Rep. Hakeem Jeffries an “election denier,” starting a line of attack against the New York Democrat after he was chosen to lead his party as House Minority Leader next year. “The newly

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket officially became the most powerful rocket ever flown when it lifted off in the early morning hours of Nov. 16, putting out a prodigious 4 million kg (8.8 million lbs) of thrust. That

Infowars host Alex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy protection in Texas as he faces nearly $1.5 billion in court judgments over conspiracy theories he spread about the Sandy Hook school massacre.

LA County set to reinstate indoor-mask mandate as COVID surges  New York Post Indoor masking in L.A. could return as COVID cases spike, health officials say  KTLA 5 Los Angeles County may reimpose indoor mask mandate if COVID transmissions climb  Fox News COVID