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Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill on Jan. 14.

Pete Hegseth, Trump's defense secretary pick, grilled at contentious Senate hearing

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Defense, answered questions Tuesday in a public hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Tradwife life isn't as good as it looks on TikTok — just ask former tradwives

Tradwives make it look glamorous to quit the workforce to stay home with the kids. But women who have tried the lifestyle themselves say there's a lot you're not seeing on TikTok.

A utility pole with loose cables is shown towering over a home in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Sept. 15, 2022.

Power is restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico after a major blackout

Lights returned to households as well as to Puerto Rico's hospitals, water plants and sewage facilities after the massive outage that exposed the persistent electricity problems plaguing the island.

A blue, pink and white graphic reading "Free Jane" is overlaid on an undated photo of Jane Dorotik.

Episode 1: What happened to Jane Dorotik?

On Sunday, Feb. 13, 2000, Jane Dorotik’s husband Bob went out for a run and never came back. He was found dead by the side of the road early the next morning, and Jane’s life changed forever.

3 Israeli and 5 Thai hostages are freed in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

Three more Israeli and five Thai hostages have been released by Palestinian militants from captivity and returned to Israel, after being held for more than 15 months in Gaza.

An aerial view of mountains just north of Nuuk. Greenland is bigger than Mexico with a sparse population of just 56,000 people.

What to know about Trump and his keen interest in Greenland

President-elect Donald Trump has said multiple times that the U.S. should buy Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. The sparsely populated island is geopolitically important and mineral-rich.

A chimney and pipes of the BKM Nonprofit Fotav Zrt power plant in Budapest, Hungary, on Jan. 3. The subzero temperatures coincide with the end of the Russia-Ukraine pipeline transit deal, leaving the region without a key source of gas supply.

Here's what's behind Russia cutting off its last gas line to Europe

A decades-long Russian-Ukrainian transit gas deal to Europe ended on Jan. 1. For now, the most acute effects are being felt in a region called Transnistria, on the eastern edge of Moldova.

A teenager uses his mobile phone to access social media in Sydney on Nov. 13.

A social media ban in Australia for children under 16 is first in the world

A social media ban for children under 16 will be the first law in the world to levy fines on TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram for allowing youth accounts.

Cleta Mitchell, head of the Election Integrity Network, speaks during a May 2024 news conference outside the U.S. Capitol to introduce the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who's at left.

Despite Trump's win, 'election integrity' activists still seek sweeping voting changes

Republican voters say they trust the 2024 election was administered well, yet pro-Trump conservatives are pushing some sweeping reforms to voting systems.

Former President Jimmy Carter said this month that immunotherapy treatment has shrunk melanoma tumors.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent more than a year in hospice care.

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