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U.S. Failed to Stop Attack in Jordan After Mix-Up Over Drone Identity – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal US identifies three soldiers killed in attack in Jordan  CNN Pentagon identifies US soldiers killed in Iran-backed militia attack in Jordan  Fox News Widening Mideast

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returned to work at the Pentagon on Monday after nearly a month’s absence because of prostate cancer and met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Exploration team say they spotted Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane  NPR Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed ‘appears to be’ on Pacific floor, pilot says  USA TODAY Explorer believes he found Amelia Earhart’s lost plane in Pacific  NBC News Pilot believes he found Amelia Earhart’s long-lost plane  Business

White House Daily Briefing | January 29, 2024  C-SPAN

An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the U.S. installation, two U.S. officials said Monday.

In early January, Ukrainian drones blew up a gas terminal near St. Petersburg. In December, Ukrainian operatives even managed to set off explosives on Russian railway lines deep in Siberia, hundreds of miles from the war. We’ll see more of

On Sunday night, Nicki Minaj released a Megan Thee Stallion diss track called “Bigfoot,” as she’d promised to do earlier last week. The rapper teased the track in an Instagram live shortly after Megan released her song “HISS” on Friday,

In Kiley Reid’s new novel, a resident assistant at the University of Arkansas gets caught up in an unexpected mess involving a visiting professor and three students. While Come and Get It plays out on a college campus, it’s no

The Houthis have previously launched missiles that did not reach their intended target, instead crashing onto the land or sea.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who was notorious for a harsh anti-drug crackdown that left thousands of mostly poor suspects dead during his presidency, offered no evidence for his claims.