Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. etched his name into MLB history Friday night when he hit his 40th home run of the season and became the fifth member to join baseball's exclusive 40-40 Club.
"Now the family tree goes like this," the man on the tape extolled confidently. "John John and...Trump are cousins. And Trump's uncle is JFK Sr., and Joe Kennedy, who is also not dead.... And Trump's father is General George Patton, and his brother is Mussolini..."
Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion that he tried to illegally cross the border back into Russia after seeking asylum in Norway earlier this year, the man's lawyer said on Saturday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it is "likely" Israel will reach a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia, in what would mark a seismic foreign policy shift for both countries as they edge closer to reaching a deal mediated by the US.
A Nebraska mother who was accused of helping her 17-year-old daughter have an illegal abortion and disposing of the fetus was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday, the Norfolk Daily News reported.
A large chunk of a motorway in southwest Sweden collapsed overnight, causing three people to be taken to hospital with light injuries, police said on Saturday.
Google has been sued by the family of a North Carolina man claiming the company's Maps application last year led him to drive off a collapsed bridge and fall about 20 feet to his death, according to the lawsuit.
At the Kern County Fair this weekend, monster trucks roar in a grandstand, all-Alaskan racing pigs squeal in a tent, and at the county Republican party table, voters smile and pose next to a life-sized cardboard picture of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
The general leading Ukraine's counteroffensive along the southern front line says his forces have broken through in Verbove -- and predicts an even bigger breakthrough to come.
In the days that followed the devastating floods in the Libyan city of Derna, reports emerged of survival -- a six-year-old boy plucked from the water from a third-floor balcony, a father saving his daughter by putting her in the fridge.
Russell Brand has made his first public comments since being accused of rape and sexual assault, thanking followers for "questioning the information they have been presented with" while not addressing the claims.
A new surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border has placed immense pressure on federal resources and tested President Joe Biden's border policies only months after going into place, prompting fresh criticism from Republicans and concern within the administration over a politically delicate issue.
Firefighters want every leg up they can get to knock out a blaze before it becomes an inferno. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says it has a new tool to battle wildfires before they explode -- artificial intelligence.
A furious scramble for second place is underway in the crowded Republican primary contest, with candidates vying for an opportunity to directly take on front-runner Donald Trump. The position, once held by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, now appears to be more of a free-for-all.
Ukraine said Saturday its bold strike on Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the Crimean city of Sevastopol had left dozens dead and wounded "including senior leadership."
The same day that Azerbaijan celebrated the surrender of separatist Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh, many in the breakaway region's capital spent the evening throwing stacks of paper onto a fire.
Europe's support for Ukraine faced an unexpected curveball this week as Poland -- hitherto Kyiv's staunchest ally on the continent -- seemed to declare it would stop sending arms to its neighbor.
The Ukrainian military confirmed it launched a missile attack on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea, calling it a "successful hit."
