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• Cyclone Ilsa sets a new wind record as it smashes into Australia's western coast • Watch: Man swims in street during flooding • More than 100 temperature records could be broken across the Midwest and Northeast through Friday

The military identified 11 additional cases of traumatic brain injury following a series of rocket and drone attacks on US troops in Syria in late March, according to a spokesman for US Central Command.

• New lab tests may accelerate Parkinson's diagnosis and research

Arnold Schwarzenegger is not just an action star, he's also a man of action.

Oops ... we did it again. The US national security team is once more ignominiously living out the line made famous by pop star Britney Spears after finding itself back in the uncomfortable position of watching state secrets ping-pong around the internet. As a veteran of the National Security Council and State Department, I have a couple of ideas about what we need to change to get Spears' song off repeat.

Donald Trump appeared for a deposition Thursday as part of a high-stakes civil case brought by New York state against the former president, some of his children and his sprawling business empire.

When FBI tactical agents wielding assault rifles confronted Robert Hanssen one Sunday evening in 2001, the most dangerous spy in US history was finally put out of service.

Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell testified Thursday before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump's handling of classified documents.

An explosion and fire at a dairy farm this week near Dimmitt, Texas, killed thousands of cattle and injured one person, according to Castro County authorities.

A photographer's moving tribute to a friend killed in the 2011 Libyan Civil War has earned him the top prize at the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards, organizers announced Thursday.

Almost 9,700 children and adolescents have tried to cross the infamous Darien Gap in the first two months of 2023, a seven-fold increase compared to the same period in 2022, according to a UNICEF report.

• Opinion: Opinion: Biden is failing to restore the competence of the US government • Leaked Pentagon documents suggest Russian government infighting • Leakeddocument reveals Wagner tried to buy weapons from NATO member

• Thomas revelation of gifts fits a broader pattern of financial nondisclosure from the Supreme Court

A human rights court has ruled that Mexico violated the rights of two people who were held in pretrial detention for more than 17 years.

Even as rents are cooling in some parts of the country, it has never cost more to rent a Manhattan apartment as it did in March.

Homebuyers are embracing mortgage rates dipping closer and closer to 6%. Rates fell for the fifth week in a row as inflation continues to ease.

Axios' Hope King tells "Nightcap's" Jon Sarlin why "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" finally succeeded when so many other video game flicks have failed. Plus, LinkedIn's Karin Kimbrough predicts job seekers will ultimately win the work-from-home war. And Going.com's Scott Keyes explains why hotels are scaling back daily cleanings. To get the day's business headlines sent directly to your inbox, sign up for the Nightcap newsletter.