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Special Agent in Charge James Barnicle says Sturdivant was willing to sacrifice himself for the Islamic State group.

The FBI says Sturdivant had pledged loyalty to the Islamic State.

Investigators in Switzerland say sparkling candles were likely the cause of a deadly fire Thursday night.

The blaze killed 40 people and injured 119 others when the candles caught the bar's ceiling on fire.

They say they're also looking into whether soundproofing material on the ceiling met building regulations.

The fire broke out as revelers were celebrating the new year.

Stocks finished mixed on Wall Street on the first day of trading.

For the new year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 319 points.

The Nasdaq was down 6 points.

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A magnitude 6.5 earthquake shook central and southern Mexico Friday.

It was strong enough in Mexico City to set off seismic alarms as the country's new president was holding her first news conference.

The epicenter was in the town of San Marcos, not far from the resort town of Acapulco.

Tonight is the first full moon of 2026, and it comes at the moon's closest approach to Earth, which means it's what's known as a supermoon.

As NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce reports, the moon might look a bit bigger and brighter, but it could be hard in some places to tell with the naked eye.

The first woman to ever ride professionally in a horse race has died.

Diane Crump was 77 years old.

Her daughter says she died in hospice care in Winchester, Virginia.

Crump first rode professionally in 1969.

The following year, she became the first female jockey at the Kentucky Derby.