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announced it was pursuing the seizure of a third Venezuelan oil tanker.

Stocks continue to rise on this shortened holiday week for Wall Street, with AI companies leading the way.

The S&P, the Dow and Nasdaq all gained roughly about half a percent.

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When the sun set in Sydney yesterday, a moment of silence was observed at exactly the time.

One week earlier, when gunfire was reported at the Bondi Beach in Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was booed when he arrived at the memorial event.

signaling that some feel he hasn't done enough to protect against rising anti-Semitic attacks locally.

To date, police released documents showing that a father and son accused of killing at least 15 people at the Hanukkah festival conducted firearms training in New South Wales.

The government says the son, Naveed Akram, was wounded and appeared in a video courtroom from his hospital recently.

He's now been transferred to a jail.

Scientists believe they have discovered new species in a deep part of the Pacific Ocean.

NPR's Shondelise Duster has more on what the researchers found.

Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dwahlisa Kautel.

The Pentagon has announced another strike on a boat in the Pacific.

NPR's Quill Lawrence reports it happened as some lawmakers say an earlier strike killed shipwrecked survivors.

Newly appointed vaccine advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have stopped recommending that all newborns get a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.

NPR's Ping Huang reports the vote was contentious and strongly opposed by most of the medical community.

NPR's Ping Huang.

Russia's leader says his country is prepared to facilitate uninterrupted shipments of fuel to India.

NPR's Dia Hadid reports.