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Comment on this storyComment A Texas National Guard service member shot and wounded a man along the Rio Grande in the El Paso area on Saturday evening, firing across the border into Mexican territory, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the shooting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity…

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is offering some rather overt clues about just how the country’s 18 Intelligence agencies (including itself) will be dedicating resources and talent over the next four years as the United States in the long-term, faces pacing threats…

Comment on this storyComment INVERNESS, SCOTLAND — They arrived here from all over the world on a mission to locate the Loch Ness monster. But if the biggest hunt for this creature in 50 years actually yields results, what happens next? The volunteer hunters, traipsing around the Scottish Highlands, have…

Valeriy Chekalov was a businessman who held senior positions in Prigozhin’s empire. In July, the State Department announced sanctions on Chekalov for his ties to Prigozhin as well as for facilitating munitions shipments to Russia. At the time of his death, Chekalov, born Jan. 10, 1976, was the registered director…

Tropical Storm Idalia formed near the Yucatán Peninsula on Sunday. The storm is forecast to enter the record-warm Gulf of Mexico and strengthen into a hurricane before striking Florida’s Gulf Coast on Tuesday night into Wednesday. The storm could intensify before making landfall between Panama City and Tampa Bay. Check…

Comment on this storyComment Russian investigators confirmed Sunday that Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin and top leaders of the group were killed when his plane crashed in the Tver region of Russia, announcing the results of DNA testing on the bodies of victims. Russia’s Investigative Committee said it was continuing…