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Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried thought there was a "5% chance he would become president," his ex-girlfriend testified Tuesday at his federal criminal trial. Caroline Ellison, one of the governments star witnesses, said she and the 31-year-old Bankman-Fried "started sleeping together on and off" in 2018 and dated in subsequent years. During their relationship, Ellison said Bankman-Fried would describe his business, a...

Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the days drag on since Hamas terrorists launched an attack on Israel, pressure is building for the U.S. and Israel to help the scores of hostages believed to be held by Hamas across Gaza -- but both countries appear to have limited and very difficult options. President Joe Biden confirmed Tuesday afternoon that Americans are among the hostages and that 14 Americans were killed in the fighting in Israel. "We now know that American citizens a...

EGenesis(BOSTON) -- Harvard-affiliated scientists say they have been able to keep a monkey alive for two years with a genetically engineered pig kidney. Although preliminary, transplant experts say this research is an important milestone in the search for an alternative source of organs. Scientists are hopeful that one day, genetically modified organs grown in pigs may be able to significantly extend the life of people with end-stage organ failure. In recent months, other high-profile research ...

Samuel Corum/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Monday confirmed at least 11 Americans have been killed in the fighting in Israel, and believes more may have been taken hostage by Hamas. "Its heart wrenching," Biden said in a statement. "These families have been torn apart by inexcusable hatred and violence." Biden said his administration is aware other U.S. citizens are missing and that they are working with Israeli officials to learn more about their whereab...

Keith Bernstein/NetflixThe sixth season of The Crown is coming soon. On Monday, Netflix announced that part 1 of the final season of the hit series will arrive November 16 and part 2 will be available to stream starting December 14. A teaser for the upcoming season features a look back at the different actresses who have portrayed Queen Elizabeth II in the series: Claire Foy and Olivia Colman, as well as Imelda Staunton, who portrayed the late queen in the previous season. "It is a ...

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- At least 900 people have died and more than 2,500 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Saturday, Israeli authorities said. Hamas fired thousands of rockets toward Israel and an estimated 1,000 fighters crossed into the country from the neighboring Gaza Strip. Israeli officials said at least 100 civilians and soldiers have been taken hostage. The Israel Defense For...

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(ROCKLAND HARBOR, Maine) -- One person is dead and three people have been injured when a mast broke on a schooner in Rockland Harbor, Maine, and fell onto the deck of the vessel. Thirty-three people were aboard the Grace Bailey, a 118-foot schooner that was approximately one mile east of Rockland Harbor in Maine, when the New England Command Center received a call for help around 10 a.m. Monday “requesting assistance after their mast reportedly broke and fell onto...

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The latest Powerball numbers for Mondays $1.5 billion prize have been selected, but no one got all of them. Monday nights winning numbers were 16, 34, 46, 55, 67 and Powerball number 14. The multiplier was 3. Powerball updated the results late Monday night to confirm that the draw for the prize -- now an estimated $1.73 billion -- continues on Wednesday. The cash payout is likely $756 million. Florida had at least one ticket that matched five and got t...

Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the conflict in Israel moves into its fourth day, thousands of people are caught in the war zone. Hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians are dead, according to authorities, and more than 5,000 in Israel and Palestine have been injured since Saturday, when the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack from air, land and sea. Some residents in villages and towns along the Gaza border have been forced to hide in bomb shelters, while others ha...

Kiara AlfonsecaWest Maui began reopening Sunday to visitors just two months after a wildfire devastated the town of Lahaina. The reopening did not come without outrage from some residents, many of whom signed a petition to delay the reopening as families continue to struggle to "find shelter, provide for their childrens education, and cope with emotional trauma," according to the petition. Homes have been flattened and are completely inhabitable. Businesses have been decimated. Some lo...