Today is Wednesday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2025. There are 343 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion. (The court would overrule Roe v. Wade in 2022, in the decision Dobbs […]
A fire raged through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials said.
Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas.
Israel’s top general resigned on Tuesday, citing the security and intelligence failures related to Hamas’ surprise attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.
On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. reported its first known case of the 2019 novel coronavirus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who had returned the previous week from the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.
The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day.
After 15 months of collective grief and anxiety, three Israeli hostages left Hamas captivity and returned to Israel.
On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
Romi Gonen, 24, Emily Damari, 28, and Doron Steinbrecher, 31, the first three hostages released from Gaza, have arrived in Israel. In Tel Aviv, thousands of people gathered to watch the news on large screens erupted in cheers. Even before the ceasefire took effect, celebrations broke out across the territory and some Palestinians began returning to their homes. 90 Palestinian prisoners are also expected to be released on Sunday.
For the first time in U.S. history, a president-elect will welcome foreign leaders for one of the most American political traditions — the peaceful transfer of power.