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'Her Radiant Rolls' Put Her Over The Top: Alaska Park Names Its 'Fattest Bear'

It's the bear body-positive competition you didn't know you needed.

Kristina Kvien is the U.S. charge d'affaires in Kyiv, the top American official on the ground in the Ukrainian capital. She estimates that there are more than 100,000 Russian troops at the border to Ukraine, and that number is growing.

Russia has just two options in front of it, says the top U.S. official in Ukraine

It Russia takes the path of aggression, it will face "extremely severe consequences immediately," says the U.S. charge d'affaires Kristina Kvien.

Tots on errands, phone mystery, stinky sweat benefits: Our top non-virus global posts

Can a 4-year-old go out alone? Why did a payphone in China keep ringing? Does stinky sweat have an upside? These are some of our non-pandemic global stories that drew the most readers in 2022.

Pedestrians walk past Mexico's Consulate General in Los Angeles in October, shortly after ex-Mexican Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda's arrest at Los Angeles International Airport at the DEA's request. Charges were later dropped.

U.S.-Mexico Efforts Targeting Drug Cartels Have Unraveled, Top DEA Official Says

A diplomatic row has frozen U.S.-Mexican efforts to target drug cartels. American officials say illicit fentanyl from labs in Mexico is driving a surge in overdose deaths.

A driver for the ride-sharing company Didi follows a map on his smartphone in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2018.

A top Chinese ride-hailing company delists from the NYSE just months after its IPO

The announcement reflects the rapid reversal in Didi Chuxing's fortunes as China goes on a regulatory blitz targeting some of the country's biggest private technology firms.

Up First briefing: Gaza deaths top 20,000; Colorado Supreme Court Justices threatened

More than 20,000 people have died in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry. Violent rhetoric increased online following the Colorado Supreme Court decision to bar Trump from the 2024 primary ballot.

One-Day US Deaths Top 3,000, More Than D-Day Or 9/11

Updated 12/10/20, 11:23 a.m.MISSION, Kan. — Just when the U.S. appears on the verge of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine, the numbers have become gloomier…

With the Trump-era head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. stepping down, consumer protection groups see an opportunity to put an end to "rent-a-bank" loans with sky-high interest rates.

Consumer groups want the FDIC to ban rent-a-bank loans with rates that can top 100%

With the Trump-era head of the FDIC stepping down, consumer protection groups see an opportunity to put an end to "rent-a-bank" loans with sky-high interest rates.

Trump cuts ties with Marjorie Taylor Greene, once among his top MAGA-world defenders

The dismissal of Greene — once the epitome of "Make America Great Again" — appeared to be the final break in a dispute simmering for months.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015.

FDA warns stores to stop selling Elf Bar, the top disposable e-cigarette in the U.S.

The warning from the Food and Drug Administration is the latest attempt by regulators to crack down on illegal disposable vapes that have poured into U.S. stores in recent years.

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