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The enduring debate about whether UFOs are caused by extraterrestrial beings will once again be front and center this week as U.S. intelligence agencies will provide Congress with an updated report on UFO incidents over the past year. Meanwhile, it appears that other more recent incidents are being attributed to weather balloons, other airborne clutter, and foreign surveillance, according to a U.S. official. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has until Monday to provide Congress with its first annual unclassified update on Unexplained Aerial Phenomena, the new term for UFOs, that includes all new UAP incidents over the past year and any previously unreported incidents. The report was required by the 2022 Defense Bill that mandated that the DNI provide an annual declassified update and a classified annex by Oct. 31 of every year through 2026. The update follows the DNI's first-ever report released in June 2022 that listed 144 UAP incidents, only one of which could b

Topline The Powerball jackpot hit 10 figures Sunday night to reach an estimated $1 billion , the second-largest payout in the lottery’s 30-year history, but the lucky winner will take home considerably less cash because of taxes—here’s how much. A customer holds Powerball tickets that he purchased at Kavanagh Liquors on January 12, 2015 in San ... [+] Lorenzo, California. Getty Images Key Facts Powerball winners can claim their $1 billion prize in two ways, by either taking the whole jackpot in 30 annual payments over 29 years or by claiming a smaller lump sum of cash upfront, which most lottery winners opt for. The lump sum is estimated to be $497.3 million, according to Powerball, which would be subject to an initial 24% federal tax withholding of roughly $119.3 million, leaving the winner with about $377.7 million. The winner would also owe additional taxes at higher brackets: Up to the 37% top federal marginal tax bracket for ordinary income, so for a single taxpay

The glitz and glamour of entertainment is nothing without the people who dress today’s biggest stars. For “Who’s Behind the Clothes,” HuffPost spotlights stylists and costume designers who have delivered some of our favorite celebrities’ or characters’ most memorable looks. Read my interview with “Industry” costume designer Colleen Morris-Glennon. Tiffany Hasbourne has taken her fashion talents global, from her Caribbean household in the LeFrak City neighborhood in Queens, New York, to Colombia, Germany and beyond. But before she became the costume designer on Donald Glover’s FX series “Atlanta,” she attended college in Georgia. Advertisement The stylist and costume designer graduated from the Art Institute of Atlanta with a degree in computer animation. However, self-expression through clothing had been a common thread through her life, dating as far back as her private school days. When Hasbourne told her father she planned to switch lanes to fashion, he struggled to grasp

CANBERRA, Australia -- Beijing was targeting its Pacific aid to new diplomatic allies Solomon Islands and Kiribati while Chinese financial support across the region continued to decline, the Lowy Institute reported Monday in its latest annual analysis of regional assistance. China’s aid to the Pacific has fallen from a peak of $287 million in 2016 to $187 million in 2020 — the lowest level since 2008, when the Sydney-based international policy think tank began quantifying support for developing island nations in the Pacific. At the same time, pandemic response measures drove Pacific aid to a record $4.25 billion in 2020, a 47% increase on the previous year, Lowy's Pacific Aid Map report showed. Only 5% of Chinese aid to the Pacific was allocated to pandemic-related support, the report found. The institute does not yet have complete data for 2021, but preliminary results suggest the decline in Chinese aid has continued. Pacific Aid Map Project Director Alexandre Dayant said Ch

KYIV, Ukraine -- A massive barrage of Russian strikes on Monday morning hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet over the weekend. Loud explosions were heard across the Ukrainian capital in the early morning as residents prepared to go to work. Some of them received text messages from the emergency services about the threat of a missile attack, and air raid sirens wailed for three straight hours. Large areas of the city were cut off from power and water supplies as a result, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Local authorities were working to restore a damaged energy facility that supplies power to 350,000 apartments in the capital, he said. In Kharkiv, two strikes hit critical infrastructure facilities, according to the authorities, and the subway ceased operating. Officials also warned about possible power outages in the city of Zaporizhzhia resulting from the strikes

Two men who were exonerated in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X will receive a $36 million settlement after lawsuits were filed on their behalf against both the city and the state of New York last year. New York City agreed to pay $26 million in settling a lawsuit filed on behalf of Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam, Islam was exonerated posthumously in the killing. Meanwhile, the state of New York also agreed to pay an additional $10 million. A New York City Law Department spokesman told ABC News on Sunday evening that the settlement "brings some measure of justice to individuals who spent decades in prison and bore the stigma of being falsely accused of murdering an iconic figure." "Based on our review, this office stands by the opinion of former Manhattan District Attorney Vance who stated, based on his investigation, that 'there is one ultimate conclusion: Mr. Aziz and Mr. Islam were wrongfully convicted of this crime,'" he added. David Shanies

Arizona GOP Attorney General Mark Brnovich slammed election deniers, including his state’s Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake, over election fraud claims. Brnovich spoke to “ 60 Minutes ” correspondent Scott Pelley about what he called “horseshit” claims about the 2020 presidential election in an interview that aired on Sunday. Advertisement Brnovich, who reportedly voted for election denialist and former President Donald Trump , reflected on Trump calling and asking him to refer to the 2020 election as fraudulent. His interview comes months after he lost a GOP primary for a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona to Blake Masters , a Trump-endorsed Republican, as he faced criticism from the former president for not overturning election results. The attorney general, who investigated election fraud allegations in the state, is set to leave his position in 2023 and didn’t hold back on what he thinks about the state’s Republicans and their claims about the election.

Nearly 1,000 migrants arrived in the UK yesterday after crossing the Channel, government figures show. Long lines of people - believed to be migrants - could be seen waiting to be processed at the Border Force compound in Dover, Kent, as 990 arrived on British shores. Saturday's figure is the biggest number of arrivals in a single day for many weeks. The highest number in a single day was set on 22 August when 1,295 people arrived in the country. Nearly 40,000 have arrived in the UK so far this year after attempting the treacherous trip from France. They have crossed the world's busiest shipping route in dinghies and other small boats, provisional figures show. Unseasonably warm weather has seen the kind of settled conditions that encourages crossings. More from UK Processing centre 'past the point' of being safe It comes after an immigration watchdog said he was left "speechless" by conditions at the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent. A

Maria Caulfield, a Tory MP who supported cutting the abortion time limit and voted against buffer zones outside clinics, has been named as minister for women, prompting criticism from charities and women’s rights groups. Caulfield, the MP for Lewes, was previously an officer of the all-party parliamentary “pro-life” group and voted against legalising abortion in Northern Ireland. Harriet Wistrich, the director of the Centre for Women’s Justice, said: “We are horrified that a clear opponent of abortion rights has been appointed minister for women.” “The vast majority of women want the right to choose,” she added. “Her appointment signals a potential restriction on women’s reproductive rights, which in turn is an attack on women’s autonomy and freedom. We hope Maria Caulfield will keep her personal opinions on the issue of abortion to herself.” In 2018, when Caulfield was the Tory vice-chair for women, she called for a debate on reducing the 24-week time limit for women to receive l

In the competitive world of television, creating a successful series can be difficult. Even when a series does hit all the right notes with audiences and critics, it can, due to the highly saturated nature of the TV market, still fall into obscurity. In recent years, with the rise of several world-dominating production companies like Netflix and Amazon, it is harder than ever to find the perfect recipe for a show. So when a show comes along that is both highly praised and highly watched, production companies must pounce on the opportunity to create more Seasons. One such show is Yellowjackets , the story of a girl's high school soccer team that is involved in a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness and must learn to survive. Critics and audiences alike were instant lovers of the show, with the original ten-episode Season proving such a hit that, just weeks removed from the Season 1 launch date, the writers team had reconvened following the green light for production on a script fo

Posted at 7:57 7:57 Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg PA Media Copyright: PA Media After the last few years - let alone the last few weeks - you can see why Michael Gove has said in a speech that he is grateful "boring is back". Gove, who has returned to cabinet as levelling up secretary and appears on this week's programme, made the comments at the London Press Club awards. You too might feel relief that the crazy period of the Truss administration has come to an end, and that in Rishi Sunak we seem to have a prime minister who doesn't revel in scrapes and scandals, who doesn't have making headlines at the top of his to-do list. Now who might we be talking about? One of his ministers told me Sunak had "ended the Tory psychodrama with a careful reshuffle of all the talents and a focus on delivery", saying it was a sign of the recent turmoil that commentators see that as "boring". "It's actually s

Greys Anatomy premiered back in 2005 and is still going strong today. As with any show that’s been airing for that long there are bound to be some unforgettable moments. And, well, it’s a Shonda Rhimes show, so you know you’re bound for some intense drama. There are so many moments to choose from — from the most romantic, to the saddest, to the funniest. But what are the moments that changed the show forever? COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY 14/14 Addison’s Surprise Arrival Image via ABC Season 1 of the medical drama was relatively short. With only nine episodes under its belt, there wasn’t anything major happening. Sure, there were the illicit romances between interns and attendings, but the majority of the season was watching said interns gain their footing in the medical field. The season finale deals with a staff-wide outbreak of a sexually transmitted disease, and that seemed to be the biggest issue. That is, until the last few minutes of the episode. In what has now become on