The legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died at age 97. His family said in an emailed statement that he died Tuesday at home in Port Townsend, Washington. Whittaker’s 1963 ascent of Everest came 10 years after the pioneering climb of Sir Edmun… Read moreLegendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, dies at 97

Police in the Bahamas say they have arrested the husband of a U.S. woman who was aboard a boat near the archipelago and vanished. Authorities said the 59-year-old man whom they did not identify was arrested in Abaco and is being questioned. A Coast Guard spokesperson told The Associated Pres… Read morePolice in the Bahamas arrest husband of US woman who was aboard boat and vanished

U.S. authorities say a Guatemalan man has pleaded guilty in federal court to a felony offense stemming from the crash of human smugglers' truck in Mexico that killed more than 50 migrants in 2021. Authorities say that 42-year-old Daniel Zavala Ramos pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District … Read moreGuatemalan man pleads guilty in federal court after truck crash in Mexico killed over 50 migrants

A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appears to be hanging by a thread after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The White House demanded Wednesday that the channel be reopened and sought to keep peace talks on track. The U.S… Read moreCeasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again

Over the course of a single day, President Donald Trump went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that Iran's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire. Trump says he expects this to pave the way to end the nearly six-week wa… Read moreHow Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a 2-week ceasefire with Tehran