The Global Update

China was behind a “major” hack of the Treasury Department, the Biden administration said Monday, gaining access to unclassified documents and the workstations of government employees.  After a year fraught with hacking across all government agencies, China experts say it’s time to get serious about thwarting adversarial espionage.  “The latest intrusion should not come as…

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have reached a settlement in their divorce after an acrimonious and highly-publicized eight-year legal battle. Jolie’s lawyer, James Simon, told Fox News Digital that the 61-year-old actor and the 49-year-old actress signed off on their divorce Monday.  “More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt,” Simon…

Progressive outlet The Atlantic has snagged some of The Washington Post’s top political journalists ahead of the new year. According to a new report from The New York Times, the outlet is looking to boost its political coverage for the second Trump presidency.  The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, told The Times, “We want to cover…

Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, the veteran broadcaster who earned widespread acclaim for his coverage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, died Sunday at 76, per CNN. Brown’s television career began in Seattle, first as an assistant night assignment editor at KING 5 starting in 1976, then anchoring the 11 p.m. newscast at KIRO 7…

A neighborly dispute led to a Florida man attacking a neighbor with a knife, according to authorities who responded to the scene. The suspect, identified as 48-year-old Addiel Herrera, is accused of attacking his duplex neighbor after the two got into an argument. The incident happened on Dec. 28, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s…

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen was back competing in New York in the World Blitz Championship on Monday after he quit the Rapid World Championship over the weekend because of a dispute over a pair of jeans.  Carlsen, a chess grand master, found himself at the center of controversy on Friday when he was given…

A 14-year-old boy from Chicago is in a coma after he, his father and uncle were shot on a family vacation in Mexico, according to local reports and a fundraiser for the family. Durango, Mexico, officials told NBC 5 Chicago that Vicente Peña Jr., 38, and Antonio “Tony” Fernandez, 44, both from Chicago, were killed…

Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair released a statement on Monday night as he is set to return to the team following a three-game suspension for a big hit on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Al-Shaair thanked Texans owners Cal and Hannah McNair, general manager Nick Caserio and head coach DeMeco Ryans, and others who defended…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in the hall of the Israeli parliament on Tuesday for a crucial budget-related vote, despite the objections of doctors following prostate surgery on Sunday night, the Israeli news agency Tazpit Press Service (TPS) reports. Netanyahu, 75, was accompanied to the Knesset Plenum by his personal physician, Dr. Tzvi Berkowitz and appeared in good…