1+ hour, 12+ min ago (282+ words) A Michigan veterinarian was sentenced to 10 days in jail Monday for refusing to return a dog to a homeless man after finding the ailing pit bull mix tied to a truck. Amanda Hergenreder's lawyer asked for 120 hours of community service for the misdemeanor larceny conviction. But Grand Rapids Judge Angela Ross said jail was more appropriate for her, plus $1,000 in restitution. A year ago, Hergenreder was in Grand Rapids for a professional conference when she saw the 16-year-old dog tied to a truck near a coffee shop. She said she took him to her clinic, two hours away, cleared up a severe urinary tract infection and removed a rotten tooth. Prosecutors charged Hergenreder after she refused to return the dog to Chris Hamilton, a Grand Rapids man who lacked a permanent home at the time. She cited her ethical duties…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago (274+ words) BANGKOK " A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pickup truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff bewildered. He said they heard a faint knock coming from the coffin. "I was a bit surprised, so I asked them to open the coffin, and everyone was startled," he said. "I saw her opening her eyes slightly and knocking on the side of the coffin. She must have been knocking for quite some time." According to Pairat, the brother said his sister had been bedridden for about two years, when…...

4+ hour ago (145+ words) KYIV, Ukraine " Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine's capital Kyiv early Tuesday, striking residential buildings and energy infrastructure, according to video footage and local authorities. A residential building in the central Pechersk district and another in Kyiv's eastern district of Dniprovskyi were badly damaged, Mayor Vitalii Kitschko said. Video footage posted to Telegram showed a large fire spread through multiple floors of the nine-story building in Dniprovskyi. At least four people were injured, the head of Kyiv city administration, Tymor Tkachenko, said. Ukraine's energy ministry said that energy infrastructure had been hit, without specifying what type or the extent of the damage. The Russian attack followed talks between U.S. and Ukraine representatives in Geneva on Sunday about a U.S.-Russia brokered peace plan. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday that Russia had not seen the updated plan....

4+ hour ago (145+ words) KYIV, Ukraine " Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine's capital Kyiv early Tuesday, striking residential buildings and energy infrastructure, according to video footage and local authorities. A residential building in the central Pechersk district and another in Kyiv's eastern district of Dniprovskyi were badly damaged, Mayor Vitalii Kitschko said. Video footage posted to Telegram showed a large fire spread through multiple floors of the nine-story building in Dniprovskyi. At least four people were injured, the head of Kyiv city administration, Tymor Tkachenko, said. Ukraine's energy ministry said that energy infrastructure had been hit, without specifying what type or the extent of the damage. The Russian attack followed talks between U.S. and Ukraine representatives in Geneva on Sunday about a U.S.-Russia brokered peace plan. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday that Russia had not seen the updated plan....

4+ hour, 39+ min ago (859+ words) JERUSALEM " The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food, said Monday it would shutter operations. The operations of the GHF were shrouded in secrecy during its short time in operation, and the group never revealed its sources of funding and said little about the armed contractors who operated the sites. It said its goal was to deliver aid to Gaza without it being diverted by Hamas. Palestinians, aid workers and health officials have said the system forced aid-seekers to risk their lives to reach the sites by passing Israeli troops who secured the locations. Soldiers often opened fire, killing hundreds, according to witnesses and videos posted to social media. The Israeli military says…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago (267+ words) It has been 13 years since 19-year-old Sage Smith vanished from Charlottesville, Virginia, on November 20, 2012. Dateline first featured her story in our "Missing in America" series in 2018. The chief confirmed McFadden is still a person of interest in Sage"s case, which was reclassified as a homicide in 2016. McFadden had previously told police he"d been in communication with Sage the day she disappeared and they had plans to meet that day, but that the meeting never took place. "The Dashad "Sage" Smith case remains an active and very fluid investigation," Chief Kochis said at last week"s news conference. "We continue to pursue new information, re-examine existing evidence with fresh eyes, and work closely with our regional, state and federal partners to explore every possible avenue." "We have not forgotten Sage. We will not forget Sage. And we will continue…...

7+ hour, 47+ min ago (314+ words) President Donald Trump said Monday that he will travel to Beijing in April and host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit later in the year. Trump announced the plans after a call with Xi on Monday, which came weeks after a meeting in South Korea at the end of October. "Our relationship with China is extremely strong!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Now we can set our sights on the big picture. To that end, President Xi invited me to visit Beijing in April, which I accepted, and I reciprocated where he will be my guest for a State Visit in the U.S. later in the year." The travel plans come after the Trump administration detailed a trade deal framework with China that renewed soybean purchases from China and loosened China's export restrictions on rare earth minerals, two commitments…...

7+ hour, 47+ min ago (314+ words) President Donald Trump said Monday that he will travel to Beijing in April and host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit later in the year. Trump announced the plans after a call with Xi on Monday, which came weeks after a meeting in South Korea at the end of October. "Our relationship with China is extremely strong!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Now we can set our sights on the big picture. To that end, President Xi invited me to visit Beijing in April, which I accepted, and I reciprocated where he will be my guest for a State Visit in the U.S. later in the year." The travel plans come after the Trump administration detailed a trade deal framework with China that renewed soybean purchases from China and loosened China's export restrictions on rare earth minerals, two commitments…...

7+ hour, 57+ min ago (236+ words) Former Sen. Doug Jones announced Monday that he has filed paperwork to run for governor in Alabama, setting the stage for a potential rematch with Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville. "In the meantime, what I know and what we have heard all along is Alabama wants their next governor to be someone who lives here, who works here, who listens to the people of this state, who understands the people of this state," Jones said in the video. Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, cannot run again due to term limits. Jones also made a thinly veiled reference to Tuberville, the top Republican candidate in the race, saying Alabamians are looking for a governor who "treats this state with grace and dignity and not just like a rest stop on the way to the Florida beach." Tuberville, who launched his run for…...

8+ hour, 2+ min ago (634+ words) Unveiling the new "Genesis Mission" to support American efforts on AI, the order charted out a series of steps to expand computational resources, increase access to vast federal datasets and move towards impactful, real-world applications, particularly in scientific fields. Michael Kratsios, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and director of the Office for Science and Technology Policy, will lead the effort. The order opened the door to significantly increased public-private partnerships on AI development: within 90 days, the Secretary of Energy must identify systems and data available to support the program, including "resources available through industry partners." AI systems require immense datasets in order to learn how to represent the real world. With its vast troves of information about Americans and their activities, the federal government has an enviable, but often decentralized and disorganized, gold mine of data untapped…...