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A U.S. soldier on the southern side of the Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea.Photo:AP Photo/Lee Jin-man AP Photo/Lee Jin-man An American soldier has been detained in North Korea after crossing into the country from South Korea “without authorization,” the United Nations Commandannounced Tuesday. “A U.S. National on a JSA orientation tour crossed, without authorization, the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). We believe he is currently in DPRK custody and are working with our KPA counterparts to resolve this incident,” the organization said in a tweet....

Photo:Getty Images Getty Images A U.S. soldier is dead after a non-combat vehicle rollover accident, according to theU.S. Department of Defense. Spc. Jayson Reed Haven, 20, from Aiken, South Carolina had been a part of Operation Spartan Shield, a task force to support U.S. defense relationships in Southwest Asia, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, when the incident took place on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Defense did not give any additional information on how the situation may have occurred or if they suspect foul play....

A dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.Photo: Daniel Pockett/Getty Travelers that havemixed doses of COVID-19 vaccineswill still be recognized as fully vaccinated when visiting the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “While CDC has not recommended mixing types of vaccine in a primary series, we recognize that this is increasingly common in other countries so should be accepted for the interpretation of vaccine records,“said a CDC spokeswoman, per Reuters....

Elizabeth Hoover.Photo: Facebook A California professor has issued an apology for falsely identifying as Native American for her “whole life, based on incomplete information,” saying “I am a white person.” UC Berkeley associate professor Elizabeth Hooverapologizedlast week for “incorrectly” identifying as a woman of Mohawk and Mi’kmaq descent “without confirming it with communities of origin.” “In uncritically living an identity based on family stories without seeking out a documented connection to these communities, I caused harm,” she wrote....

Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L); Vladimir Putin.Photo: getty As theRussian invasion of Ukraine continues, officials from both countries are signaling some optimism that peace talks could bear fruit. In his nightly video address to citizens of Ukraine, PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyyon Tuesday reportedly said that recent discussions with Russia were “more realistic” than they had been. “The meetings continue, and, I am informed, the positions during the negotiations already sound more realistic,” Zelenskyy, 44, said....

Photo: USA Today Tiffiney Zinger, a mother of two whose family vacationed at the Orlando theme park back in March,toldUSA Todaythat she and her husband, Richard Zinger, noticed the offensive symbol when they returned home to Colorado and were looking through their vacation photos. In the photo, the Zingers’ children, who are biracial, pose next to two characters from theDespicable Mefranchise: a minion, and Gru. The Zingers’ daughter stands next to the Gru character, who has their right hand on her shoulder and is forming an upside-down “OK” sign with their fingers....

Photo: Ian MacNicol/GettyUsain Boltis a proud father of three who has no problem living in the pandemonium.The 34-year-old is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist widely regarded as the fastest man in the world, but Bolt is not sprinting after gold these days. Instead, he’s chasing after his three kids.While it takes plenty of training to becoming a world record–holding Olympian, Bolt tells PEOPLE that it’s more taxing to prepare for fatherhood....

01of 94Put Your Hands UpL. Busacca/GettyUsher performs onstage at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 51st Annual Induction and Awards gala on June 16 in N.Y.C. 01of 94 Put Your Hands Up L. Busacca/Getty Usher performs onstage at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 51st Annual Induction and Awards gala on June 16 in N.Y.C. 02of 94Making WavesHan Myung-Gu/GC ImagesTom Cruisewaves to his fans upon his arrival at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea on June 17....

All they do is win!Aftersecuring America’s fourth women’s World Cup championship, the superstar athletes of the U.S. women’s national team returned to the country for a whirlwind few days of celebrations — including a stop at the 2019 ESPYS, where they werehonored with the best team award.The Wednesday festivities were particularly special for players Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris, who attended the awards show not only as teammates, but as fiancées....

Photo: Salt Lake City Police A statement from Salt Lake City Police confirms that Haoyu Wang, 26, was detained Friday inside a downtown motel room. Police made their way to the motel as part of an investigation into the welfare of an unnamed 19-year-old woman. “Officers received information from the University of Utah Police Department of a man who made threats to kill his girlfriend,” reads the statement. “When law enforcement entered the motel room, they located … Wang and a 19-year-old non-responsive woman....

Photo: Fox13/YouTubeA miraculous rescue of an unconscious man sitting in his car on train tracks in Utah was caught on video Wednesday.In the footage, which was caught on a dashcam from a Utah Highway Patrol trooper early Wednesday morning, the trooper can be seen desperately trying to get the man in the car to move as a FrontRunner train barrels towards the vehicle.“We’ve got a train coming!” trooper Ruben Correa yells over and over in the video....

Photo: UCISD Police Department Pete Arredondo, Chief of Police at the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department, has been placed on administrative leave nearly one month after a gunman marched onto campus and took the lives of19 innocent children and two teachers. Arredondo was one of the first officers to respond to the scene, according toThe New York Times. “From the beginning of this horrible event, I shared that the district would wait until the investigation was complete before making personnel decisions,“a news releasefrom Dr....

Kevin and Misty Mitchem.Photo: Facebook A husband and wife from Virginia died weeks apart after contracting COVID-19, leaving behind five children and one grandchild. Kevin and Misty Mitchem, both in their 40s, fell ill last month, according to Fredericksburg-based newspaperThe Free Lance–Star.Misty, 46, died on Sept. 23. Her husband, 48, died on Oct. 8. The couple, whom the outlet reported met while in high school and were married for 17 years, leave behind their four children: Riley, 17; Leah, 14, and twins Taylor and Aiden, 11....