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If Trump were sentenced to a year or less, he would serve out his sentence in a city jail, such as Rikers Island, and would likely be eligible for parole after serving two-thirds of the sentence

Former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records Thursday, becoming the first former or sitting president to ever be convicted on criminal charges—though it remains uncertain if he’ll be sentenced to prison.

An Israeli official said Wednesday he expects fighting against Hamas will last to the end of the year.

The Papua New Guinea government’s latest numbers are more than triple the U.N.’s estimated death toll from the disaster.

Years of research has shown microscopic pieces of plastic have made their way into human bodies, including the heart, kidney, liver, testicles and brain.

Flight attendants have accounted for most turbulence-related injuries in recent decades.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed the country’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, as the acting president before a new election following the president’s death in a helicopter crash—elevating a longtime ally of Iranian hardliners who once ran the country’s state-related investment firm and oversaw a weapons sale to Russia.

The International Criminal Court on Monday confirmed it is seeking arrest warrants for several Israeli and Hamas leaders—including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—over alleged war crimes committed on Oct. 7 and during the ongoing conflict in Gaza, but even if the warrants are approved, there is no guarantee the leaders will ever be arrested or tried on charges.

A helicopter carrying Raisi and several others crashed in the mountainous northwestern region of Iran on Sunday evening.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter was involved in a “hard landing” incident about 375 miles northwest of Tehran, state news agencies reported.