Norway's royal familyfound itself embroiled in an intensifying scandal Tuesday after the son of the country's crown princess was arrested on suspicion of rape. Marius Borg Hoiby, 27, was arrested Monday on a preliminary charge of having "sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons is unable to resist the act,"police in the capital, Oslo, saidin a statement early Tuesday. He was also charged with one count of "abuse in close relationships," violating a restraining order, and driving without a valid driver s license, police said Tuesday. A preliminary charge comes before a formal charge, and allows law enforcement to detain a suspect for further investigation. They add to the growing list of charges against the Oslo socialite, the eldest child of Norwegian Crown P...

The the theft by armed men of nearly 100 trucks loaded with food and other humanitarian aid over the weekend sent prices soaring andcaused shortages in central Gazawhere hundreds of thousands are crammed into squalid tent camps. An even moresevere hunger crisis is underway in the north, where Israel has been waging a weekslong offensive that has killed hundreds of people and driven tens of thousands from their homes. Experts say a famine might already have set in there. On Monday, a crowd of people waited outside a shuttered bakery in the central city ofDeir al-Balah. A woman who had been displaced from Gaza City, identifying herself as Umm Shadi, said the price of flour had climbed to 400 shekels (over $100) a bag, if it can even be found. Nora Muhanna, another woman displaced fromGaza Ci...

U.S. allies warned of "hybrid warfare" Tuesday aftertwo undersea communication cableswere severed in the Baltic Sea, raising suspicions that they may be the latest acts of sabotage targeting the West as it clashes with Russia. German Defense MinisterBoris Pistoriussaid Tuesday that "no one believes that these cables were cut accidentally" after a rupture in a 730-mile cable linking Germany and Finland was detected Monday. "We have to state, without knowing specifically who it came from, that it is a hybrid action," he said. "And we also have to assume, without knowing it yet, that it is sabotage. Lithuania s navy said Tuesday that it had increased monitoring of its waters after damage to a separate cable connectingthe Baltic nationwith Sweden s Gotland Island was detected on Sunday. Swed...

New York City declared a drought warning on Monday, its first in 22 years, as the Northeast deals with severe dry conditions and brush fires during a historically dry autumn. Mayor Eric Adams and the city s Department of Environmental Protection elevated a drought watch issued on Nov. 2, citing the city's longest rainless streak in recorded history. The last drought warning in New York City was issued in 2002. It s hard to believe that we d be talking about brush fires and droughts in New York City, Adams said in a news conference, attributing the conditions to climate change. Our reservoirs are nowhere near where they should be, and our city and watershed continues to experience significant precipitation shortages. Under the watch, the mayor ordered city agencies to implement protocols ...

Minnesota Democratic party chair Ken Martin has formally announced his bid to lead the Democratic National Committee, as the party attempts to piece itself together following a stinging defeat against Donald Trump. "If you're looking for a creature of D.C., that's not me. But I do know how the DNC works and how it isn't working," Martin said in a video posted to social media Tuesday morning, adding, "We need to reconnect our ideas which we know are popular in red, blue and purple states across this country back to our party and to our candidates." Martin, a DNC vice chair and leader of the Association of State Democratic Committees, has gained early traction with some delegates according to interviews with several state DNC members. He joins Martin O'Malley, former presidential candida...

A Wyoming judge ruled Monday that two laws restricting and banning abortion in the state violate its constitution,making the procedure legalup until fetal viability for the time being. Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens imposed an injunction on the pair of state laws in a ruling that said they ran afoul of the state constitution, which says every person has a right to personal autonomy in making medical decisions. Owens wrote that under the two statutes the Life Act and the Medication Abortion Ban the state "has enacted laws that impede the fundamental right to make health care decisions for an entire class of people, pregnant women. Owens added that the state laws created a restriction on abortion beginning at the earliest stages of development, did not differentiate between a ...

Days after the United States let Ukraine to launch an attack inside Russia using American missiles, Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly lowered the threshold for his nation's use of nuclear weapons on Tuesday. Moscow could launch a nuclear strike if attacked by a non-nuclear nation backed by a nuclear state, according to the Kremlin, which said Putin had approved an updated nuclear doctrine, a document that regulates how Russia utilizes its nuclear weapons. Later on Tuesday, Moscow's defense ministry asserted that Ukraine had launched its first attack on Russian territory with long-range weaponry provided by the United States, using an ATACMS missile to strike a military installation in the Bryansk region. Five ATACMS missiles were shot down by Russian air defenses, but pieces of ano...

There was no photo finish forPresident Joe Biden. The outgoing American leader arrived for a family picture with world leaders during his final Group of 20 summit on Monday, only to find the photo had already been taken without him. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer were among those who did make it, smiling and raising linked hands for the traditional summit set piece. A senior U.S. official attributed the mix-up in in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to logistical challenges. Due to logistical issues, they took the family photo early before all the leaders had arrived. So a number of leaders weren t actually there when they took the photo, said the senior official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Biden was nowhere to...

Days after the United States let Ukraine to launch an attack inside Russia using American missiles, Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly lowered the threshold for his nation's use of nuclear weapons on Tuesday. Moscow could launch a nuclear strike if attacked by a non-nuclear nation backed by a nuclear state, according to the Kremlin, which said Putin had approved an updated nuclear doctrine, a document that regulates how Russia utilizes its nuclear weapons. Moscow's defense ministry claimed later Tuesday that Ukraine had carried out its first strike on Russian territory using U.S.-supplied long-range weapons, hitting a military facility in the Bryansk region with an ATACMS missile. Russian air defenses shot down five ATACMS missiles but fragments of another fell on the technical ter...