A Manhattan grand jury indictment escalates the case against Luigi Mangione with first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism and multiple weapons charges tied to Brian Thompson's killing on December 17, 2024.
On Dec. 17, 2024, the anti-whaling activist was released from custody in Greenland after Danish authorities said Japan had not provided enough assurance about how any future sentence would be handled.
Air operations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio were suspended for almost four hours after drone activity was reported over the installation.
Federal officials are sending New York a drone-detection system after repeated sightings raised alarms across the northeast, though authorities say there is no sign of foreign involvement.
The FAA alerted the airport to a drone in the area, prompting an hour-long runway closure and fresh pressure on federal authorities to respond to the sightings.
Lawmakers voted in the former footballer as the next president while the opposition stayed away and anger over the EU accession pause continued to grow.
Thai PBS reported that a grenade attack at the Umphang Red Cross fair left three people dead and 48 injured, including a 14-year-old, and that police later detained two suspects.
French President Emmanuel Macron names François Bayrou prime minister after Michel Barnier’s government falls, handing the centrist veteran a difficult budget and coalition test.
On 2024-12-12, a Danish court sentenced British hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty in a multibillion-krone dividend tax fraud case.
Farmers and campaigners drove through Whitehall as the government held firm on plans that would bring inheritance tax to some farms worth more than £1m from April 2026.