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The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine may be less effective in people with obesity, data suggests. Italian researchers have discovered that healthcare workers with obesity produced only about...

The gun violence epidemic in the United States has been described as a uniquely American problem, with calls for increased gun control or common...

Hundreds of teenagers were celebrating the start of homecoming weekend and their high school football team's dominant win just hours earlier around a bonfire...

When Iranians vote for their next president in June, they will be able to choose from a field of mostly hardline candidates who are...

Cracks are appearing in the Western front against Moscow, with America's European allies increasingly divided over whether to continue shipping more powerful weapons to...

Ohio voters will go to the polls in less than a week for the Republican Senate midterm primary election, which will be the first...

Derek Chauvin invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to testify on Thursday and the defense rested its case as the trial of George Floyd's...

Vermont, known for Bernie Sanders, maple syrup, and the birthplace of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, now has a new claim to fame: it...

Even as US newspapers sink toward an abyss, an unusual bidding war has broken out for a major chain, pitting hedge fund operators against...

26 people have been confirmed dead and at least 171 people are missing after portion of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river in northern...

During a visit to 1 Police Plaza, the New York City Police Department's headquarters in downtown Manhattan, Joe Biden asked officer Sumit Sulan to...

Instagram updated its default settings for adolescent users again this week, attempting to address concerns raised by a growing body of data indicating that...

Travis Scott speaks out in his first interview since the Astroworld music festival tragedy, which claimed the lives of ten people. In an hour-long sit-down...

After a liquidity crisis at the cryptocurrency group prompted intervention from regulators around the world, FTX has filed for bankruptcy in the United States,...

Thousands of New York City public employees could lose their jobs on Friday if they don't show they've met the city's mandate requiring them...

Earlier this week, the Biden administration made the announcement that it would resume the efforts first put forth by the Obama administration to put...

When you think of Tom Cotton, you probably think of the senator who advocated for the use of the military to persecute Black Lives...

Taeyo Suarez didn't think he'd make it when he was assigned COVID-19 last year. The New Orleans barbershop owner was hesitant to get the vaccine...

Officials from the White House plan to meet with student debt activists and advocacy groups this week, ahead of President Joe Biden's self-imposed deadline...

At least 19 people, including nine children, were killed Sunday in a fire at a Bronx apartment complex caused by a malfunctioning portable space...

Tiger Woods  was injured last Tuesday morning when the 2021 Genesis SUV he was driving struck a median and flipped several times. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex...

On Jan. 28, a 3-2 decision by a Pennsylvania court of appeals invalidated "Act 77," a law passed by the state legislature in 2019...

NATO's rapid reaction force will be nearly eightfold increased to 300,000 troops as part of its response to a "era of strategic competition," according...

Tyree Johnson adored his apartment with a view of the Pacific Ocean — until it began to crumble down a cliff into the water. He...

Britain bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, the country's longest-serving monarch, at a historic funeral watched by millions around the world, which reflected her...

According to video evidence, the Republican Party is forming a grassroots "army" to target and potentially overturn election results in Democratic precincts. The alleged scheme...

Whether you prefer to kill insects or not, there is one bug that health officials in the northeastern United States want you to get...

While the United States is the world's largest producer of oil, it is also the world's largest gas guzzler. The cost of this valuable resource...

Andrew Wiggins, who displayed a determined confidence and grit throughout the game, single-handedly relieved Stephen Curry of the pressure and delivered the best game...

A federal court ruled this week that the state of Alabama cannot execute a death row prisoner by lethal injection because the man chose...

The question was straightforward, as was the answer. "Earlier this week, stated that there was no evidence of vote-counting irregularities... "And that Joe Biden...

On Wednesday, Elon Musk will meet with some of Twitter's largest advertisers and marketing partners in an attempt to reassure executives following a flurry...

The gunman who killed 17 people at a South Florida high school in 2018 is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without...

The original permit application, filed on November 24, scheduled the demonstration in Washington for January 22 and 23, two days after the Inauguration and...

China announced on Monday that all married couples would be allowed to have three children, ending a two-child policy that had failed to increase...

Serbia, according to Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin, does not belong in the EU, whose members 'do not want' to admit Serbia. Serbia has been a...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, whose workforce has been decimated by Trump-era hiring freezes, is advertising for thousands of new positions. After being decimated...

Lilibet is a reference to Queen Elizabeth's childhood, when she struggled to pronounce her own name. "Lilibet is my pride; Margaret is my joy,"...

A new pledge from private donors to match $500,000 in contributions for a $1 million expansion at a Lake Tahoe wildlife rescue center is...

Michelle Wu was sworn in as Boston's mayor on Tuesday, becoming the city's first woman and first person of color to hold the position. Kim...

Natty Jumreornvong was outside Mount Sinai hospital on the Upper East Side of New York around 11am one morning in February when a man...

Months of dire warnings and diplomacy by the Biden Administration were ineffective in deterring Russian President Vladimir Putin from ordering his forces into eastern...

When considering a dubious claim made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), it is helpful to recall her lengthy history with such remarks. This...

The European Union is close to reaching an agreement on a set of new rules aimed at protecting internet users by requiring large tech...

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook and now CEO of Meta, stated on Monday that a new touch sensor and a plastic material could potentially...

In a wave of communal unrest, rival Arab and Jewish mobs carried out beatings and torching cars on the streets of Israel late Wednesday. As...

Only a few students wore masks when classes started a few weeks ago, before the first and then the second teacher at Connally Junior...

According to new data released this week, a new coronavirus variant, first detected two months ago, is spreading across the United States and spreading...

Microsoft announced last year that it will be carbon-negative by 2030. “Science tells us that the results will be catastrophic if we do not...

Daniel Smith, an American civil rights activist and the son of a former slave, died at the age of 90, according to his wife....

Long-time county clerk Sam Merlino decided to leave her job after officials in Nye County, Nevada, accepted a pitch from a Republican nominee for...

Sir Richard Branson has been granted the permission he requires to fly paying customers to the edge of space in his Virgin Galactic rocket...

China signaled on Monday that it is not interested in supplying weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine, where President Vladimir Putin's brutal military...

After appearing to take another prominent jab at the LGBTQ community's use of gender pronouns on Sunday, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk got into a...

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson clashed Monday with a lawyer for a student group seeking to end affirmative action in college admissions, questioning whether the...

Pro-Francis bishops were largely defeated by anti-Francis bishops in elections for the conference's top positions at the recent U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops fall...

Despite warnings from the West that such demands are unlikely to be accepted and will only increase tensions in that region of the Balkans,...

When neurosurgeon Matthew S. Schrag learned that the Food and Drug Administration had approved a controversial Alzheimer's drug, he was taken aback. In his...

Toyota Motor Corp's research arm announced the acquisition of Carmera, a provider of maps and data for driverless vehicles based in the United States,...

Lin Wood, a pro-Trump lawyer, has no basis to seek federal court relief from a State Bar of Georgia investigation into whether he is...

Nissan is the latest automaker to announce a massive investment in an ambitious electrification strategy. The company stated that it will invest 2 trillion...

As the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic and a rapidly changing economy, Congress is debating which priorities to include in the upcoming legislative package....

As questions about safety protocols on the "Rust" movie set linger, where Alec Baldwin killed a cinematographer with a prop gun he was told...

Senate Democrats scrambled on Thursday to rally behind a broad election reform bill ahead of a vote next week, with a key member of...

At least 12 people have died as a result of heat-related issues in parts of the United States over the last few weeks. Last week,...

President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the United States would militarily defend Taiwan if China attacked, reiterating his support for the island as...

Don Schneider tinkers with seed-dispensing gear on a massive corn planter shortly after dawn on the high plains of northeastern Colorado. The task for...

Nearly two dozen Republicans who have publicly questioned or disputed the 2020 election results are running for secretary of state across the country, in...

On Wednesday, President Biden repealed the suspension of certain visas for immigrants that was initially put in place by Trump. The suspensions significantly limited...

In recent weeks, China's drones have been a consistent part of its military activity around Taiwan, demonstrating new capabilities and increasing pressure on the...

A federal lawsuit claims that multiple cheerleading coaches in South Carolina, including one who recently committed suicide, sexually abused at least six boys and...

An initial investigation commissioned by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland documented some of the atrocities that Native American children faced at over 400 boarding schools...

The Biden administration, like many previous US administrations, intended a foreign policy "pivot" toward China and Asia. Instead, Washington was confronted with a war...

The Supreme Court has significantly limited the scope of the country's main cybercrime law, limiting a tool that civil liberties advocates say federal prosecutors...

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it will cancel three planned oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's...

Donald Yacovone makes it clear that the deliberate creation of white supremacy has kept injustice for Black people in America alive in "Teaching White...

The owner and CEO of MyPillow, Mike Lindell, was banned from Twitter on Monday night based on a new policy that the social media...

At least six major automakers, including Ford, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, and Volvo, and 30 national governments pledged on Wednesday to work toward phasing out...

Joseph Moore led a double life for nearly ten years. The US Army veteran dressed up in a white robe and hood as a hit...

Clean energy campaigners claim to have disrupted supplies from three oil terminals in the Midlands and south-east of England, while motorists complain that some...