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A train barreled into an unmanned truck that had rolled onto the track Friday in Taiwan, leaving at least 51 people dead and dozens...

Another high-level meeting between US and Chinese officials began with criticism, this time in the Chinese city of Tianjin, just outside of Beijing. According to...

The most commonly reported sensation following an abortion is not pain. It feels good. Several studies have found this to be true. However, there is...

Demonstrators showing solidarity with the thousands of Cubans who took part in a rare weekend of protests across their island nation shut down a...

A Moscow court has denied an appeal by one of two former Marines whom US officials believe Russia is holding hostage and whose cases...

Japan is a very popular destination for travelers and is visited by people from all over the world. It is a country full of...

As the Coronavirus spreads at an alarming rate, everyone must take measures to ensure their safety. With multiple ways to stay safe like wearing...

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden made it clear that he does not approve with other Democratic party members about cancelling $50,000 worth of student...

At a time when U.S. agencies and thousands of companies are fighting off major hacking campaigns originating in Russia and China, a different kind of...

Historians cut into a 36-pound copper time capsule found in the pedestal of a monument to former Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond,...

On Sunday, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Sacramento Kings, 119-107, to improve to 3-0 on the season. With victories over the Lakers and...

Tom Amenta, a Chicago native who enlisted in the US military against his family's wishes, said he found himself in the "middle of nowhere,"...

A US basketball player from Maryland was in Ukraine playing in international leagues about a week ago. He had no idea that within days...

Remember last month when WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram were all unavailable for several hours? Not only did people find it difficult to communicate with...

We’re nearly halfway through February, a period when influenza is typically widespread throughout the United States and much of the world. Normally, one could...

Global markets trembled on Monday, with Asian markets plummeting sharply as the prospect of war in Ukraine grew. The major US indexes shook at...

Tensions are rising among congressional Democrats as the party's $3.5 trillion spending plan draws ever closer to a stalemate. Democrats' frustrations, which have been simmering...

Russia has upped its saber rattling in Eastern Europe and the Arctic, a move that has put the Biden administration on alert. In the past...

Ireland's government met on Tuesday to discuss contingency planning in the event of a European Union trade war with the United Kingdom, according to...

The Justice Department will ask the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, despite...

Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina is one of four senators leading the charge to examine the country's gun laws in the aftermath of...

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Tuesday against what they claim are Taliban orders for citizens to leave their homes on the...

According to one expert, Facebook and Twitter are enforcing Russian government propaganda and disinformation on social media at a "slow pace." After Russian forces bombed...

In an interview, Apple's SVP of software engineering explains the company's privacy changes in iOS 14.5. Apple's push to require app developers to request...

According to New York's attorney general, the company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program will pay $141 million to customers across the United States who...

On Monday, U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra ordered Medicare to reconsider a large premium increase that will affect millions of seniors this year, which...

They are the rare gun laws that attract bipartisan agreement — so-called red flag laws, which allow the authorities to temporarily take away guns...

According to US Navy officials, Beijing's claim that it drove away one of its warships that passed through the disputed Paracel Islands on Monday...

Uganda's schools reopened to students on Monday, bringing the world's longest school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic to an end. The reopening caused traffic...

When Grammy-nominated producer Harvey Mason Jr. took over as president of the Recording Academy, he knew he was in for a challenge. He's heard...

We've seen Aaron Rodgers as guest host of the legendary quiz show "Jeopardy" for nearly two weeks now. He's a self-admitted superfan of the...

When the neighborhood she grew up in, Boston's Chinatown, was destroyed, Mary Yee was in elementary school. Beginning in the late 1950s, the state built...

Su Hua, the founder of a Chinese startup called Kuaishou Technology, was on the verge of closing the biggest deal of his career in...

Rescue crews worked into the night Thursday to scour through a massive pile of twisted steel and concrete for any signs of life after...

The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration permission on Thursday to end a Trump-era immigration policy that required asylum seekers to remain in Mexico...

Former Trump adviser Scott Atlas blames Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci for "headline-dominating debacles" about quack cures for Covid-19 in a new book, but...

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev died on Tuesday "after a serious and long illness," according to the Central Clinical Hospital. He was 91 years old...

Because of the Ukraine invasion, a proposal that the European Union ban visas for all Russian tourists has sparked a debate in the continent's...

North Korea's test of its newest, most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday exposed the United States' defense weaknesses in the face of...

Charges against police officers, public safety workers and military veterans in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol have reignited concerns among lawmakers and...

Except for former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has the lowest approval rating of any elected president after one year in office. However,...

Dr. Gautam Singh dreads the daily advent of the ventilator beeps, signaling that oxygen levels are critically low, and hearing his critically ill patients...

A wave of new abortion-rights legislation is sweeping the country, raising concerns about the potential use of personal data to punish people who seek...

As another holiday approaches, the Biden administration has been contemplating whether to restrict domestic travel to certain states. While many Americans are gearing up for...

President Joe Biden sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos for a wide-ranging interview Tuesday in which he said his message to migrants was...

Some of the world's most protected forests are emitting more carbon than they absorb, owing to factors such as logging and wildfires, according to...

Despite concerns about the spread of potentially dangerous coronavirus variants, the European Union lifted travel restrictions for US residents in the latest step toward...

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...

After more than 18 months of a pandemic, with one in every 545 Americans already killed by COVID-19, a sizable portion of the population...

We're about a month away from the rumored unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S22 lineup – or possibly less, according to rumors of a...

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...

Communities across Texas are picking up the pieces Tuesday morning after suspected tornadoes struck the state on Monday, causing dozens of structures to be...

Advisers to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo influenced state health officials to remove data from a public report that showed coronavirus-related nursing-home deaths in...

The figures don't lie: solar energy is on the rise. According to the International Energy Agency's 2021 report, power generated by renewable solar power...

It's one of the most grueling hunts in the seafood industry. Every year, up to 73 million shark fins are slashed from the backs of...

Hundreds of thousands of dollars are on the line for a suburban Iowa school district on Friday if enraged parents carry out a plan...

Armadillos are common in the southern United States, thanks in part to the warmer weather that attracts them, but these creatures have recently begun...

Since it was approved for use, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has been marketed with one major advantage over its competitors: it only...

The Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services is conducting an investigation into how the Food and Drug Administration...

The ivory-billed woodpecker, along with 22 other bird, fish, mussel, and wildlife species, is set to be declared extinct and removed from the endangered...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, a sizable minority of coronavirus infections have resulted in long COVID, a perplexing collection of lingering and often...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Tuesday that agents are conducting a human smuggling investigation and were at the scene of a devastating crash in...

Afghanistan’s beleaguered government will be on its own against the Taliban once American forces withdraw in September. The strength of the insurgency, combined with...

Historically, alternate realities have dominated both fact and fiction. From the use of augmented and virtual realities in air combat training to sci-fi stories...

On Monday, former President Donald Trump's company filed a lawsuit against the city of New York, attempting to rescind Trump's contract to manage a...

What students learn about the insurgency at the United States Capitol on January 6 may vary depending on where they live. Justin Voldman, a history...

Today, the average senior on Social Security receives $1,543 per month. When combined with withdrawals from a retirement plan or ongoing pension payments, that...

Two law enforcement officials said a former New York City police union president who has clashed with city officials over his insulting tweets and...

As American and NATO forces complete their withdrawal from the war-torn country and the Taliban gains control of more territory, supporters of women's rights...

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...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky travelled to the country's eastern frontline on Thursday, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Vladimir Putin to reduce Russia's troop...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States reduced the recommended time for people to isolate after testing positive for Covid-19...

The Duchess of Sussex recently sat down with Oprah Winfrey for "Oprah with Meghan and Harry a CBS primetime special" and spoke about her and...

As California's attorney general, Xavier Becerra led a national effort to preserve the Affordable Care Act and fought the Trump administration on issues ranging...

On Monday, a judge sentenced a white father and son to life in prison and their neighbor to 35 years in prison for a...

Democrats, according to DeSantis, are attempting to 'drive dissension' among Republicans by spreading a false narrative about his relationship with Trump. Republicans, including Republican Florida...

Human activities, such as the use of fossil fuels for transportation and electricity, have exacerbated the intensity of extreme rainfall and snowfall over land...

A federal judge has ordered Alabama to stop being vague and to provide a firm answer by Thursday evening on whether the prison system...

On a party-line vote, Senate Democrats approved sweeping legislation on health care, climate change, and taxes on Sunday, delivering a major victory for President...

Pfizer reported that earnings and sales more than doubled in the most recent quarter, and it raised its full-year outlook, owing largely to its...