Politics

Just moments after the Brigham Young University Cougars scored their first touchdown during Saturday's football game, University of Oregon students erupted in a chant...

As the year 2021 draws to a close, a wave of book bans has spread surprisingly quickly among state and local officials. Fortunately, if...

Activists in Mexico have applauded a Supreme Court decision to decriminalize abortion, claiming that it will put an end to the legal prosecution of...

After the Atlanta Hawks ruled out point guard Trae Young for Game 4, the Milwaukee Bucks' path became clearer. When Bucks All-NBA forward Giannis...

New nuclear-weapons threats were made on Russian state television, with the head of state-controlled Russia Today (RT) Margarita Simonyan saying on air that the...

A judge recently ordered a New York woman to remove a Confederate flag-adorned rock from her home or risk losing custody of her biracial...

According to Emin Gün Sirer, the founder of Avalanche, Bitcoin will eventually be outpaced by other coins as their faster, cheaper networks digitize more...

According to a Ukrainian government official, Ukrainian intelligence indicates Belarus' "readiness to possibly participate directly" in the invasion of Ukraine, "in addition to allowing...

Inflationary pressures, the Federal Reserve's tightening policy, and record-high US debt have all wreaked havoc on US Treasuries this year. Economists are now noticing a...

On the tarmac of Kabul airport on Tuesday, Taliban leaders declared victory over the United States, just hours after the last American troops left...

New Zealand's parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday to allow mothers and their partners three days of paid bereavement leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth. While employers...

Defiant Afghan women staged a rare protest Thursday, saying they would accept the burqa if their daughters could still attend school under Taliban rule. "It...

A Georgia county's plan to build a rocket launch pad for sending satellites into space was put to voters Tuesday in a referendum forced...

Amy Cooper, the white woman who called 911 after a run-in with a Black man while walking her dog in Central Park last year,...

Last month, Italy's competition watchdog fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion), the latest of several sanctions against Big Tech firms in 2021. When Italy's...

As the UK’s vaccination program was “knocked off course” due to a delay in receiving five million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India,...

The delay in confirming President Biden's nominees for positions at the State Department and USAID has already harmed our national security. That is easier...

Because of the debt relief announced by President Joe Biden in August, Austin Hammond and his wife may be able to buy a home...

On November 14, 48,000 unionized graduate workers at the University of California system's ten schools went on strike, kicking off what could be the...

Amazon ended its late-year event with a surprise announcement: Astro, a new robot that's essentially a tablet on wheels with enough cameras to host...

Six cryptocurrency users are suing the US Treasury Department for blacklisting Tornado Cash last month, claiming the department's sanctions watchdog overstepped its authority by...

The federal arrest of an anti-abortion activist has sparked a firestorm of criticism and accusations of a double standard in the enforcement of reproductive...

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...

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

When SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son unveiled the wide-eyed android Pepper in 2014, he painted a vision of a new era of personal...

The company behind the Nokia mobile brand refreshed its smartphone lineup on Thursday with a slew of new budget models, as it struggles to...

Governor Andrew Cuomo and the State of New York have issued warnings to hospitals about giving vaccines to elderly people before they finish fully...

Experts have warned that unless the international community acts quickly, Afghanistan's economy will collapse. The country's cash-based economy was already struggling prior to the Taliban's...

The US Commerce Department blacklisted Israeli firms NSO Group and Candiru on Wednesday, accusing them of providing spyware to foreign governments who "maliciously targeted"...

The European Union's headquarters proposed on Wednesday that member countries reduce their gas consumption by 15% in the coming months as the bloc braces...

Imagine for a minute your entire search history was open for everyone to see. That’s a scary thought, right? Embarrassing queries aside, there are certain things...

The Biden administration emphasized on Monday the severity of the economic sanctions imposed on Russia over the weekend, in which the US and its...

A co-founder of the global scheme to provide vaccines for poor people said Thursday India was delaying exports of much-needed jabs, as EU leaders...

According to a report from a law firm hired by the school to conduct an athletics department review, the school has taken numerous steps...

Robert Lewandowski can reach another milestone Saturday in his quest to better Gerd Mueller's all-time record of 40 goals in a Bundesliga season. The Bayern...

According to Iranian state media, Iran's largest navy ship sank early Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman after catching fire, the latest blow to...

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...

The Biden administration is working to create a "fair and equitable" asylum-seeker system, according to the top official at US Customs and Border Protection,...

Three doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine provide excellent protection for children under the age of five, the company announced on Monday. Pfizer intends to...

Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are putting their babies at risk, a study published Thursday finds. Babies born to women who were heavy cannabis users...

North Korea's recent missile launches were a simulated use of tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to "hit and wipe out" potential South Korean and US...

Earlier this year, as debates raged over reopening schools and including education funding in a massive coronavirus relief package, the nation's largest teachers' unions...

The LA County Sheriff’s Department made several critical decisions in the investigation of Tiger Wood’s devastating crash that were favorable to the golfing legend —...

President Biden's student loan forgiveness program has been halted by a federal judge in Texas, putting the administration's plan to forgive up to $20,000...

Women's health clinics in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and elsewhere are reporting an influx of out-of-state patients from Texas seeking abortions and other services, just weeks...

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...

Mumps cases are still being reported in the United States, primarily among vaccinated people, including children. Mumps cases fell by more than 99 percent in...

President Bashar al-Assad, once regarded as a reformer but now regarded as a tyrant by his many detractors after a decade of war and...

Internal memos from Meta's VP of Metaverse to employees working on the metaverse app highlight concerns that it has too many quality and performance...

The date was March 17, 2017. Troops from the US-led coalition fighting jihadists in Iraq were pushing their way into Mosul's Old City, squeezing...

Many compared the battle between a scrappy group of former and current warehouse workers on Staten Island, New York, and Amazon in a union...

Policymakers in the European Union unveiled their most ambitious plan yet to combat climate change on Wednesday, aiming to turn green goals into concrete...

On Wednesday last week, Google's Fiona Cicconi wrote to company employees. She announced that Google was bringing forward its timetable of moving people back...

As state legislatures convene this month, Republican governors and lawmakers who have fought to limit racial discussions in public schools are rallying behind a...

  The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers that are currently stationed throughout the country will be given a new set of directions from newly...

Moderna is about to administer the 200 millionth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine. Tiera May works at the facility in Bloomington, Indiana, a small...

A former Irish soldier was convicted of belonging to the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group. Lisa Smith, a former member of the Defence Forces,...

According to local authorities, at least seven children and two adults were killed, and over 20 others were injured, in a mass shooting at...

On Friday, SpaceX launched three wealthy businessmen and an astronaut escort to the International Space Station for a stay of more than a week,...

Kristin Riott is the executive director of Bridging the Gap, a nonprofit in Kansas City, Missouri that works on climate change and other environmental...

Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum in Virginia that continues to reckon with its past storytelling about the country's origins and the role of...

A Chicago couple whose house was repeatedly vandalized by a Trump supporter is fighting back with love. Last weekend, Erica Hungerford and Peter Charnley rallied...

Glencore's subsidiary has pleaded guilty in a London court to seven counts of bribery related to its oil operations in several African countries. The Serious...

Donald Trump's family business is set to face a criminal trial in New York on tax fraud charges beginning next week, which could result...

A new report from California's first-ever reparations task force explains how slavery affected nearly every aspect of Black life in America, causing "innumerable harms"...

Vaccine orders are soaring into the billions of doses in much of the developed world, Covid-19 cases are easing, economies are preparing to roar...

The European game has never had such a disrupted season in the 134 years since league soccer began in England. FIFA's decision to move the...

Twins may be more common today than at any time in history, according to the first comprehensive survey of twin births around the world. Researchers...

A Florida bill that would restrict classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity and encourage parents to sue schools or teachers who engage...

Renters who are unable to pay their landlords are being evicted, and they are outraged. They're especially irritated because their landlord is a large...

On Sunday, a state-run media outlet in China warned of "severe" military and economic repercussions for Taiwan if Washington allows the self-ruled island to...

Concern is mounting that China’s Covid-19 vaccines are less effective at quelling the disease, raising questions about nations from Brazil to Hungary that are...

Vladimir Putin's first interview with an American television news outlet in three years was a big hit for Russia's networks, perhaps strategically so. The Russian...

In honor of Trans Visibility Day, Americans applying for passports will be able to identify with the gender designation "X" beginning April 11, according...

The South African government announced Friday that it will donate slightly more than 2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to other...

Barbados has officially severed ties with Queen Elizabeth II after 55 years, and one of its first acts as the world's newest republic was...

Gen X isn't known for getting worked up about much, but it appears that we're not going down without a fight. Over 29 million...

The metaverse has recently become a hot topic of discussion, with both Facebook and Microsoft claiming ownership. But what exactly is the metaverse? And...

A federal judge in California has denied Los Angeles County's request to dismiss Vanessa Bryant's lawsuit over photos taken at the scene of her...

The Israeli military pounded the Gaza Strip again early Monday, a day after dozens of Palestinians were killed in Israeli air raids, despite mounting...