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A dispute between railroads and labor unions could result in a shutdown as early as Friday, halting most train traffic across the country. Trains...

To temper rising oil prices, the Biden administration has flirted with lifting oil sanctions on previously shunned Venezuela, but it appears unwilling to encourage...

The Labor Department's report on Friday that the economy added 559,000 jobs in May, an increase from April, boosted Democrats and the Biden administration,...

As Covid-19 spread last year, governments around the world touted the prospect of “herd immunity,” a promised land in which the virus would stop...

The former president of the Human Rights Campaign, the country's largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, filed a federal lawsuit against the organization on Thursday, alleging...

Authorities said a magnitude 6 earthquake jolted both sides of the California-Nevada border, tossed boulders onto a major highway, and was felt as far...

According to two federal officials familiar with the situation, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce this week that people can receive...

Andy Stone is one of the fortunate. The New Yorker saw a tweet from a local AIDS activist stating that monkeypox vaccines would be...

For the third straight week the United States has seen a drop in coronavirus infections, marking a significant improvement from prior months. Nevertheless, the US...

Household income increased at a record rate of 21.1 percent in March, as federal stimulus checks fueled an economic recovery that is expected to...

The Democratic Party has shifted to the left on US policy toward Israel in recent years, showing a greater willingness to criticize Israel and...

Colorado's attorney general announced on Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted three police officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain,...

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

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

After announcing that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a US drone strike, Joe Biden took a well-deserved - and somewhat necessary...

In a statement sent on the heels of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's impassioned address to the United States Congress on Wednesday, Donald Trump boasted...

Global hunger soared as a result of the pandemic, but now the conflict in Ukraine is exacerbating the problem. Because Russia and Ukraine together...

According to new research, most transgender adults have been aware of their gender identities since early childhood, even if they didn't yet have the...

The Biden administration's new $500 million military contract with Saudi Arabia, critics claim, goes against the spirit of the White House's public policy of...

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

Residents of the Chinese city of Xi'an are subjected to a strict coronavirus lockdown, with business owners facing additional closures and some people reporting...

Hillary Clinton's newly discovered tweets from the days leading up to the 2016 presidential election show the candidate pushing now-debunked information that Donald Trump...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists filed a brief opposing Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban as the Supreme Court considers whether to uphold the...

Did you know that nearly 60% of the universe consists of dark matter that remains unseen by us? This is a much lesser known...

Having a good credit score and history is just as important today as it has ever been, especially since the current economic climate that...

Retired Adm. James Stavridis predicts that the Ukrainian war will end in 4 to 6 months, similar to the Korean War. On Sunday, the ex-NATO...

The Census Bureau is working to restore trust in the numbers gathered during the 2020 census by addressing issues caused by the unprecedented challenges...

On Friday, Japanese authorities were looking for a missing Ugandan weightlifter, who went missing just a week before the Tokyo Olympics, which have sparked...

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...

Nearly three weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration is still determining the most effective way to get military aid into the...

President Biden has started to call for Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons after yet another spate of mass shootings, despite the...

Because of "unknown hazards" in the area where a family and their dog were mysteriously found dead last month, federal forest officials closed trails...

According to Lindell, FBI agents seized a cellphone belonging to Mike Lindell, the founder of MyPillow and a prominent election denier, as part of...

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...

Mark Zuckerberg is facing new challenges after a former employee turned whistleblower is set to testify before Congress, potentially revealing more damning allegations about...

In recent months, President Biden has spent hours speaking with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and other foreign leaders...

For most original Medicare enrollment includes automatic enrollment at the time of turning 65. Medicare Advantage enrollment varies depending on the plan chosen. The...

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...

Many recent questions about technology ethics have centered on the role of algorithms in various aspects of our lives. As artificial intelligence and machine...

According to a lengthy Facebook post, hydrogen peroxide is the Swiss Army Knife of home health care and cleanup, capable of serving as a...

Should Russia escalate its attacks on Ukraine and its allies, a US aircraft carrier is ready to lead an international charge. The USS George H.W....

  President Joe Biden and his administration are planning to share with the public Tuesday that they will begin distributing a limited number of COVID-19 vaccines straight...

Police in western Michigan have released bodycam footage of officers handcuffing a real estate agent, his client, and the man's 15-year-old son after a...

Just four days after historic climate talks in Scotland, where Joe Biden pledged that the US will "lead by example" in addressing dangerous global...

Marques Armstrong had just stepped out of the shower one morning this fall when he heard gunshots in his Minneapolis backyard. He ran upstairs...

At a G20 meeting on Tuesday, the United States led calls for greater global cooperation in light of the coronavirus crisis, while China insisted...

A federal jury acquitted a cybersecurity lawyer in the first trial of special counsel John Durham's investigation into what sparked the FBI investigation into...

China has begun construction of more than 100 new intercontinental ballistic missile silos in a desert near the northwestern city of Yumen, according to...

According to a survey of participants published on Wednesday, the majority of companies participating in a four-day workweek pilot program in the United Kingdom...

The American Library Association (ALA) reports that books for children and young adults with themes of race, gender, and sexual identity faced an "unprecedented"...

Melania Trump has refused to rule out a second term as first lady if her husband is re-elected. "Never say never," she counseled. Donald Trump has...

As authorities reversed more than two years of coronavirus controls, Chinese hospitals scrambled to contain new outbreaks across the nation on Monday. Authorities last week...

Top House Democrats called on the Biden administration on Sunday to extend the eviction moratorium amid the coronavirus pandemic, just hours after the ban...

Rep. Ilhan Omar is strongly condemning "harassment and silencing" from her Democratic colleagues after a dozen of them issued a late-night statement criticizing her...

If you’re one of the lucky ones out there who has already received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, you may be wondering what...

Prices increased by 3.6 percent in April compared to the previous year, continuing a trend of rising inflation, though economic policymakers say the increases...

Prejudice and discrimination based on age is widespread around the world, affecting millions of older and younger people trying to work and get health...

Plumes of smoke rose Wednesday above a part of Myanmar's biggest city under martial law which has turned into a battle zone, with burning...

Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc are spending millions of dollars to provide drivers with access to COVID-19 vaccines and offering tens of millions...

Even as the Omicron variant engulfs the United Kingdom and threatens to put the economy into reverse, the Bank of England is raising interest...

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

The investigation into the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters will soon begin weeks of public hearings, putting the...

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...

According to legislation released by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a new committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurgency at the United States Capitol would...

The worldwide web as we know it may be coming to an end…  Over the last year, countries across the world have established strict regulations...

NASA is having difficulty communicating with its new CAPSTONE spacecraft, a tiny probe that was recently launched from Earth to test out a new...

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...

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

Stocks, oil prices, and government bond yields all fell after South Africa issued a warning about a rapidly spreading strain of the coronavirus, raising...

Independence Day arrives at a time when the United States is roiled by hearings into the Jan. 6 insurgency, awash in turmoil over high...

Russia this week began huge military exercises in Crimea and along the border with Ukraine, using more than 100,000 troops- backed by heavy armor,...

Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, said in interviews Sunday that former president Donald Trump should be enlisted to encourage his supporters...

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

The Texas primaries on Tuesday will provide the first pieces of the puzzle that will be the 2022 midterm elections. The ideological strength of the...

A Haitian man arrested on suspicion of playing a key role in President Jovenel Mose's assassination appears to have presented himself as a potential...

For years, the city of Boston has rotated dozens of flags on a pole outside City Hall to honor veterans, paramedics, sports teams, and...

At least 69 people have died in the Vancouver area of Canada as a result of a record-breaking heat wave that has engulfed the...

The expansion of COVID-19 vaccination requirements across the United States has not had the desired effect, with the number of Americans receiving their first...

According to a report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, death rates for Americans aged 15 and older rose sharply...

Thousands of Afghans who assisted the US military or who are vulnerable in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan are arriving in the US, where they are staying...