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The rate at which the world’s forests are being destroyed increased sharply last year, with at least 42,000 sq km of tree cover lost...

High school athletics are feeling the effects of the omicron surge, from paused games to restricted fans, during a winter season that coaches and...

Gunfire erupted on a moving New York City subway train during rush hour Tuesday morning, wounding at least five people and injuring eight others,...

The United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) reported that 560,826 mail-in ballots were rejected in the 2020 presidential election. The Election Administration Commission (EAC)...

A Portland teacher's college hired a former principal who oversaw a school-wide "antiracist" bootcamp for kids. On September 7, Portland State University's College of Education...

The legendary sportscaster and Hall of Fame football coach John Madden died "unexpectedly" Tuesday morning, according to the NFL. He was 85 years old. Madden...

Chips can be found in nearly every electronic device you own, from your phone to your computer to your car. Chips can even be...

Robinhood - an online brokerage company whose app provides users with the ability to buy stocks with the push of a button - was...

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...

Wildlife conservationists are outraged after a video published by the New Yorker and The Trance on Tuesday showed the NRA's president and his wife...

Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin is being hailed as a new model for Republican candidates in the post-Donald Trump era, thanks to his come-from-behind victory...

Less than two weeks after meeting President Biden for the first time in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the United States' prosecution of...

As is customary at the start of Small Business Week, the White House offered platitudes. The “engines of our economic progress” are small businesses....

Julie Cohn was fully immunized when she went to her 12-year-old son's basketball game in March. He requested that his mask be removed halfway...

When Philadelphia's mayor signs landmark legislation this week, the city will become the first major US city to prohibit police from stopping drivers for...

On Thursday, the Supreme Court dealt a major setback to President Joe Biden's ambitious climate change goals, ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks...

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

According to a government report, colleges are hiding from applicants their skyrocketing tuition costs as the Biden administration aims to give out billions in...

According to the HIV Justice Network, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) recently signed a new law making it a felony to pass on a...

Climate change and habitat loss from big agriculture are working together to suffocate global insect populations, according to a new study, with each problem...

Airlines for America, along with 28 other airline, travel, and business groups, wrote to White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients on Wednesday, urging...

The Supreme Court of the United States has consistently prohibited school-sponsored prayer in public schools. Simultaneously, lower courts have generally prohibited public school employees...

While Ukrainian forces were secretly planning a counteroffensive to expel occupying Russian soldiers from the northeastern Kharkiv region, Moscow was so certain of its...

The conviction of Minnesota police officer Kim Potter for the death of Daunte Wright by a jury, combined with the judge's denial of bail...

Facial recognition technology is making a comeback in the United States, as bans intended to thwart the technology and reduce racial bias in policing...

T-Mobile network has been compromised. The wireless carrier is still investigating the breach, which it confirmed in a statement issued on Monday, but it...

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...

Annual reports are compiled by the American Library Association to track efforts by parents and political groups to ban books from libraries and schools...

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

The IRS announced Tuesday that both child tax credit portals, as well as a new eligibility tool, are now operational. The Child Tax Credit...

Payton Gendron entered a plea of guilty on Monday to state charges related to the shooting that occurred in Buffalo's Tops supermarket in May. In...

Federal intelligence officials issued a forewarning to police departments across the country in April 2009. "Right-wing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans...

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...

Protecting women's sports will be a "priority" for House Republicans if they retake the lower chamber after the 2022 midterm elections, Fox News Digital...

Republican Robin Vos, Wisconsin's longest-serving Assembly speaker, has presided over efforts to restrict abortions, weaken unions, expand gun rights, and oppose COVID-19 mandates. Despite...

Following her comments comparing COVID-19 safety to the Holocaust, a petition calling for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's expulsion from the House has gathered over...

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...

According to Ukrainian authorities, Russian artillery pounded Ukrainian defense positions in the country's east as Moscow stepped up its efforts to seize more territory...

Japan and the United States joined forces Tuesday to criticize China's “coercion and aggression" in Asia as senior ministers from both countries held their...

Martin Langesfeld recalls exactly where he was and what he was doing on June 24, 2021. "I was out with friends about 1:20 a.m.," Langesfeld...

This week, Facebook informed advertisers that a "bug" in its measurement system had resulted in an undercounting of ad performance among some iPhone 12...

As missed warning signs pile up in mass-shooting investigations, New York state is implementing a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People...

When San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy receives his prestigious red hat at the Vatican on Saturday, he will bring to the College of Cardinals...

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

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's chair, conceded defeat on Wednesday, a humiliating defeat for Democrats and the party's campaign arm. He...

The Kremlin admitted Tuesday that there had been a "mix-up" in its response to the US over the Ukraine crisis, as diplomatic efforts to...

As New Zealand prepares to implement one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws, a similar ban has already been implemented in a Boston suburb...

Kevin McCarthy and other Republican members of Congress can rant about how bad the border crisis is, but what are they doing about it? Last...

Higher mortgage rates continued to dampen housing market activity as permits for new construction fell and single-family homebuilding in the United States fell to...

The White House prepared for harsh congressional inquiries as soon as President Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal started to go wrong, with chaos at Kabul's airport,...

According to chip giant Intel, which unveiled details of upcoming processors on Thursday during its annual "Architecture Day" ritual, the processing of neural networks...

The Washington Post and Politico outlined President Biden's strategy and challenges heading into the midterm elections, predicting that he and his aides will focus...

A family in Myanmar has said that government security forces fatally shot a 7-year-old girl as she ran to her father — the youngest...

Later this month, U.S. intelligence agencies will deliver to Congress a highly anticipated unclassified report on what they know about UFOs, or Unexplained Aerial...

The European Union's parliament was in disarray on Tuesday as lawmakers' careers were jeopardized by a corruption and bribery scandal, and Qatari officials were...

On April 29, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev became the first post-Soviet leader to publicly condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It is the most recent...

The taxonomy of crime that takes place offshore is both diverse and acute. Nonetheless, illegal fishing is at the top of the food chain....

Four sold-out performances at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. A new band member has joined the lineup, and the live set has been expanded. While...

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,"...

Following a procession from Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II's coffin arrived at Westminster Hall in central London, where it will lie in state until...

If a federal judge rules against a Biden administration policy, the judge's courtroom is almost certainly in Texas. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and conservative...

A school board candidate in the Pensacola, Florida, area said Monday that doctors who treat transgender children "should be hanging from the nearest tree." Alisabeth...

Authorities say Alec Baldwin fired a prop firearm on the set of the upcoming film "Rust" on Thursday, killing the cinematographer and injuring the...

On Tuesday, nearly three dozen adults and children were evacuated from an Allentown, Pa., day care center after emergency workers responding to a report...

Elon Musk threatened to cancel his agreement to purchase Twitter Inc. in a letter accusing the company of failing to comply with his request...

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

In a speech in Texas, the former president also urged supporters to hold protests if prosecutors in Atlanta and New York pursued criminal charges...

The day after gathering more than 200 red-robed cardinals from around the world and elevating 20 new "princes of the church," Pope Francis emphasized...

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...

Prince George may be third in line to the British throne, but his parents are said to be determined to provide him with a...

The U.S. government expanded a program on Monday that permits some Haitian immigrants to live and work there without worrying about being deported, citing...

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has been working for nearly a year,...

On Wednesday, the governors of California and Nevada planned to tour the state line area blackened by one of two massive wildfires that have...

Former President Donald Trump is reportedly unhappy with the opening argument from his impeachment lawyer, Bruce Castor on the Senate floor Tuesday. Bruce Castor, who is...

After New York Attorney General Letitia James released a damning report detailing 11 women who had been sexually harassed by Andrew Cuomo, the Empire...

The official seal of Atlanta depicts a phoenix rising from the ashes of the Civil War. What it doesn't show is that Atlanta was...

On Friday, Russian forces seized a massive nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, extending their siege of cities along the country's southern coast, including...

Ernest Johnson was executed in Missouri on Tuesday, despite claims by his attorney and death penalty opponents that he had an intellectual disability and...

The NAACP made a direct request to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday for the Justice Department to launch a federal civil rights investigation...