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Colin L. Powell, who served as the nation's top soldier, diplomat, and national security adviser for four decades and whose speech at the United...

On Tuesday, White House officials struggled to explain harrowing images of border agents brutalizing Haitian migrants, facing a growing backlash from outraged Democrats seeking...

Make room in the market for a new competitor to provide broadband internet access from low Earth orbit: Astra Space, which went public with...

A proposal to vaccinate migrants, which caused controversy inside the White House last year, is back on the table as the Biden administration attempts...

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...

While conservatives on the Supreme Court prepare to hear cases on affirmative action and gay rights this fall, the court will also hear two...

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

Google wants you to reconsider how you record screen on your Chromebook, particularly in classroom and education scenarios. Screencast, a new system app in ChromeOS...

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,...

Antonio Brown's NFL career took another bizarre turn on Sunday when he walked out of his team's game at MetLife Stadium. In the third quarter,...

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III met with reporters nearly 48 hours after leaving Washington on what...

Carissa Moore of the United States became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in surfing today. The Hawaiian surfer, who is so...

Several powerful tornadoes tore through northern Alabama on Thursday, killing at least five people, injuring dozens of others and destroying entire neighborhoods. The five confirmed...

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...

President Biden took office with a detailed plan to combat Covid-19, including accelerating vaccinations, reopening schools, and selling a massive stimulus package to assist...

US authorities are keeping a close eye on Facebook due to anticompetitive concerns, and new details about its mid-2020 acquisition of gif creator Giphy...

Bill Gates reflected on his "most unusual and difficult year," but he also looked ahead to 2022 and beyond with a sense of optimism,...

A growing number of states are implementing digital credentials known as vaccine passports, a project that the Biden administration signaled this spring that it...

Prepare for a midterm meltdown in your inbox. Emails from specific federal candidates, parties, and political action committees will soon be allowed to bypass Gmail's...

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...

According to a developing picture of the alleged gunman put together by CNN, the suspect in the mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in...

When some members of his own church referred to the shots as "the mark of the beast," a biblical reference to allegiance to the...

China's "wolf warrior" diplomats are back after a brief lull, firing insults over Twitter, smearing critics and suggesting conspiracies. The hyperactivity of the envoys...

Beginning November, the Biden administration will lift travel restrictions on foreigners who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, reopening the country to thousands...

The Alaska State Senate has suspended a lawmaker for four months after she was barred from flying to the state capital on the state's...

When President Biden’s team announced last Tuesday that he would hold his first solo White House news conference this Thursday, they were optimistic that...

With the pandemic still raging, the virus's origins unknown, and wealthy nations stockpiling vaccines, the World Health Organization will convene its member states next...

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

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,...

The murder trial of a man accused of killing 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in 2019 has devolved into a...

Following their worst week since the start of the pandemic, US stocks fell sharply on Monday, with the S&P 500 index falling into correction...

TikTok is well-known for its popular challenges among children and teenagers. Most challenges are harmless, such as dance challenges and style transition challenges that...

A Montana hospital went into lockdown and called the police after a woman threatened violence because a relative's request for ivermectin treatment was denied. Another...

According to new data released on Thursday, child poverty increased in January following the end of President Joe Biden's child allowance. According to a study...

Aircraft carriers like the $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford are floating symbols of America's military might. They are designed to deter adversaries from...

One of the busiest trade ports on the US-Mexico border remained effectively closed Wednesday as frustrations and traffic jams grew over Texas Gov. Greg...

The Taliban's lightning-fast advance into more territory in Afghanistan is causing concern from Russia to China, as US President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw...

On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv to push a plan to de-escalate the "extreme tension" between Russia...

Joe Biden is set to announce new actions to combat the coronavirus, including a nationwide campaign encouraging vaccine boosters, an expansion of at-home tests,...

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., declared herself the winner of her congressional race on Thursday, despite the fact that the election is still too close...

President Biden supported making an exception to filibuster rules in order to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade into law, an effort that would...

The American jobs engine slowed significantly last month, confounding optimistic forecasts of the pace of recovery and sharpening debates over how to best revive...

In an effort to keep the controversy surrounding his godmother's treatment of a Black advocate for victims of domestic abuse from overshadowing his visit...

According to a new Human Rights Watch report, the Taliban killed or disappeared more than 100 former Afghan security forces members in four provinces...

Following the shocking leak last week of a draft Supreme Court opinion indicating the court's conservative majority may soon overturn Roe v. Wade, Senate...

Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden's choice to fill the vacant seat on the five-member Federal Communications Commission, was scheduled to be voted on Wednesday...

According to new research, abrupt changes in Earth's climate thousands of years ago that caused extreme sea-level rise and mass ice cap melting can...

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

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...

Amazon, Qualcomm, and Micron were among the stocks that fell on Thursday following a report that the Biden administration is pushing for a tax...

Western weapons are now being used in the fight for Ukraine. However, putting them into action on the front lines is causing serious problems...

Beginning in July, the IRS will begin paying 5% guaranteed interest to individuals who have filed late tax returns, an increase of 1% from...

A toxic invasive species that can be fatal if consumed is wreaking havoc on parks, flower beds, and backyard gardens. Poison hemlock, also known as...

Before the start of the 2020-2021 NBA season, Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, directed his team to stop playing the national anthem...

The U.S. Capitol, also known as the U.S. Capitol Building, is perhaps the most important place of business and official government gathering in the...

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

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday, defying Beijing's stern warnings against a visit that the Communist Party of China regards as...

David Baszucki, fresh off a stint as a radio host in Santa Cruz, Calif., founded a small video-game company in 2004. It qualified for...

On Tuesday, voters in Wisconsin will choose a Republican nominee for governor who could reshape how elections are conducted in the marquee battleground, where...

Andries Noppert, a Dutch goalkeeper, considered giving up football two years ago because his career was stagnant. He is currently getting ready to play...

After nearly three days of fighting, Israel and Palestinian militants agreed to a cease-fire, and Gaza's sole power plant reopened Monday as Israel reopened...

Democrats considering two approaches to cutting the overall cost of a far-reaching social policy and climate bill: eliminating proposed programs entirely or shortening their...

As thousands of Afghans scrambled to catch an evacuation flight following the Taliban's takeover of their country, chaotic scenes at Kabul's international airport turned...

The most disruptive president in modern history, Donald Trump, was at the center of yet another historic development on Monday. The former commander in...

A New York gun control law that prohibits firearms in Times Square, Yankee Stadium, the subway, and other sensitive areas is on shaky legal...

In an emphatic rejection of Russian threats of retaliation and escalation, Joe Biden has called for a massive $33 billion package of military and...

The aviation industry appears to have recovered from the worst of the coronavirus crisis, but Boeing's to-do list remains lengthy following a rocky start...

In the first public congressional hearing on what are commonly known as UFOs in more than 50 years, a senior Defense Department intelligence official...

The Iranian government denied responsibility for the attack on Salman Rushdie on Monday, saying it had never heard of the man who allegedly stabbed...

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...

Thousands of curious onlookers have flocked to an erupting volcano in Iceland to marvel at the hypnotic display of glowing red lava, the bravest...

When the wounded Ukrainian soldier surrendered to Russian forces in May at the pulverized Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, he was unable to say...

Jose Castillo withdrew $60,000 in GameStop Corp shares from his brokerage account last summer, despite the fact that he had no intention of selling...

An elderly housekeeper at a former hotel in Long Beach, California, that was being used to quarantine people with COVID-19, tested positive for the...

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

A senior Republican senator said he and his colleagues could support an infrastructure bill of around $800 billion, underscoring GOP interest in a bipartisan...

With COVID-19 numbers skyrocketing over the Holidays and death tolls steadily on the rise, the country’s top expert on Coronavirus, Dr. Fauci gives his warnings...

Oklahoma is set to execute Benjamin Cole, a 57-year-old man convicted of the murder of his 9-month-old daughter, on Thursday, continuing a string of...

Amazon is facing its largest unionization push in its entire history in regard to intense working guidelines and conditions set in place for its...

Mehle Taylor, 10, drew a picture of Rogelio Torres, one of her close friends who was brutally killed in last month's school shooting massacre,...