Tag: announce

On Wednesday, U.S. government scientists announced that they had taken an important step toward making nuclear fusion - the process that powers stars -...

When they enter the gun store this holiday season, Oregonians looking to buy a firearm are in for a big surprise. When a new...

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...

With the U.S. pause of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine stretched into a second week, authorities are weighing whether to resume the shots the...

A tuna fishing boat based in the Pacific island nation of Fiji that has been accused of effectively enslaving its crew was barred from...

More than 122,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan, each with a different legal status and set of needs as they arrive in the...

Authorities have ruled homicide in the death of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas student who collapsed after taking part in a charity amateur...

President Biden has been difficult to track down, at least for solo television interviews. Biden hasn't given a formal, sit-down television interview since February 10,...

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...

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

Calvin Qi, who works at Glean, a search startup, would love to improve his company's products with the latest artificial intelligence algorithms. Glean provides search...

When you are involved in a lawsuit, most likely it is for some type of deficiency judgment, which means that the court finds that...

President Joe Biden's initial climate change ambitions called for an aggressive phase-out of fossil fuels. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a coal country legislator whose state's...

The Navy will appeal a Hawaii Department of Health order to halt operations at a fuel site linked to contaminated tap water at Joint...

Tyree Johnson adored his apartment with a view of the Pacific Ocean — until it began to crumble down a cliff into the water. He...

The United States passed a significant milestone this week, with the White House reporting that more than half of all adults in the country...

The congressional panel investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol will hold its ninth and possibly final hearing on Donald Trump's "state...

Boston's sky is falling, as the Red Sox are 6-15 in July and have been outscored by 70 runs in those 21 games. The Red...

Health experts advising US regulators will vote Wednesday on whether Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer Inc., BioNTech SE, and Moderna Inc. should be approved for...

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

A recent federal government study found that, while the student population in American public schools has grown significantly more diverse, segregation remains a persistent...

A crack in a steel beam that forced the closure of the Interstate 40 bridge connecting Arkansas and Tennessee for three months likely began...

On Friday, congressional representatives screamed on the Capitol steps about Christianity, among other things. High-volume theological debates are rarely illuminating. This one, on the...

President Joe Biden began his first overseas trip as president on Wednesday, seeking to reaffirm the United States' standing on the world stage with...

Jeff Bezos fulfilled his long-held dream of going into space on Tuesday, potentially paving the way for space tourism, which could be the next...

Top Senate Republicans are working hard to prevent the formation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Capitol attack, putting the bill's passage in...

A federal vaccine advisory committee will meet on Tuesday to decide whether adults in the United States will soon have a fourth COVID-19 vaccine...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit against Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms Inc., on Monday, alleging that the social media giant...

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...

An Oklahoma judge temporarily blocked the implementation of two new anti-abortion laws that go into effect next month, including one that is similar to...

Women can always give their babies up for adoption, so abortions are unnecessary. That appeared to be Justice Amy Coney Barrett's argument during oral...

Wealth in the US grew the fastest, likely due to the impact of pandemic stimulus under Trump and Biden. Wealth among minorities shot up...

The Russian military said Wednesday that it used long-range missiles to destroy a depot in Ukraine's western Lviv region that housed ammunition for NATO-supplied...

Police admitted to mistakes on Monday as South Korea sought answers about how Halloween festivities in the country's capital turned deadly. President Yoon Suk Yeol...

Following Katie Britt's victory over Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., in Tuesday's GOP primary runoff election, Alabama voters will decide who will be their next...

It was only a matter of time before the great algorithm in the sky married millennial pink and iPhone leaks in capitalist bliss. On...

Only a few students wore masks when classes started a few weeks ago, before the first and then the second teacher at Connally Junior...

For weeks, César Salomé, a physician in Lima’s Hospital Mongrut, had followed the chilling reports. A new coronavirus variant, spawned in the Amazon rainforest,...

The Senate advanced legislation aimed at preventing mass shootings through a key procedural hurdle Thursday, voting to end debate and move toward a final...

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that his administration will prohibit Russian oil, natural gas, and coal imports into the United States in response...

More than a million Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses held in Israel and set to expire at the end of July may be discarded after attempts...

Human bodies continue to emerge as the water level of the nation's largest man-made reservoir recedes due to drought. Human remains have been discovered in...

As a water crisis persists in Jackson, Mississippi, where residents' faucets are receiving brown water or nothing at all, authorities are scrambling to bring...

A new contentious bill in the Oklahoma state legislature would limit how slavery is taught in schools and prohibit teaching that "one race is...

In Washington, a heated debate is raging over President Biden's choice to lead a typically low-profile agency that regulates the banking industry. Saule Omarova, 55,...

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...

A third of all the world's man-made greenhouse gas emissions are linked to food, according to new global research that tracked produce from field...

Former Vice President Mike Pence has remained at the center of speculation about his plans for the 2024 presidential election, and despite the fact...

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the airline, accusing it of lax COVID-19 protocols and contact tracing that...

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

The Los Angeles Lakers smothered the Phoenix Suns with sticky defense all season, winning 109-95 on Thursday night at Staples Center and taking a...

From Australia to South Korea and across Asia Pacific, the last "zero-Covid" bastions are relaxing restrictions and opening borders as the region prepares to...

Xi Jinping is currently dealing with a wave of public unrest that has not been seen in decades, brought on by his "zero COVID"...

A federal judge issued an emergency order from the bench on Tuesday prohibiting Arizona ballot drop box monitors affiliated with the conservative group Clean...

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

The United States and Ukraine have thwarted Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to distort the narrative of his brutal war, but they are still...

The railroad system of the United States is being bolstered by its northern neighbor. The Rocky Mountaineer, one of Western Canada's most-decorated luxury scenic train...

  According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the general public could start to have access to the Covid-19 vaccines as early as April in the United...

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...

It all started with a highly unusual offer from two business executives – both worth billions of dollars – to bail out a bankrupt...

Domestic extremists cheered when two shootings at North Carolina substations left tens of thousands of people in the dark, despite a long-running campaign by...

Aaron Rodgers could not play for the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, and so the football world at last got to see the reason...

After 16 years in power, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is about to step down as leader of Europe's largest economy. Just a few months...

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan, has warned that the bank's exposure to Russia could cost it up to $1 billion (£763 million),...

Stanford University apologized on Wednesday for limiting Jewish student admissions during the 1950s, a practice the university had long denied. Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne issued...

Vladimir Putin's intentions were crystal clear when he invaded Ukraine. He wanted to subdue his neighbor, assert Russian authority in Eastern Europe, and make...

According to a report by a panel that advises state officials, oil refineries, utilities, and other companies that must pay to emit greenhouse gases...

Many officials and health experts advise against ringing in 2022 with a couple dozen of your friends this New Year's Eve. "Omicron and delta are...

The question hanging over the mountain of paperwork after FBI agents carted away about a dozen boxes of presidential records from Donald Trump's opulent...

Snap Inc. issued a warning on Thursday about a long-feared internet advertising meltdown that could occur in the normally busy fourth quarter. Long feared because,...

Tennis player Peng Shuai, "X-Men" actress Fan Bingbing, and Alibaba founder Jack Ma were all favorites of the Chinese government, demonstrating that Beijing's influence...

Maryland repealed its Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, which had been in effect for half a century. Washington state reformed its use-of-force policies...

The original permit application, filed on November 24, scheduled the demonstration in Washington for January 22 and 23, two days after the Inauguration and...

With the issue of voting rights and election reform resurfacing in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack anniversary and ahead of the...

On Friday, the education commissioner of the Sunshine State announced that 41% of all math textbooks submitted had been rejected for failing to meet...

According to a new analysis, judges in Multnomah County, where Portland is located, have dismissed more than 200 felony cases since February due to...

The Los Angeles County sheriff said detectives have determined what caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV last month in Southern California but declined...

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,...

On Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki  insisted that COVID-positive migrants are not being released into Texas- after Gov. Greg Abbott said the Biden...

The word "Democrat" was conspicuously absent from a recent news release by Colorado congressional candidate Adam Frisch. Frisch, a former city councilman from the posh,...