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Under a new bill introduced by Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and John Boozman (R-Ariz.), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission would take the lead in...

After 13 years of marriage, NFL star Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen have finalized their divorce, both announcing the news on social media...

On Tuesday, the FBI director defended his bureau's handling of intelligence ahead of the January 6 US Capitol riot, while telling lawmakers of an...

Stories about Black History Month frequently center on well-known professional athletes or entertainers. Today, we even the score by shining a light on six...

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-New York, said it was difficult for her to vote against the $1.9 trillion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. However, in the...

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

More than three billion Covid-19 vaccines have been distributed globally as countries race to contain the virulent Delta variant that is fueling outbreaks all...

On Tuesday, a massive reservoir known as a boating mecca fell below a critical level, raising new concerns about a source of power that...

The Kremlin strongly denied US claims of a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine on Monday, saying it could be a ruse to cover up...

According to internal correspondence, Alphabet Inc.'s Google plans to discontinue a long-running program aimed at entry-level engineers from underrepresented backgrounds because participants claimed it...

The federal government set out to add thousands of medical workers to its emergency reserve nearly two years before COVID-19 was declared a national...

Early last March, when the COVID-19 crisis still felt like a remote threat, Charlie Baker flew off with members of his family to a...

Election officials in Texas are facing mounting challenges in implementing new voting procedures in time for the upcoming primaries, less than a year after...

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

Dozens of migrants arrived by plane on Martha's Vineyard, as Republican governors escalate their campaign against President Biden's border policies by transporting refugees out...

Officials have issued a warning about threats to the nation's infrastructure after a shooting that damaged two power substations in a North Carolina County...

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

Ashley Adirika, a teen from Florida, has always wanted to attend an Ivy League school. So she applied to all eight of them in...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday dropped plans for a five-day shutdown over Easter, which had prompted confusion and criticism. She called the idea...

Levi O'Rourke knew she was special the moment he heard his future wife's voice over the phone. "I couldn't believe what I just heard," said...

Human rights advocates claim that nearly a dozen weeks into the Iranian people's anti-government uprising, over 400 people have died, including 60 children, and...

Last week, two gas lines carrying Russian gas to Europe were reported damaged, with sabotage being the primary cause. Two underwater explosions were reported...

According to local media, residents in most Simferopol districts have had running water for 18 hours a day since the end of April. That's...

At a time when conservatives are campaigning against teaching about systemic racism in the United States, the Texas Senate has moved to preserve evidence...

The Snow family's rules were straightforward. Evan, Emily Snow's first-grader, could have his favorite treat if he made it through the evening without kicking,...

Critics argue that a new Texas law restricting abortions to a brief window around six weeks after conception is both extremely restrictive and extremely...

Brett Hankison was acquitted of all three counts of felony wanton endangerment in the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor on Thursday. The only officer...

Ukraine sent its first grain shipment since Russia's invasion began on Monday, as part of a deal aimed at alleviating global food shortages. According to...

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

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...

For families who are struggling financially, budgeting can be a chore. It can be especially frustrating because even when you have everything planned and...

Following Bill Russell's death, his daughter's account of the racism he faced is being shared on social media. Russell died on Sunday at the age...

The most commonly reported sensation following an abortion is not pain. It feels good. Several studies have found this to be true. However, there is...

What does the dawning of the age of the internet in the late 1990s have to do with cryptocurrencies? Ask Ryan Jacob, chief investment...

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...

According to newly released confidential filings submitted by his accountants to the hotel's landlord, the General Services Administration, former President Donald Trump's luxury hotel...

Olympic officials defended rules that forced a US medal contender out of the Tokyo Games on Friday, after a Republican senator suggested without evidence...

Paris Jackson has spoken out about how she honors her late father, Michael Jackson. On June 25, 2009, the King of Pop died at...

Perhaps no midterm primary is garnering as much attention as Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney's, whose race next week could be the most high-profile test...

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

President Joe Biden sought to assuage concerns about spiraling prices that threaten the US economic recovery on Monday, saying the current inflation rise is...

Redacted versions of documents relating to Blue Origin's federal lawsuit against the federal government and SpaceX provide additional details about the dispute over a...

Moderna announced preliminary findings on an updated coronavirus vaccine targeting the Omicron variant on Wednesday, calling it "our lead candidate" for a fall booster...

After a blistering and unprecedented streak of billion-dollar-grossing films, Marvel superhero films took what was supposed to be a brief hiatus two years ago. When...

The Justice Department will ask the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, despite...

Is it still more difficult to become a Delta Air Lines flight attendant than it is to gain admission to Harvard? One of my favorite...

Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated by former President Trump's renewed focus on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot, fearing that it will jeopardize...

Republicans used President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday to launch campaign-style attacks on what many GOP members see as the...

Francis slammed the spread of the old Latin Mass on Friday, reversing one of Pope Benedict XVI's signature decisions in a major challenge to...

Records show that the Indiana doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio reported the procedure to the Indiana Department...

The Food and Drug Administration's independent advisory committee will meet in open session on Friday to review the most recent data submitted by Pfizer...

Climate change is arguably one of the greatest threats to mankind since the birth of civilization. A combination of natural phenomena (such as heat...

A white and silver space plane rocketed toward the edge of Earth's atmosphere, more than 46,000 feet above the stark New Mexico desert, propelled...

Bomb-throwers in the House Freedom Caucus derailed Kevin McCarthy's bid for speaker in 2015. Members of the ultraconservative, Trump-aligned group are causing major headaches for...

Last year, Fed officials were wary of overreacting to one-time price increases by raising interest rates and cooling the labor market if supply-chain bottlenecks...

Cade Cunningham is not to blame. He was born in 2001, after all, and it would be impossible for him to recall Michael Jordan's...

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hospitalizations for COVID-19 are at least three times more common in seniors than...

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...

After suspending the anti-Semitic rapper from Twitter for posting a Nazi symbol inside the Star of David, Elon Musk had the last word against...

According to Duke University's Global Health Innovation Center, high-income countries have purchased more than half of the Covid-19 vaccine supply to date, while low-income...

Russell Leaks had more reason to be concerned about the coronavirus than the average person. The 66-year-old Tennessee cook has chronic liver disease, high...

Iryna Nikolaieva sat in a stairwell of a Kyiv bomb shelter where she had been living for three days and called engineers at two...

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...

The B.1.617 coronavirus variant that is currently wreaking havoc in India has made its way to the United States. Experts believe it is unlikely...

Intelligence manifests itself in a variety of ways. Do you remember the IQ test? It is used to calculate a person's intelligence quotient. It...

Hundreds of people demonstrated in North Carolina in response to Atrium Health's recent announcement that all employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Protesters marched...

In connection with fraud-related investigations, the US Secret Service is cracking down on illegal digital currency transactions, seizing more than $102 million in cryptocurrency...

A group of astronauts who are trailblazers for their respective ethnicities are now true "rock stars," having asteroids named for them. The International Astronomical Union...

More than 200 House Democrats issued a new warning Thursday as part of the contentious debate over infrastructure spending: Include strong union and labor...

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 tropical storm On Tuesday, Elsa was already bringing rain and winds to the Florida Keys, as much of the state braced for the...

Over the last several weeks, extremely disturbing videos have emerged that appear to be focused around attacking elderly Asian-Americans. Most of these videos have...

NASA and Russia's space agency changed the course of the International Space Station (ISS) to avoid colliding with debris that was heading in the...

Russian authorities said Wednesday they are slowing down the speed of uploading photos and videos to Twitter over its failure to remove banned content...

Last year, nearly 43,000 people were killed on American roads, the highest number in 16 years, as people returned to the roads after the...

A federal court ruled this week that the state of Alabama cannot execute a death row prisoner by lethal injection because the man chose...

According to local officials and state media, explosions shook two Russian military airbases on Monday hundreds of miles from the Ukrainian border. The mysterious explosions,...

Former NFL coach Urban Meyer attended former President Donald Trump's annual Super Bowl party on Sunday night, where guests dined on a game-day menu...

With a new home and a new $5 billion stadium already under their belt within the last 5 years, the LA Rams have taken another...