Tag: booms

At least seven people were killed as Myanmar security forces fired on pro-democracy protesters Wednesday, after the junta hit half a dozen detained journalists,...

The staccato rhythms of a jackhammer ricocheted off buildings on a recent sun-drenched morning as a work crew dug into a Newark street to...

As he arrived at an EU summit dominated by growing controversy over the issue, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended a new law in...

On the morning of Election Day, Republican officials and candidates exuded confidence that their party would win majorities in both houses of Congress, effectively...

The major U.S. stock indexes opened sharply lower on Monday as investors weighed a slew of risks, including a possible shift in Federal Reserve...

According to a lawsuit filed Thursday, federal officials have accused a company that runs a Virginia facility breeding dogs for research of violating animal...

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...

On a hot June morning, Novavax CEO and covid vaccine maker Stanley Erck stood unmasked on a stage and did something unthinkable six months...

For the last seven weeks, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, have been voting by mail on whether to unionize. Their ballots...

The prospect of summer drivers crowding U.S. highways is powering steep gains in the price of gasoline, a sign of economic recovery and a boon...

For the first time, Brazilians representing their country at the Olympics will undergo anti-racism training, in a bid to deal with a deep-rooted problem...

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

The Taliban now control a trillion-dollar trove of minerals, including some that could power the world's transition to renewable energy, but Afghanistan has long...

The deadline for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to introduce Democrats' healthcare, education, and climate package has been pushed back to Friday due to snags...

The shaggy dog who greets Eilyn after school is one of the 8-year-few old's familiar comforts in her new life. When her parents boarded a...

Barack Obama has backed conservative West Virginia Democratic senator Joe Manchin's voting rights proposal, describing it as a "product of compromise" as the landmark...

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

Formula One, like virtually all motorsports, is constantly changing. Rulesets change from year to year as new cars and engines enter the market. The...

Sen. Bernie Sanders' political team has noticed a significant shift in the 80-year-old former presidential candidate in recent months: his campaign fires are burning...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) announced plans to build new factories in the United States and Japan on Thursday, capitalizing on a pandemic-driven...

According to a Reuters analysis of data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) and more than a half-dozen industry officials and lobbyists,...

Britain bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, the country's longest-serving monarch, at a historic funeral watched by millions around the world, which reflected her...

Despite how they appear from Earth, the celestial bodies' complex, corkscrewing orbital paths through the cosmos are far from fixed, and subtle changes in...

President Biden advocated Wednesday for the expansion of free school meals as part of a new national strategy to end hunger and increase healthy...

According to a monitoring group, more than 1,300 people were detained across Russia on Wednesday for participating in nationwide anti-war protests, with some directly...

In an interview with The Washington Post five years ago, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden stated, "We believe that climate change is real." We...

The search for dozens of people still missing five days after the deadliest storm to hit South Africa's coastal city of Durban in living...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that he was putting a $250 million down payment on a state-led project to build “hundreds of miles”...

Dozens of members of Congress have demanded the immediate release of Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, who was imprisoned for defying orders to stop publicly...

As another holiday approaches, the Biden administration has been contemplating whether to restrict domestic travel to certain states. While many Americans are gearing up for...

After President Biden outlined his proposal for a massive $2.2 trillion spending bill on Wednesday, a bevy of Senate Republicans are speaking out against the plan...

According to an email sent to Trump's lawyers in May 2021 by National Archives and Records Administration chief counsel Gary Stern, Trump-era records were...

Toyota Motor Corp's research arm announced the acquisition of Carmera, a provider of maps and data for driverless vehicles based in the United States,...

Dorka Juhasz of UConn, like many of her teammates, was ecstatic when she learned that college athletes would be allowed to earn money through...

The Afghan man was attending a conference in California as part of his job for a US-government-funded project in Afghanistan when the Taliban sent...

The Obama Presidential Center broke ground on Tuesday, after five years of opposition from park preservationists and community groups concerned that rising rent prices...

A federal judge in California has denied Los Angeles County's request to dismiss Vanessa Bryant's lawsuit over photos taken at the scene of her...

Jeff Bezos leaves an enduring legacy after transforming Amazon from a modest online bookseller into one of the world's most powerful corporations as he...

Carson Wentz, Philadelphia’s quarterback for the last several years since they drafted him second overall in the 2016 draft, is on the move. Wentz started...

As the turbulent 1960s came to an end, California Governor Ronald Reagan convened a welfare summit. He was hoping to test one of his...

According to a New York Times/Siena College poll, 64 percent of Democratic voters would prefer a new standard-bearer in the 2024 presidential campaign, as...

Cuba has named one of its homegrown vaccines Abdala, after a famous dramatic verse by independence hero and national icon Jose Marti, as a...

Ohio police released graphic body camera video and additional details about the shooting of Black motorist Jayland Walker on Sunday, revealing for the first...

Ian Peake, a medical student at the University of Oklahoma, spent four years shadowing doctors at a Tulsa abortion clinic because his school did...

The Biden administration acted quickly after a primary gasoline pipeline was compromised by a cyberattack, realizing that the situation posed a number of political...

If Democrats manage to keep their grip on the U.S. Senate in November’s midterm elections, it won’t have been all about the money —...

The issue of abused, missing, and murdered Native Americans is finally gaining media and legislative attention after years of neglect. The way the subject...

According to a news release from the New York Police Department, a man was arrested Saturday morning after allegedly pushing a woman in front...

People vaccinated against Covid-19 in high-risk areas of the United States should resume wearing masks indoors, the country's top health official said Tuesday, reversing...

Potential Islamic State attacks on Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the US military to devise new methods of transporting evacuees to Kabul's airport, according...

Senate Democrats scrambled on Thursday to rally behind a broad election reform bill ahead of a vote next week, with a key member of...

On Tuesday, calls for the resignation of three Los Angeles city council members who were caught on tape making racist comments in a meeting...

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...

As world leaders gathered in New York to condemn him, Russian President Vladimir Putin was back at home, scrambling to replenish his depleted war...

Districts are planning to ramp up COVID-19 testing when classes resume in January, anticipating steep challenges in reopening schools amid an omicron-driven surge of...

On April 1st, Myanmar's deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, her lawyer said on...

President Joe Biden is putting his foot on the gas pedal and moving ahead with his plans to sell an expansive infrastructure proposal this week as he faces mounting...

A shocking number of public educators have been arrested for child sex-related crimes in the first nine months of 2022. These heinous crimes and...

Britain will have its third prime minister in less than three years, with the ruling Conservative Party announcing Monday that Liz Truss had been...

A wave of new abortion-rights legislation is sweeping the country, raising concerns about the potential use of personal data to punish people who seek...

Pfizer reported that earnings and sales more than doubled in the most recent quarter, and it raised its full-year outlook, owing largely to its...

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

College football has returned. For many, the return of a fall tradition is a welcome sight, but for others, the scenes of tens of...

On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with the leader of the United Arab Emirates to ensure energy supplies from the oil-rich Gulf...

The US Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it will "work toward issuing proposed product standards within the next year" to ban...

Helene Fox was recovering from surgery to remove endometriosis when she caught Covid-19. It had been six weeks since her laparoscopy and although she...

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,"...

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,...

The Senate may soon put the bipartisan limits on pandemic spending to the test, as Democratic leaders prepare to introduce a small-business aid package...

The Taliban has accused the US of violating their 2020 peace agreement by keeping their new interior minister, Sirrajudin Haqqani, on the US terror...

Families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims reached a $73 million settlement with the manufacturer of the gun used in the deadly...

5 p.m. is canine happy hour in the park near Duboce Triangle in San Francisco. About 40 dogs run around chasing balls and wrestling...

Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, a Republican, slammed President Joe Biden's inflation management on Wednesday, blasting the administration's handling of the economy and inflation...

Melissa Smith has had a hectic few weeks. In late May, an adjunct instructor at Oklahoma City Community College discovered that her Race and Ethnicity...

One in three people who were severely ill with coronavirus were subsequently diagnosed with a neurological or psychiatric condition within six months of infection,...

The United States Supreme Court, which expanded gun rights in a landmark decision in June, declined to hear a challenge to a federal ban...

The Russell Westbrook experiment in Los Angeles has yet to click, and I'm not sure it ever will. LeBron James' absence from games due...

Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned Russian opposition leader, is facing new charges that could lengthen his sentence by 15 years. With the international community and media...

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' fraud conviction could teach Silicon Valley's culture of hubris and hype some valuable lessons. On Monday, Holmes was found guilty...

President Kais Saied has cemented his role as master of Tunisia by ramming through his new constitution, ushering in a new political era after...