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When SoftBank Group Corp CEO Masayoshi Son unveiled the wide-eyed android Pepper in 2014, he painted a vision of a new era of personal...

Republicans were edging closer to securing a majority in the United States House of Representatives early Thursday, while control of the Senate remained in...

As Russia continues to attack Ukraine, First Lady Jill Biden paid an unannounced visit to the country on Sunday, meeting with Ukrainian First Lady...

Alexei Mordashov, a Russian billionaire, may have avoided a freeze on a £1 billion shareholding in Tui, the world's largest tourism company, after selling...

Colorado's attorney general announced on Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted three police officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain,...

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have spoken by phone whenever the US announces a new package...

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

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigating a claim that Facebook Inc refused a publisher's request to negotiate a licensing deal, setting the...

Florida On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed the Biden administration's plans to appeal a judge's decision enforcing mask requirements on planes and other forms...

California has issued a direct challenge to the United States Supreme Court at the intersection of gun and abortion rights, as Gov. Gavin Newsom...

It was the seventh day of the freediving world championship, which was being streamed live online from Cyprus. Women in the constant weight category...

New allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against former Missouri governor Eric Greitens have prompted all of his primary opponents to call for him to...

Ronnie Lee refused to eat pork. “Swine,” he said, “was unclean.” My oldest cousin was never a religious person. In fact, the only time I recall...

On Monday, U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra ordered Medicare to reconsider a large premium increase that will affect millions of seniors this year, which...

Following President Joe Biden's recent comments declaring the end of the pandemic, Senate Republicans expressed doubts about the need for COVID-19 funding. As part of...

In recent years, Facebook has faced whistleblowers, public relations firestorms, and Congressional investigations. However, it is now facing a combination of all three at...

After more than a half-dozen attacks in trains and stations over the holiday weekend, New York's latest plan to combat both crime and homelessness...

The Justice Department responded on Tuesday to former President Donald Trump's request for a "special master" to review materials seized by the FBI at...

If you were to look at Dubai right now you may think life is back to normal. Recently, the busy city has been a...

When the Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about whether parents can use state education funds for sectarian schools on Wednesday, the central...

When you think of Tom Cotton, you probably think of the senator who advocated for the use of the military to persecute Black Lives...

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

The Rices fire in Northern California stymied fire crews again on Thursday, growing to 900 acres with only 12 percent containment. At least five firefighters...

Stacey Abrams, Georgia's gubernatorial candidate, spoke at the Atlanta church of a pastor who previously told a Baltimore congregation to make gay people "uncomfortable...

In a wave of communal unrest, rival Arab and Jewish mobs carried out beatings and torching cars on the streets of Israel late Wednesday. As...

According to a Ukrainian government official, Ukrainian intelligence indicates Belarus' "readiness to possibly participate directly" in the invasion of Ukraine, "in addition to allowing...

According to senior administration officials and others briefed on the material, the US has obtained intelligence about a Russian plan to use a faked...

The word is now out that there are several new strains of the coronavirus spreading around the world and now across the United States....

The tax plan President Joe Biden laid out last week will likely hit technology and pharmaceutical companies particularly hard, although the challenge for legislators...

The world leader who has had the most frequent conversations with Vice President Kamala Harris about US immigration policy describes her as a straight-talking,...

Naomi Osaka tells the story. It comes from Florida, where the world's best young tennis players gather and compete. Osaka, about ten years old,...

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...

A monument at a Hong Kong university that was the most well-known public remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil was demolished...

Armadillos are common in the southern United States, thanks in part to the warmer weather that attracts them, but these creatures have recently begun...

A North African tech worker had packed his belongings and was ready to move to London for a "life-changing opportunity" at Meta when he...

Reshad Jalali was nine years old when U.S.-backed forces ousted the Taliban from Kabul in 2001, and he recalls hearing Afghan singers on the...

Vaccines appear to be starting to reduce new Covid-19 infections in the United States, a breakthrough that could allow people to resume more normal...

What can we do about a tech sector that appears to be dominating competitors while becoming increasingly hostile to conservative ideas? It's a difficult question...

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...

Were they gullible, foul-mouthed men duped by undercover agents? Or is it a rogue cast that is so enraged that they want to kidnap...

Remember last month when WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram were all unavailable for several hours? Not only did people find it difficult to communicate with...

As the looming threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine rages on, the Russian military claimed Monday that five "saboteurs" were assassinated after crossing...

On a mischievous Thursday night, it did appear possible to sense the roiling, quaking, and musing of so many of the 124 million Japanese,...

Coal was expected to be relegated to the dustbin of history as the world embraced renewable energy. After all, many countries were phasing out these...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer postponed votes on two voting rights bills late Thursday, delaying a debate over the chamber's rules that will determine...

Big Tech companies that do business all over the world have long promised to follow local laws and protect civil rights. However, when Apple...

The House of Representatives is poised this week to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan with $1,400 checks, billions for vaccines,...

As President Biden puts effort into reversing the Trump-era policies on immigration, it appears as though things have been moving slower than anticipated.  There are...

Democratic election lawyer Chris Deluzio won the race for an open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday. Defeated a Republican businessman and former township commissioner...

Sarah Palin's positive coronavirus tests have forced the postponement of a civil trial scheduled to begin Monday over her defamation claims against The New...

The South African government announced Friday that it will donate slightly more than 2 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to other...

If you've been putting off learning about digital currencies, now is the time to do so because the cryptocurrency bubble is expanding. Bitcoin has...

On Monday morning, Louisville Democratic mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg was at his campaign headquarters preparing for a meeting when a bullet grazed his sweater. "A...

During the Queen's farewell's funereal pomp, her four bereaved children will be the sole focus of the five ceremonial events. However, one will awkwardly...

Scientists traveled into the forests of northern Laos in the summer of 2020, half a year into the coronavirus pandemic, to catch bats that...

A person familiar with the meeting confirmed that President Biden met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin in Delaware on...

Onstage at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, Dave Chappelle was assaulted by a man who ran up and tackled the...

Customers no longer have to wait in line to purchase a cupcake from a Sprinkles bakery. Instead, they enter an order into a tablet,...

On Monday, the Supreme Court denied a hearing to a Seattle-based Christian group that refused to hire a bisexual attorney, despite the fact that...

Experts have warned that unless the international community acts quickly, Afghanistan's economy will collapse. The country's cash-based economy was already struggling prior to the Taliban's...

In September, doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham implanted two pig kidneys into a brain-dead person, a step toward testing the procedure...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is not taking any chances with less than 500 days until he is up for reelection. In an interview over the...

As domestic issues mount and the Russian military struggles to maintain its tenuous hold on Ukraine, it appears that Russia has moved one significant...

Mike Yada can still vividly recall the day in August 2020 when it became apparent that his peculiar symptoms, which had appeared after a...

For months, stores across the country have struggled to keep enough baby formula on hand. Manufacturers claim to be operating at full capacity and...

American democracy is in rapid decline, India is no longer a free country, and at most 20 percent of the world’s population lives in...

Republican legislators in Oklahoma and Iowa have passed bills granting immunity to drivers whose vehicles strike and injure protesters in public streets. And in Florida, Gov....

The White House announced Tuesday that President Joe Biden is releasing 50 million barrels of oil from the nation's emergency stockpile to reduce energy...

A 49-year-old Seattle man was charged with felony stalking after being arrested earlier this month on suspicion of committing a hate crime against U.S....

The rare clash this week between the Biden administration and congressional Democrats over a lapsed eviction moratorium may serve as a model for larger...

This week, President Joe Biden signaled his intent to reconnect and strengthen ties with U.S. allies across the pond in Europe and resume a...

According to researchers, a massive online propaganda campaign promoting pro-China messaging has been attempting to influence American voters. This week, two companies that study large-scale...

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...

Officials from the White House plan to meet with student debt activists and advocacy groups this week, ahead of President Joe Biden's self-imposed deadline...

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...

Bradley Beal, the Washington Wizards' star guard, is coming off another outstanding season for the fledgling organization. Despite dealing with trade rumors on a near-daily...

The Moon has been called a "mine of natural resources" because its very nature, in the words of an early Spanish explorer, is "a...

In the last 24 hours, the price of Polygon (also known as MATIC on the cryptocurrency market) has risen by approximately 9%. According to...

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

The Senate will vote Monday on whether to begin debate on a bill to make abortion legal nationwide, which is the centerpiece of Democrats'...