Tag: contemporary

Just hours after investigators searched the official's home, a Nevada county official was arrested in connection with the killing of a Las Vegas journalist...

A family in Myanmar has said that government security forces fatally shot a 7-year-old girl as she ran to her father — the youngest...

A Florida internet law is on hold while a lawsuit is being heard. Judge Robert Hinkle has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the implementation...

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...

Virginia Republicans chose not to support Amanda Chase, a self-described "Trump in heels," in her bid to defeat Democrats for the governor's seat in...

Ukraine's forces swept into the key southern city of Kherson on Friday, after Russian troops completed their withdrawal from the regional capital in one...

A Michigan judge barred local prosecutors from enforcing a 1931 abortion ban on Monday, just hours after an appeals court ruled that they could,...

After a winter storm pounded the mid-Atlantic and dumped more than a foot of snow in some places, ice and snow stranded scores of...

Beech-Nut Nutrition voluntarily recalled an infant rice cereal on Tuesday because it contained more arsenic than the US Food and Drug Administration's limit of...

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As the highly transmissible Delta variant sweeps across poorly vaccinated populations in the United States, a cluster of midwestern and southern states has emerged...

According to testimony from the company's former head of security, the legendary hacker-turned-cybersecurity-expert Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, Twitter has concealed negligent security practices, misled federal...

Since December, the United States government has delivered nearly 73.4 million doses to states and jurisdictions. Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are promising to each deliver...

Many recent questions about technology ethics have centered on the role of algorithms in various aspects of our lives. As artificial intelligence and machine...

Tucker Carlson, a Fox News propagandist whose nightly program frequently has the greatest audience of any cable news program, regularly denigrates the LGBTQ community...

Migrant families who were returned to Haiti by the US after attempting to enter the country from Mexico are outraged at their treatment and...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Rwanda, the final stop on a three-nation African tour in which he has articulated Washington's new...

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...

It is time for President Joe Biden to use one of the countermeasures to Russia's military threat along the Ukraine border that he has...

Stocks are mostly higher on Wall Street as traders prepare for the return of economic data and corporate earnings after the year-end holidays. In...

When the 44th Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday night, the lights at the Eccles Theater will be dim, and there will be fewer...

As the world suffers from a punishing drought this summer, bodies of water have dried up, exposing submerged World War II relics in Europe,...

Nvidia has been a top investment this year, with share prices of the graphics card specialist skyrocketing nearly 133 percent in 2021 due to...

Top US Air Force officials said on Wednesday that US-made fighter jets are one option for Ukraine as it rebuilds its air force to...

Republican J.R. Majewski's campaign for a competitive Ohio congressional seat has revolved around his background as an Air Force veteran. But one of the...

According to police, a Florida man was arrested after a viral video showed him dumping 50 balloons from a boat into the ocean following...

Despite overwhelmingly vaccinated player populations, COVID-19's second winter has decimated North American sports leagues at a level not seen since the industry reopened in...

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

It's one of the most perplexing problems in modern astronomy: Based on multiple observations of stars and galaxies, the universe appears to be collapsing...

Economic statistics rarely add to the sense of drama that lurks beneath the headlines. The Taliban's new stash of American weapons could be an...

When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, he promised to put the Supreme Court on a path to “automatically” overturn the decades-old precedent...

A new study of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest to suggest that the new coronavirus...

Bill Clinton understood the anguish of the American people. Barack Obama senses their trepidation. Inflation, crime, and the economy are all causing concern. Rather than...

The first two minutes of the Netflix documentary "Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul," about former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, should raise eyebrows and cause viewers...

A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators is expected to announce on Sunday that they have reached a tentative agreement on legislation that would pair...

The Justice Department argued in a newly unsealed court filing that former President Donald Trump mischaracterized White House documents he retained after leaving office...

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

Barrett McKim, 12, has always been interested in learning, particularly science. Whether reading or watching YouTube videos on the subject, his admiration grew and is...

In the last two years, this has happened five times. COVID- A few weeks before they rose in the United States, 19 cases spiked...

Hundreds of Black NFL retirees who were denied payouts in the $1 billion concussion settlement are now eligible for compensation after their tests were...

The delay in confirming President Biden's nominees for positions at the State Department and USAID has already harmed our national security. That is easier...

Five days before allegedly driving his red Ford Escape into a Christmas parade in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Darrell E. Brooks Jr. was...

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

There's a lot going on at the end of Netflix's battle royale thriller Squid Game, which is a cross between Bong Joon-Oscar-winning ho's film...

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

A "Billionaire Minimum Income Tax" is included in President Joe Biden's budget proposal for the fiscal year 2023. According to the budget, all households worth...

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...

During a speech before the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday morning, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Russia for killing civilians...

Only a few weeks ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was regarded as crypto's John Pierpont Morgan, willing to risk his vast fortune to save the industry. SBF,...

According to court documents filed Tuesday, the man accused of brutally attacking the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told police officers on...

Forecasters believe Ian will spend days dumping rain on Florida after making landfall as a hurricane, which could cause widespread flooding and damage. The storm...

2024 was everywhere on a holiday weekend marred by yet another numbing tragedy, midway through a year with enormous political implications. Just recently, Vice President...

As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks approaches, relatives of victims are pressing courts to answer what they see as...

Officials have launched an investigation after three American tourists were discovered dead at a Bahamas resort on Friday. Sandals confirmed that the guests were staying...

A European manhunt is underway for a man wanted in connection with one of the largest burglaries in English legal history. Alfredo Lindley is...

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin traveled to Israel in June to scout potential investments for his new company, then flew to Qatar for a...

Sen. Scott Wiener (D), a state senator from California, is the target of a coordinated attack by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Charlie...

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...

When Mayor Lori Lightfoot approached them in a hospital following the shooting of two officers on Saturday night, about 30 Chicago police officers reportedly...

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...

Engracia Figueroa, a passionate advocate for people with disabilities, died as a result of complications from injuries she sustained in July when United Airlines...

Chrissy Teigen is reflecting on herself following her cyberbullying scandal. During an appearance on the Today show on Tuesday morning, the 35-year-old author of Cravings:...

When the United States Catholic Bishops meet in June, they will decide whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Joe Biden and other...

Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Maksim Chmerkovskiy has returned to Europe to assist those in need. After returning home from Ukraine earlier this month, the...

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

Although doctors have long suggested that exercise can lower the risk of serious COVID-19 outcomes, such as hospitalization and death, it has never been...

According to a House investigation set to be presented on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, the leading manufacturers of assault rifles used in the deadliest...

Huawei Technologies Co. claims it was treated unfairly when the US government labeled it a security threat, but China's largest technology company is seeking...

Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said on Sunday that he received a letter in the mail a few days ago threatening to execute him,...

Women who have accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual assault are suing the banks, alleging that they enabled Epstein's alleged sex-trafficking operation and disregarded warning...

The US Commerce Department blacklisted Israeli firms NSO Group and Candiru on Wednesday, accusing them of providing spyware to foreign governments who "maliciously targeted"...

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are concerned that funds from the Department of Homeland Security are being used to purchase Chinese solar panels...

The former president of the Human Rights Campaign, the country's largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, filed a federal lawsuit against the organization on Thursday, alleging...

A World Health Organization (WHO) collaborator who reviewed a coronavirus research grant application discovered last month confirmed that the language of the documents indicates...

Last week, politicians and leaders gathered in Glasgow for COP26 to work out policies to address the climate crisis. Because the need for energy...

Maurizio Cattelan, an Italian artist, started one of the art world's biggest viral moments nearly three years ago when he sold a banana duct-taped...

They are some of the top athletes in the world in their respective sports – elite in their training, meticulous in the preparation, the best...

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...

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...

Michael Storm, a retired Army captain, wanted to take advantage of a new federal plan that requires health insurers to cover up to eight...