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The Biden administration has been planning Covid-19 booster shots for weeks, as the delta variant drives a new pandemic wave across the country. The...

For the first time in four months, US President Joe Biden will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to discuss a wide range...

When the neighborhood she grew up in, Boston's Chinatown, was destroyed, Mary Yee was in elementary school. Beginning in the late 1950s, the state built...

According to UN officials, approximately 14 million Ukrainians have been displaced from their homes, including more than six million who have fled the country,...

President Joe Biden delivered remarks from the White House on Thursday, detailing a dramatic US raid overnight in Syria that he claimed killed the...

On Monday, hundreds of would-be rescuers laboriously dug through a mountain of crushed concrete, mangled steel, and smashed belongings as officials vowed to continue...

With the demise of the Soviet Union and dissolution of the Berlin wall, Europe has once again confronted a revitalized Moscow. This time, the...

On Friday, SpaceX launched three wealthy businessmen and an astronaut escort to the International Space Station for a stay of more than a week,...

A migrant claims that a mysterious woman named "Perla" paid him $200 cash to recruit people from a Texas migrant resource center to board...

It is unusual for a state to refuse federal funds. It is even rarer to see states refuse it in the name of improving...

They are the rare gun laws that attract bipartisan agreement — so-called red flag laws, which allow the authorities to temporarily take away guns...

On Sunday, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Sacramento Kings, 119-107, to improve to 3-0 on the season. With victories over the Lakers and...

Texas Democrats and activists are warning that Governor Greg Abbott's executive order on immigration bears dangerous resemblances to Arizona's hardline SB-1070 law, which resulted...

Donald Trump has sued Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee, and other people and entities connected to the investigation into Russian election meddling in...

Vice President Kamala Harris laughed while responding to a question from a reporter who asked Monday if she would be visiting the border amid the...

"We didn't even have time to get our things," says Ukrainian refugee Ludmila Nikiforova, one of hundreds of people fleeing the brutal conflict on...

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...

A battalion commander was racing down a road with his men in pursuit of retreating Russian soldiers when he came across an abandoned Russian...

The internet was stunned after a man revealed how his wife was allegedly assaulted by a man on a recent flight from Orlando to...

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), including US President Joe Biden, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and China's Xi Jinping, pledged on Friday to work...

The EPA has taken its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, denying requests from three Midwest power plants to...

Colin Powell, the former US Secretary of State, died on Monday as a result of Covid-19 complications. His family stated that he had received...

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

A body was discovered, and the search for 38 people missing from a boat that capsized off the coast of Florida was continuing Wednesday...

The police officer accused of murdering George Floyd used inappropriate "deadly force" when kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes, an expert...

On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv to push a plan to de-escalate the "extreme tension" between Russia...

Due to a number of injuries on their roster, the Los Angeles Lakers fell just short of a comeback victory over the Phoenix Suns...

Few pipe organs in the world have a nickname, a feminine pronoun, and a Facebook fan page. The Hazel Wright organ, affectionately known as "Hazel"...

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,...

Residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson have suspected Russian forces had a special plan for their town since the occupiers took control...

In 2021, disasters continued to strike, from Hurricane Ida's devastation in Louisiana and the Northeast to devastating wildfires in the West and damaging storms,...

Residents of the Chinese city of Xi'an are subjected to a strict coronavirus lockdown, with business owners facing additional closures and some people reporting...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming new report on the state of the climate today, based on 14,000 pieces of...

Charges against police officers, public safety workers and military veterans in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol have reignited concerns among lawmakers and...

The diverging fortunes of major banks in the fallout from the Archegos Capital Management meltdown has posed serious questions for global regulators, experts have...

According to research, women who are operated on by a male surgeon are much more likely to die, experience complications, and be readmitted to...

Facebook's profit more than doubled in the most recent quarter as digital advertising surged, but the company warned of slower growth in the months...

Many advocates and former students seeking relief have applauded President Joe Biden's decision to cancel some student loan debt for millions of Americans, but...

As many as 20,000 members of the national Guard could be deployed to Washington D.C. for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January...

The assassination of British lawmaker David Amess has reignited concerns about a government program aimed at preventing at-risk young people from becoming radicalized, with...

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

Derek Chauvin sparked outrage from the moment video of his knee pressed into George Floyd's neck for 9 12 minutes surfaced. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis...

US carrier Southwest Airlines agreed to buy 100 additional Boeing 737 MAX planes, the companies announced Monday, in a vote of confidence for the...

In 2021, three bright and driven women with ground-breaking ideas left significant – if very different – imprints on the beleaguered tech industry. Frances Haugen,...

A top US official told a news broadcaster that the Biden administration is resuming a Trump-era border program that requires migrants to wait in...

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

Last Thursday, Biden gave his first Presidential order during a speech: A huge $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that will make up the difference of...

Russian forces launched an all-out assault on Ukraine on Thursday, claiming to be the largest European invasion since World War II. Following reports of troops...

President Emmanuel Macron may not have to wait long to learn how poorly his re-election has been received in some parts of France. In Sunday's...

As New Zealand prepares to implement one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws, a similar ban has already been implemented in a Boston suburb...

Naomi Osaka will not win an Olympic medal on home soil after being defeated 6-1, 6-4 by Markéta Vondrouová of the Czech Republic in...

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

A potentially damaging recording surfaced a decade ago, in the midst of what would become a successful campaign for county sheriff. "I know exactly how...

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...

More than two dozen foreign policy experts have called for the United States and NATO to impose a partial no-fly zone over Ukraine, escalating...

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 activities of religious groups "affiliated with centers of influence" in Russia were outlawed by Ukraine on Friday, and the country also announced it...

Research into the long-term effects of Covid-19 on the US workforce has confirmed what anyone who has waited for a delivery or been unable...

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...

Millions of homeowners are missing out on hundreds of dollars in savings by refinancing their mortgages. According to the most recent report from a mortgage...

Russia has upped its saber rattling in Eastern Europe and the Arctic, a move that has put the Biden administration on alert. In the past...

Tens of thousands of Russians are still attempting to flee the country, fearful of being caught up in President Vladimir Putin's last-minute military mobilization...

Parler, a social media company and app similar to Twitter that caters to conservative and right-wing users, announced that it would be relaunching its...

The Biden administration's suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana,...

The Supreme Court debated on Wednesday a 1978 law that prioritizes Native American families for custody of Native children, as a response to a...

After more than 12 hours of negotiating with a federal mediator, Columbus City Schools and the Columbus Education Association reached a preliminary agreement early...

According to Ukrainian authorities, their forces targeted a Russian ammunition depot in southern Ukraine overnight, resulting in a massive explosion captured on social media. According...

China's "wolf warrior" diplomats are back after a brief lull, firing insults over Twitter, smearing critics and suggesting conspiracies. The hyperactivity of the envoys...

The Kremlin said Monday that there were no concrete plans for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden...

Critical race theory arose from the critical studies family and seeks to promote what its adherents believe is a pervasive and inescapable racist legacy...

This week, Facebook informed advertisers that a "bug" in its measurement system had resulted in an undercounting of ad performance among some iPhone 12...

According to watchdog groups, an antisemitic hate group was behind a banner hung over a busy Los Angeles freeway on Saturday that said, "Kanye...

A homework assignment requiring middle school students at a private school in Kentucky to write a letter disapproving of their lifestyle to a hypothetical...

For years, Kate and Meghan's relationship has been the subject of speculation, particularly after reports surfaced claiming they had a falling out over the...

Yes, a small rock particle struck the Webb telescope. No, the mission is not doomed. You may have seen headlines claiming that the James Webb...

Following a second consecutive year in which the word "unprecedented" did more than its fair share of narrative heavy lifting, economists are wary of...

She has referred to him as a "moron." He has publicly expressed a desire to hit her with the oversized wooden gavel used to keep...

President-elect Joe Biden has reportedly grown alarmingly frustrated with theteam leading the vaccination attempts across the United States. Biden had originally stated that he...

Two months into lockdown, 29-year-old Ella left the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that she was raised in near New York, started wearing trouser pants for...

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte was set to return home on Thursday, six days after his state was inundated with historic flooding that forced the...