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Tuesday saw the unanimous passage of a law in Indonesia outlawing extramarital sex. An annual prison sentence could be imposed for the crime. Cohabitation before...

Maryland repealed its Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, which had been in effect for half a century. Washington state reformed its use-of-force policies...

Based in Fort Worth American Airlines is removing three small airports from its schedule, citing a pilot shortage. American Airlines will discontinue service to Toledo,...

Advisers to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo influenced state health officials to remove data from a public report that showed coronavirus-related nursing-home deaths in...

Halfway through the NFL season, there have already been two coaching changes, with Indianapolis firing Frank Reich this week, four weeks after Carolina fired...

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

In a lawsuit, three U.S. citizens claim that every time they return to the country from an international trip, federal immigration agents question them...

In the race for Pennsylvania governor, one of the country's most important midterm elections, Trump-backed Republican Doug Mastriano trails his Democratic opponent in fundraising,...

Health-care workers overwhelmingly supported Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, but they are dissatisfied with how he has handled the pandemic since then. In...

The daughter of the mastermind behind Vladimir Putin's Ukraine invasion was blown to pieces in a car bomb, raising fears of a coup. Suspects in...

Revital Healthcare EPZ Ltd, based in Kilifi, has been awarded a contract to supply medical equipment to Tanzania. Tanzania has placed an order for...

On Sunday night, Texas Democrats staged a dramatic, last-ditch walkout in the state House of Representatives to prevent the passage of one of the...

While Netflix's streaming competitors such as Amazon Prime Video and HBO Max's WarnerMedia focus on consolidation and studio acquisitions, Netflix is instead prioritizing its...

Brittney Griner, the detained American basketball star, pleaded guilty to drug charges in a court near Moscow on Thursday, according to her lawyer. "I'd like...

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...

A sentence uttered by a defense attorney during the trial of those accused in the death of Ahmaud Arbery elicited an audible gasp from...

The ivory-billed woodpecker, along with 22 other bird, fish, mussel, and wildlife species, is set to be declared extinct and removed from the endangered...

The simple act of dehumanizing someone or someone has given permission to some of the darkest instincts in politics. When you forget they're someone's...

Sofia Suarez, a receptionist at a Chicago dental office, was out of work for about three months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to reduced hours,...

Inflation rose again in June, thanks to persistent increases in gas, food, and rent prices, setting a new 40-year high and likely cementing the...

According to court documents, Christopher Belter raped the girl when she was 16 years old. He, too, was a teen, a student at an...

The UN special envoy to Myanmar announced Monday that she will not return to the Southeast Asian country unless the military government allows her...

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

The crowd at a music festival planned by Travis Scott, a favorite local rapper turned megastar, was expected to be difficult to control, according...

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...

Russian nuclear submarines sailed off for drills in the Barents Sea, and mobile missile launchers roamed snow forests in Siberia on Tuesday, after President...

On Friday, Japanese authorities were looking for a missing Ugandan weightlifter, who went missing just a week before the Tokyo Olympics, which have sparked...

Postal workers, who are excited about the prospect of making deliveries in modern, comfortable, and environmentally friendly vehicles, are still driving their aging, spartan...

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...

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...

The Russian campaign has been disrupted and derailed by stubborn Ukrainian resistance — and in the last few days by agile Ukrainian counterattacks on...

A Missouri school district has announced that spanking will be reinstated this school year, but with a parental caveat. Merlyn Johnson, superintendent of Cassville School...

The Justice Department charged an Army doctor and a Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist on Thursday with conspiring to provide medical information about US soldiers and...

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...

Following the violent insurrection at the Capitol last week, the House of Representatives, now led by the Democratic Party, are anticipated to vote on...

At least 69 people have died in the Vancouver area of Canada as a result of a record-breaking heat wave that has engulfed the...

California's climate crisis is rapidly worsening, affecting every resident and "increasingly taking a toll on the health and well-being of its people as well...

Several fans were escorted out of State Farm Arena in Atlanta after an argument took place courtside with the Lakers’ Lebron James. Juliana Carlos...

Klain, who had left his position as chief of staff in then-Vice President Joe Biden's office a year prior but was still the foundation's...

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

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,...

As missed warning signs pile up in mass-shooting investigations, New York state is implementing a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People...

Summer 2021 is expected to be one of the hottest on record, with all-time high temperatures in dozens of Western cities. The extreme heat...

Tesla owners can purchase the company's "full self-driving" software for $10,000, but they may have to give up their privacy in the process. According to...

By the end of the year, Lyft customers in Miami will be able to hail a robotaxi from Argo AI, an AV startup backed...

The city of Austin is attempting to shield its residents from prosecution under a Texas law that, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, would...

The future wars are already being won by China. According to a new report from Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Beijing...

The Great War began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. During the four years of global conflict, the United States...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are not calling for New York Gov. Andrew Como to resign even as a growing number of...

President Joe Biden insists that his $3.5 trillion ($5 trillion if the budget gimmicks are removed) "human infrastructure" bill "costs zero dollars." While every president...

For Missouri couple Becky and Robert Carson, who, along with dozens of others, have been stuck at an airport in Iceland with little food...

Last week, we witnessed 11-year-old Miah Cerillo's courageous testimony before Congress, an incredibly brave survivor of the horrific mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which...

Prince George may be third in line to the British throne, but his parents are said to be determined to provide him with a...

Huawei will begin charging smartphone makers a royalty to use its patented 5G technology as the Chinese technology firm looks to open a new...

Julie Cohn was fully immunized when she went to her 12-year-old son's basketball game in March. He requested that his mask be removed halfway...

The office of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has requested the appointment of a special prosecutor to consider criminal charges against nine people it...

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a "full-scale" attack in Ukraine on Thursday, reportedly launching missiles and bombs into cities at dawn. It came just...

Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., was killed in a car accident in her home state of Indiana on Wednesday. According to an Indiana sheriff's...

On Wednesday, a Facebook-appointed panel of journalists, activists, and lawyers ruled to uphold the social network's ban on former President Donald J. Trump, effectively...

A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent known to drug dealers as the "white devil" was sentenced Thursday to more than 13 years in...

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...

Former Trump adviser Scott Atlas blames Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci for "headline-dominating debacles" about quack cures for Covid-19 in a new book, but...

Komal Sahi was at home on the night of April 15, 2021, when news of a shooting at the FedEx ground operations facility in...

The European Union's drug regulator approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for use on children aged 5 to 11, paving the way for shots to be...

Last month, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a plan to phase out all tenure in Texas' public colleges and universities, as well as...

The biggest tech company in Russia is in danger of going out of business, which would interfere with President Putin's plans to promote Russian-grown...

A new Senate panel's bipartisan investigation claims that one of the country's largest military housing companies put military families' health and safety at risk,...

The head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the quasi-military mafia that governs the country, claimed that the US is planning to leave...

Stuart Broad appears set to return for the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney on Wednesday, after recently expressing his displeasure with England's failed tour,...

The first waves of arrests in the deadly siege at the United States Capitol targeted easy targets. Dozens of members of the pro-Trump mob...

An academic study published today discovered that government counts of the devastation caused by coronavirus among the most vulnerable elderly likely missed more than...

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...

Earlier this week, chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, gave a warning that Americans should not get complacent when it comes to following Covid safety...

A sprawling, privately run detention center in Adelanto, California's windswept desert town, could house nearly 2,000 migrants facing deportation. However, it is nearly empty...

While an investigation into allegations of misconduct is ongoing, the US Center for SafeSport has temporarily barred US Olympic pairs figure skating coach Dalilah...

Ordinary Americans may be unaware of this, but political science buffs who live in and write about Washington are arguing about how bad things...

Vaccine orders are soaring into the billions of doses in much of the developed world, Covid-19 cases are easing, economies are preparing to roar...

When the universe's clock began to tick 14 billion years ago, space was still a tight, blazing hot, frenzied packet of cosmic stuff. Stars...

The most disruptive president in modern history, Donald Trump, was at the center of yet another historic development on Monday. The former commander in...

President Joe Biden has so far refused to publicly question the police response to the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, as questions about...