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On Tuesday, Detroit sued the United States Census Bureau over population estimates from last year that show the city lost an additional 7,100 residents,...

The conviction of Minnesota police officer Kim Potter for the death of Daunte Wright by a jury, combined with the judge's denial of bail...

Republicans continued to defend former President Donald J. Trump on Sunday, despite an unprecedented F.B.I. search of his Florida home, revealing deep cracks in...

There is a debate going on among President Joe Biden and his administration to enforce “priority” access for teachers to get the COVID-19 vaccine...

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses lost power as a preliminary magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook Northern California early on Tuesday morning, startling locals...

A complete ban on abortion may soon take effect in Nebraska. Abortion restrictions in Florida may be lowered from 15 to 12 weeks of...

Surry County, North Carolina, officials voted to remove Coca-Cola vending machines from all government facilities in response to the beverage company's CEO's comments about...

US President Joe Biden announced Thursday a new package of $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, saying it would help Kyiv in the...

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge to allow an independent attorney to review all of the documents seized by 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...

As the United States increases pressure on Russia in response to fears of a Ukrainian invasion, Russia's leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has found solace...

President Joe Biden states that he doesn't believe former President Donald Trump should receive classified intelligence briefings. This is per tradition for past presidents, citing...

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:...

A Ukrainian diplomat has reportedly warned Kyiv may be forced to acquire nuclear weapons to safeguard the country’s security if NATO does not accede...

In 101 months, the United States will have either fulfilled or failed to fulfill President Biden's most important climate promise. Right now, it is...

Faced with a resurgence of COVID-positive patients — and a stubborn aversion to vaccines among many Miami-Dade residents and even its own employees —...

Nordstrom was hit harder than most retailers by the pandemic. Its product assortment has traditionally been skewed toward fashion apparel and footwear, but with...

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...

The clock is ticking for Congress to reach an agreement to raise the federal borrowing limit, also known as the debt ceiling, before the...

On Friday morning, the death toll in Eastern Kentucky rose to 16, including two children, after torrential rains flooded the region, destroying hundreds of...

On Tuesday, The White House will announce President Joe Biden's first sanctions against Russia over the Russian government's poisoning and detention of opposition leader Alexei...

A half-dozen Russian soldiers describe being shipped to an area of intense fighting in eastern Ukraine only 11 days after being mobilized. "Once," a...

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

According to people familiar with the matter, the indictment of a far-right internet activist on charges of interfering with the 2016 U.S. election reflects...

Uvalde's pain is only getting worse after a week. The initial details of the evil unleashed on defenseless schoolchildren by an 18-year-old armed with a...

Experts believe that in order to fully compensate for the planet's damage, we must completely remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Experts say there is still...

The opposition in Hungary has demanded ministerial resignations from Viktor Orbán's far-right government in response to allegations that the government targeted journalists, media owners,...

Stocks, oil prices, and government bond yields all fell after South Africa issued a warning about a rapidly spreading strain of the coronavirus, raising...

Because of Amazon's recent partnership with Affirm, an online payment plan service primarily seen and when shopping online fashion brands, the behemoth retailer will...

Following the May massacre in Uvalde, Texas, a simple account of the police response took hold: Following his command, scores of officers from over...

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...

President Joe Biden will visit Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday to commemorate one of the bloodiest race massacres in U.S. history, one hundred years after...

As California's attorney general, Xavier Becerra led a national effort to preserve the Affordable Care Act and fought the Trump administration on issues ranging...

A video of truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos making an emotional plea before a Colorado judge sentenced him to 110 years in prison in connection...

As he concluded the U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit on Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that he will soon travel to sub-Saharan Africa. He provided only...

The trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds are expected to release their long-delayed annual report on the stability of America's core retirement program...

The Senate Parliamentarian ruled against attaching the measure to a $3.5 trillion spending bill on Sunday, putting a major stumbling block in Senate Democrats'...

The University of Michigan has reached a $490 million settlement with former athletes and other University of Michigan students who sued the school alleging...

A wildfire in Yosemite National Park is threatening some of the world's oldest and largest trees, woodlands that have stood since before Rome was...

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...

China will step up efforts to further open up the financial industry to foreign investment as a means of bolstering its post-coronavirus economic recovery...

After warnings that a tropical storm could make the site unsafe, demolition crews used explosives to bring down the remaining structure left behind after...

With former President Donald Trump’s tax records finally in the hands of the New York district attorney, investigations are ramping up on whether or...

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,"...

According to a new watchdog report, the Department of Homeland Security intelligence division identified "specific" threats related to January 6, 2021, prior to the...

Karen Garner was lying in her bed on Wednesday at the Golden, Colorado, memory care facility where she has been living since an officer...

Former President Donald Trump has officially announced his candidacy for president in 2024, his third attempt. Trump made the announcement Tuesday night from his Mar-a-Lago...

If you’re one of the lucky ones out there who has already received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, you may be wondering what...

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...

While Ukrainian forces were secretly planning a counteroffensive to expel occupying Russian soldiers from the northeastern Kharkiv region, Moscow was so certain of its...

At least six major automakers, including Ford, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, and Volvo, and 30 national governments pledged on Wednesday to work toward phasing out...

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., appeared dissatisfied after President Biden announced his support for funding police departments on Tuesday night. "The answer is not to defund...

Donald Trump claims that his endorsement is the most valuable commodity in Republican politics, but some Republican candidates appear willing to put that claim...

The war in Ukraine has highlighted Russia's shortcomings, but it has also provided a blueprint for transforming an underpowered and outnumbered army into one...

According to chip giant Intel, which unveiled details of upcoming processors on Thursday during its annual "Architecture Day" ritual, the processing of neural networks...

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

Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated by former President Trump's renewed focus on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot, fearing that it will jeopardize...

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

Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina is one of four senators leading the charge to examine the country's gun laws in the aftermath of...

Russian authorities said Wednesday they are slowing down the speed of uploading photos and videos to Twitter over its failure to remove banned content...

At a G20 meeting on Tuesday, the United States led calls for greater global cooperation in light of the coronavirus crisis, while China insisted...

On Friday, the UN special envoy for Myanmar met with Thailand's prime minister as part of her efforts to end the violence in Myanmar...

More than 200 House Democrats issued a new warning Thursday as part of the contentious debate over infrastructure spending: Include strong union and labor...

Seychelles, which has vaccinated the most of its population against Covid-19, saw active cases more than double in the week ending May 7, raising...

Vermont, known for Bernie Sanders, maple syrup, and the birthplace of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, now has a new claim to fame: it...

Russia this week began huge military exercises in Crimea and along the border with Ukraine, using more than 100,000 troops- backed by heavy armor,...

Meghan Markle filed a formal complaint with British broadcaster ITV following Piers Morgan’s critical comments about her, according to multiple newspapers. The Guardian and The Telegraph...

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

Apple has been under major scrutiny in both legal and PR fronts. Major players such as Facebook, Spotify and Epic games do not agree...

Kermit Warren, an unemployed New Orleans shoe shiner, was carrying nearly $30,000 in cash through the Columbus, Ohio, airport last November when federal drug...

Many compared the battle between a scrappy group of former and current warehouse workers on Staten Island, New York, and Amazon in a union...

Police said four people were killed in a shooting at a medical center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday, the latest in a wave of...

Make room in the market for a new competitor to provide broadband internet access from low Earth orbit: Astra Space, which went public with...

Mehle Taylor, 10, drew a picture of Rogelio Torres, one of her close friends who was brutally killed in last month's school shooting massacre,...

After Republicans proposed a $618 billion stimulus plan with no state/local funding, Democrats are moving forward to expedite their proposed $1.9 trillion relief package,...

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

Public health experts hoped that after the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer-COVID-19 BioNTech's vaccine in August, vaccine uptake would skyrocket. Unvaccinated Americans were not...

Moderna is expected to submit a formal request to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to have its Covid-19 vaccine approved for children...

What does the dawning of the age of the internet in the late 1990s have to do with cryptocurrencies? Ask Ryan Jacob, chief investment...

On Thursday, the ethereum network will receive a much-anticipated upgrade that will change the way transaction fees work and begin to destroy coins. It...