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This year's stimulus checks and child tax credit payments have provided much-needed cash to millions of families during the pandemic. A fourth stimulus check,...

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

President Joe Biden begins his first trip to Asia since taking office on Friday, despite some of his lowest domestic approval ratings, as he...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s  tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey was certainly unprecedented- but so was Prince William’s recent response. In the interview, Markle,...

The Kremlin admitted Tuesday that there had been a "mix-up" in its response to the US over the Ukraine crisis, as diplomatic efforts to...

With COVID-19 numbers skyrocketing over the Holidays and death tolls steadily on the rise, the country’s top expert on Coronavirus, Dr. Fauci gives his warnings...

Following a procession from Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II's coffin arrived at Westminster Hall in central London, where it will lie in state until...

“All my life, my ambition was to be a star,” Jackie Mason once said, but few stars had a slower or more circuitous path...

Developing nations are faced with the gradual erosion of their foreign trade tax revenues, which subsequently reduces their overall tax income. In light of...

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

Pride parades began Sunday in New York City and across the country, with glittering confetti, cheering crowds, fluttering rainbow flags, and newfound fears about...

According to a report filed Monday by the  Congressional Budget Office, the number of Americans employed will not return to its pre-pandemic level until...

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

On Tuesday, a California prosecutor said he would not rule out seeking the death penalty for a Chinese-American man who harbored anti-Taiwanese sentiments and...

With the U.S. pause of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine stretched into a second week, authorities are weighing whether to resume the shots the...

During 2021, cryptocurrency companies bombarded Londoners with a record number of advertisements on public transportation, fueling calls for a ban to prevent people from...

Intelligence manifests itself in a variety of ways. Do you remember the IQ test? It is used to calculate a person's intelligence quotient. It...

An anecdote told by Meghan Markle in a recent magazine interview has been criticized by Nelson Mandela's grandson for equating the celebrations in South...

Consider the observer effect. Scientists studying microplastic contamination in remote Antarctica discovered that a significant amount originated on their own ship. Experts from the University...

On April 29, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev became the first post-Soviet leader to publicly condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It is the most recent...

One of the busiest trade ports on the US-Mexico border remained effectively closed Wednesday as frustrations and traffic jams grew over Texas Gov. Greg...

Denise Forcer would become stressed just by opening her closet door for months. The suffocation of her belongings reminded her that she didn't know...

Britain awoke Friday without its queen for the first time in 70 years. And, as the country entered a lengthy period of national mourning...

On Wednesday last week, Google's Fiona Cicconi wrote to company employees. She announced that Google was bringing forward its timetable of moving people back...

With the nation's top public health officials as their audience, Senate Republicans on Thursday voiced their displeasure with the Biden administration's new broad-reaching vaccine...

Thousands of New York City public employees could lose their jobs on Friday if they don't show they've met the city's mandate requiring them...

When a Texas law prohibiting abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy went into effect in September, Oklahoma became the most popular out-of-state abortion...

Dubai already has the tallest building in the world. It can now also claim the world's deepest diving pool. Deep Dive Dubai opened on July...

Pharmaceutical giant Merck will help make Johnson & Johnson single shot coronavirus vaccine — an unusual pact between fierce competitors that could sharply boost...

Several of the country's largest labor unions are suing over President Joe Biden's vaccine and testing mandates, not to overturn them, but to broaden...

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev died on Tuesday "after a serious and long illness," according to the Central Clinical Hospital. He was 91 years old...

Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned Russian opposition leader, is facing new charges that could lengthen his sentence by 15 years. With the international community and media...

At a time when U.S. agencies and thousands of companies are fighting off major hacking campaigns originating in Russia and China, a different kind of...

Protests disrupted Prince William and Kate Middleton's tour of former British colonies in the Caribbean this week, causing the British royal family embarrassment on...

Scientists are frantically trying to re-establish the vital monitoring that has been situated on the volcano since 1958 after a volcanic eruption in Hawaii...

Home sales are slowing as buyers struggle to find homes within their price range. The number of existing home sales has fallen for three months...

According to a new study, two out of every five people with compromised immune systems have a “low or undetectable” antibody response after receiving...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in more than a month, visiting a new state-built alpine city billed as...

On Thursday night, the United States carried out a military airstrike against Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria near the Iraq border. The strike was...

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...

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...

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

After a federal investigation revealed that it was punishing Black students harsher than White students for similar behavior, a California school district has pledged...

As he arrived at an EU summit dominated by growing controversy over the issue, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended a new law in...

Ukrainians are once again concerned about the fate of a nuclear power plant in a country that was the site of the world's worst...

An Ivy League biology professor is warning that critical race theory curricula are erasing the meaning, if not the existence, of "objective truth" from...

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

More than 60 major corporations have signed an open letter calling on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to retract comments he made late last...

According to Duke University's Global Health Innovation Center, high-income countries have purchased more than half of the Covid-19 vaccine supply to date, while low-income...

The investigation into the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters will soon begin weeks of public hearings, putting the...

The Social Security Administration announced an 8.7 percent increase in benefit checks for seniors beginning next year, in response to the fastest rate of...

Just weeks after its launch, the pro-Trump social network GETTR has been inundated with terrorist propaganda spread by Islamic State supporters. The social network,...

Health experts advising US regulators will vote Wednesday on whether Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer Inc., BioNTech SE, and Moderna Inc. should be approved for...

Following the special election last week for Alaska's at-large congressional seat, former Gov. Sarah Palin called on fellow Republican Nick Begich to withdraw from...

Domestic extremists cheered when two shootings at North Carolina substations left tens of thousands of people in the dark, despite a long-running campaign by...

Six of the 31 white supremacists arrested near a northern Idaho pride event last month will appear in court on Monday afternoon, facing misdemeanor...

Ministers from the European Union met on Monday to respond to Russia's cut in gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, as well as to...

For weeks, César Salomé, a physician in Lima’s Hospital Mongrut, had followed the chilling reports. A new coronavirus variant, spawned in the Amazon rainforest,...

On Wednesday, Elon Musk will meet with some of Twitter's largest advertisers and marketing partners in an attempt to reassure executives following a flurry...

While Russia appears to have abandoned its plan to push deep into Ukraine's heartland for the time being, its new declared goal of gaining...

If passed, the antitrust overhaul package aimed at Big Tech unveiled in Congress could have far-reaching consequences for how people use the internet as...

A Florida bill that would restrict classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity and encourage parents to sue schools or teachers who engage...

Authorities said at least 14 people were killed in the Mexican border city of Reynosa on Saturday after a convoy of shooters went on...

Larry Elder, a black conservative radio host and politician, is advocating for reparations for slavers who had their "legal property" taken away after the...

"Creating a new age of learning," says Great Valley High School and its 1,400 students in the Pennsylvania borough of Malvern, about 25 miles...

What students learn about the insurgency at the United States Capitol on January 6 may vary depending on where they live. Justin Voldman, a history...

Judge in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin granted prosecutors’ request to add third-degree murder charge Thursday, giving the jury more...

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

An Oklahoma judge temporarily blocked the implementation of two new anti-abortion laws that go into effect next month, including one that is similar to...

A European court ruled on Tuesday that the Vatican cannot be sued in a local court for sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests, stating...

In a letter to President Biden on Monday, House Democrats urged him to restart negotiations on the climate goals included in the stalled Build...

The medical examiner confirmed that the three University of Virginia football players killed in what prosecutors described as a "targeted" shooting on campus this...

Climbers were ecstatic when Nepal decided to reopen its side of Mount Everest this year, but reports indicate that even the world's highest peak...

Police admitted to mistakes on Monday as South Korea sought answers about how Halloween festivities in the country's capital turned deadly. President Yoon Suk Yeol...

Brown, Ketanji Jackson, a former public defender and Miami native who rose to become a judge on a powerful federal appeals court, became the...

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried lost his entire $16 billion fortune in a matter of days after his company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy...

An LAPD officer has hit out at LeBron James, saying the NBA star "put a target on the back" of the cop who shot dead...

A digital currency issued by the United States could be on the horizon. The Biden administration is supporting research and development of a "U.S. Central...

Former President Trump’s deceit and insistence that the Presidential election was rigged may have have gone too far for the attorneys who were suppose...

Republican state attorneys general and other leading conservatives are considering a slew of lawsuits against President Biden's plan to cancel some student debt —...