Tag: eschewed

A group of astronauts who are trailblazers for their respective ethnicities are now true "rock stars," having asteroids named for them. The International Astronomical Union...

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...

Many religious leaders who support the anti-abortion movement have praised the new Texas law that prohibits most abortions in the state. However, some abortion...

Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House Coronavirus Response Task Force Coordinator, says in her new book, published Tuesday, that problems with data collection...

Six months into the campaign to vaccinate the US population against Covid-19, stark differences in vaccination rates have emerged between the states with the...

5 p.m. is canine happy hour in the park near Duboce Triangle in San Francisco. About 40 dogs run around chasing balls and wrestling...

Automobile manufacturers have been dealing with a headache for a little more than two years, and they are no longer sure if they will...

Nathalie Emmanuel explains where she draws the line when it comes to nudity on screen. Emmanuel, who played Missandei on HBO's "Game of Thrones" for...

The European Union agreed on Tuesday to ration natural gas this winter in order to protect themselves from further supply cuts by Russia as...

Presidents come and go, but one constant has been Dale Haney, the chief White House groundskeeper, who is celebrating 50 years of service to...

After huddling at home for 11 days during Israel's bombardment of Gaza, the shock of seeing houses and other structures destroyed after yet another...

It has been revealed where Cristiano Ronaldo will play club football in 2023 and beyond. The former Manchester United striker is reportedly set to...

Senate Republicans opened Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing by focusing on something else: old grievances, knowing they won't be able to stop her from...

The aviation industry appears to have recovered from the worst of the coronavirus crisis, but Boeing's to-do list remains lengthy following a rocky start...

Consumer expectations for inflation in the coming months and years appear to be falling as a result of the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate...

The Justice Department will ask the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, despite...

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...

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, the European Union moved to block RT and Sputnik, two of the Kremlin's primary channels for disseminating...

The violence at the white nationalist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville shocked the country, with people being beaten to the ground, lighted torches...

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California's first lady, cried as she testified against Harvey Weinstein in the disgraced producer's rape trial in Los Angeles on Monday. Weinstein,...

Max Cleland, who lost three limbs in a hand grenade blast during the Vietnam War but went on to become a U.S. senator from...

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...

US auto safety regulators have launched a new investigation into Tesla, this time in response to complaints that its vehicles can suddenly stop on...

In Manila, the capital of the Philippines, Raquel Fortun whispers to the scattered human skeletal remains. She wants to know the truth about their...

The massive cyberattack on US software company Kaseya, which could affect up to 1,500 businesses, is heightening tensions between Washington and Moscow less than...

The Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services is conducting an investigation into how the Food and Drug Administration...

Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency created as a spoof, is turning out to be increasingly valuable – for now. The price of Dogecoin jumped above 30 cents as of...

On Monday, a watchdog group filed a lawsuit in New Mexico against Couy Griffin, the founder of "Cowboys for Trump," seeking to remove the...

The wine is extraordinary. The cost is appropriately exorbitant. Christie's announced Tuesday that it will be selling a bottle of French wine that spent more...

In terms of college football recruiting, one week separates the storyline from the action. The majority of the nation's top recruits are just seven...

Russia and China are making plans to further their geopolitical relationship, this time, in space with the building of a new space station on...

On Wednesday, Republicans laid the blame for their defeat in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff election squarely at the feet of former President Donald...

President Joe Biden began his administration with lofty goals to overhaul America's immigration system, but as the end of the year approaches, lawsuits and...

Internal memos from Meta's VP of Metaverse to employees working on the metaverse app highlight concerns that it has too many quality and performance...

Goldman Sachs is growing increasingly pessimistic about the US economy as government support for coronaviruses fades and consumer spending remains volatile. What's going on: The...

With the current surge of COVID-19 cases, New York City's new mayor, Eric Adams, who was sworn in just after midnight on New Year's...

House Democrats hope to start debating a roughly $2 trillion proposal to overhaul the country's health care, education, climate, immigration, and tax laws as...

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

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

In what Moscow claimed was the third long-range attack by Ukrainian forces on its air bases in two days, drones allegedly hit an airfield...

The CEO of one of the country's largest wind and solar farm developers has warned Congress not to "squander" an opportunity to boost his...

As a Georgia grand jury investigates Donald Trump's behavior following his election loss in 2020, the former president's team has turned to one of...

According to tests conducted by online pharmacy and lab Valisure, traces of a chemical linked to blood cancers such as leukemia have been detected...

Schools across the country are scrambling to make up for lost time during the pandemic by allocating billions of dollars to tutoring, summer camps,...

On Sunday, a man lay sprawled by the roadside in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, his hands tied behind his back and a bullet...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration on Tuesday in response to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants entering the United States through...

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

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...

It is unclear whether Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a final decision on an invasion of Ukraine, but he is continuing to build...

As Covid-19 spread last year, governments around the world touted the prospect of “herd immunity,” a promised land in which the virus would stop...

Because of the debt relief announced by President Joe Biden in August, Austin Hammond and his wife may be able to buy a home...

Household income increased at a record rate of 21.1 percent in March, as federal stimulus checks fueled an economic recovery that is expected to...

Officials closed beaches in Southern California from Orange to Los Angeles counties over the holiday weekend after up to 7 million gallons of untreated...

Mahbu Avtar sits in an orange plastic chair and pulls down her sleeve, ready for her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, in a small...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States reduced the recommended time for people to isolate after testing positive for Covid-19...

The rate at which the world’s forests are being destroyed increased sharply last year, with at least 42,000 sq km of tree cover lost...

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...

Lilibet is a reference to Queen Elizabeth's childhood, when she struggled to pronounce her own name. "Lilibet is my pride; Margaret is my joy,"...

The metaverse has recently become a hot topic of discussion, with both Facebook and Microsoft claiming ownership. But what exactly is the metaverse? And...

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 Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has been working for nearly a year,...

People familiar with the investigation said on Wednesday that federal prosecutors have significantly broadened their Jan. 6 investigation to look into the possible culpability...

Due to the presence of Focus on the Family (FOF), a sizable and long-standing Christian anti-queer hate group that is one of the most...

Donald Dell, one of the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) founders, says he supports Novak Djokovic's breakaway player's organization, but that the two organizations...

Activists in Mexico have applauded a Supreme Court decision to decriminalize abortion, claiming that it will put an end to the legal prosecution of...

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,...

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

Democrats hoping to resurrect the party's economic agenda are up against a stumbling block: Sen. Joe Manchin's desire to raise tax rates clashes with...

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is investigating Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak for displaying the letter "Z" on the podium next to a Ukrainian competitor...

Ordinary citizens across Kyiv are arming themselves as Russian forces close in on the capital city after two days of heavy attacks and hundreds...

Joey Cassanova, a retired MMA fighter, posted a video to his TikTok page on April 7th, 2021, with the message, "If you only knew...

Wei Chen wants visitors to Philadelphia's Chinatown to look through the community's gateway arch and see residents chatting in Mandarin on the steps to...

It's no secret that King Charles and Princess Diana's seemingly fairytale romance turned out to be a nightmare, but according to one author, things...

When the wounded Ukrainian soldier surrendered to Russian forces in May at the pulverized Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, he was unable to say...

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

Mumps cases are still being reported in the United States, primarily among vaccinated people, including children. Mumps cases fell by more than 99 percent in...

Citigroup Inc. said it will invest in digital mortgage offerings as part of its pledge to improve homeownership rates among communities of color. The push...

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...

Investors in retirement have never had it so good. Individual retirement accounts and company 401(k) plans have been booming for a decade now, thanks...

New polls show that President Joe Biden's approval ratings remain stubbornly low, even in Democratic strongholds like New York and California. According to a Siena...