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The Pentagon is reconsidering its arsenal in light of the intense firefight over Ukraine. Would the United States have enough ammunition to fight if...

As state legislatures convene this month, Republican governors and lawmakers who have fought to limit racial discussions in public schools are rallying behind a...

Whenever a bus arrives at the Greyhound station in Plattsburgh, New York, a small group of taxi drivers awaits to transport passengers on a...

Authorities have ruled homicide in the death of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas student who collapsed after taking part in a charity amateur...

The Navy will appeal a Hawaii Department of Health order to halt operations at a fuel site linked to contaminated tap water at Joint...

The prospect of inflation reaching 12% this autumn is growing after higher fuel and food prices pushed the official measure of the cost of...

Questions about Russia's faltering military operation in Ukraine remain unanswered, as Kiev declared full control of the key eastern city of Lyman after Moscow's...

More than 130 people, including Gloria Steinem, and organizations involved in women's rights advocacy, domestic violence and sexual assault awareness, have signed an open...

Huda Sarhang, 27, was sitting at one of Erbil's most iconic tea shops, the Macho tea shop, nearly five years ago, sipping the store's...

According to Ukrainian officials, Russian forces fired a missile at a railway station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, that was being used by civilians fleeing...

In recent months, U.S. renewable energy developers have delayed or cancelled several large battery projects intended to store electrical power on the grid, scuttling...

In a speech in Texas, the former president also urged supporters to hold protests if prosecutors in Atlanta and New York pursued criminal charges...

Everyone should now be aware of the Federal Ministry of Health's vaccination program: People in Germany are divided into one of four vaccination groups...

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...

In response to remarks he made in an interview with the prestigious Jesuit magazine America, Russia has accused Pope Francis of lying and engaging...

Following Katie Britt's victory over Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., in Tuesday's GOP primary runoff election, Alabama voters will decide who will be their next...

​​West Virginia University researchers believe they have discovered living microorganisms in a halite sample dating back 830 million years, providing insight into past life...

On Thursday, Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said that President Joe Biden’s goal is to have schools re-open to five days a...

President Biden's student loan forgiveness program has been halted by a federal judge in Texas, putting the administration's plan to forgive up to $20,000...

On the campaign trail in 2016, Donald Trump took an unusual stance, defending his namesake "university" against allegations of fraud. Rather than deferring to his...

The gunman who killed 17 people at a South Florida high school in 2018 is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without...

Amber Heard has hired new lawyers in her latest legal battle. The actress has hired Ballard Spahr as her lead appellate counsel, less than a...

Still reeling from the aftermath of a Texas mass shooting, Democrat Beto O'Rourke gave his long-shot campaign a boost by telling a national audience...

Jonathan and Bryan Espinoza, brothers, claim they witnessed "chaos" at the Astroworld Festival from the moment they stepped inside. On Friday night, a crowd surge...

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

The revelation comes amid an investigation by the House Judiciary Committee on January 6th. The Justice Department is looking into allegations of forged Electoral College...

China announced on Monday that all married couples would be allowed to have three children, ending a two-child policy that had failed to increase...

Mark Zuckerberg has announced that his social media empire is building the world's fastest artificial intelligence supercomputer as part of plans to create a...

The Supreme Court denied Kelli Ward, the chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party, a request to block a subpoena from a House panel investigating...

President Joe Biden will celebrate America's victory over Covid-19 with a July 4th barbecue this Sunday, but the smoke from the fireworks will barely...

According to a report released Wednesday by the British Defense Ministry, some Russian military units that suffered heavy losses in Ukraine have been forced...

The federal arrest of an anti-abortion activist has sparked a firestorm of criticism and accusations of a double standard in the enforcement of reproductive...

On Tuesday, voters in Wisconsin will choose a Republican nominee for governor who could reshape how elections are conducted in the marquee battleground, where...

Microsoft hopes to push clean energy grids with a new strategy for purchasing renewable energy. The tech behemoth is now concentrating on making a...

According to a new report from cybersecurity firm Mandiant and Google experts, a pro-Chinese government online influence operation is targeting Americans in an effort...

The LA County Sheriff’s Department made several critical decisions in the investigation of Tiger Wood’s devastating crash that were favorable to the golfing legend —...

A Michigan mother who is suing her children's school district for failing to provide curriculum for a "Ethnic and Gender Studies" class believes that...

There is no denying it: global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather. This means hotter heat waves, drier droughts, bigger...

An initial investigation commissioned by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland documented some of the atrocities that Native American children faced at over 400 boarding schools...

Three Republican senators have asked Archivist of the United States David Ferriero to commit to not certifying the Equal Rights Amendment as part of...

As the global economy emerges from the pandemic's 15-month slumber, Deutsche Bank has launched a series of research articles to spark debate and discussion...

How has the livestream of the actors' legal dispute impacted public perceptions as well as survivors of sexual violence? The defamation trial of Hollywood...

President Biden announced the nominations of three top Federal Reserve officials on Friday, completing a full slate for the Fed's board of governors. Biden formally...

Authorities seized a helicopter and an airplane belonging to Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk and his family and turned them over to the Armed Forces. The...

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...

Minneapolis Public Schools students were forced to stay at home for two weeks in January due to an outbreak of the omicron COVID-19 variant,...

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,...

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...

Gen X isn't known for getting worked up about much, but it appears that we're not going down without a fight. Over 29 million...

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...

After more than a half-dozen attacks in trains and stations over the holiday weekend, New York's latest plan to combat both crime and homelessness...

One of Baltimore's most well-known figures isn't on a sports field or in a city hall office. Instead, he's doing the mundane job of...

Growing up in Chicago, Broadway star Brittney Mack would watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV after her own parade duties were completed....

With the U.S. closing in on President Joe Biden's goal of injecting 100 million coronavirus vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, the White...

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...

The US Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it will "work toward issuing proposed product standards within the next year" to ban...

Prepare for a midterm meltdown in your inbox. Emails from specific federal candidates, parties, and political action committees will soon be allowed to bypass Gmail's...

At a recent Virginia rally, Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin touted his plans to boost the economy and combat crime while saying nothing about...

NATO's rapid reaction force will be nearly eightfold increased to 300,000 troops as part of its response to a "era of strategic competition," according...

On Monday, an airman was charged with five counts of animal cruelty at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, the latest in a...

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 United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) reported that 560,826 mail-in ballots were rejected in the 2020 presidential election. The Election Administration Commission (EAC)...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans have struggled to organize their everyday lives with the same consistency and energy as before. Because...

E-reader apps that became a lifeline for students during the pandemic are now in the crossfire of a culture war raging over books in...

Many officials and health experts advise against ringing in 2022 with a couple dozen of your friends this New Year's Eve. "Omicron and delta are...

Sir Richard Branson has been granted the permission he requires to fly paying customers to the edge of space in his Virgin Galactic rocket...

The World Trade Organization's decision to postpone a crucial meeting last week calls into question efforts to rehabilitate the alliance, which has been battered...

It was one of the worst phone calls I'd ever received: a friend in Kabul calling on a Sunday afternoon to tell me that...

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...

If it's Monday, President Biden says he'll meet with Putin "in principle" if Russia doesn't invade Ukraine. The United States warns that Russia has...

When you think of Tom Cotton, you probably think of the senator who advocated for the use of the military to persecute Black Lives...

When the Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about whether parents can use state education funds for sectarian schools on Wednesday, the central...

Chris Ford accelerated his police cruiser down Gold Cup Drive to catch the SUV doing 30 mph in a 15 mph zone. The corporal...

A former high-ranking US ambassador is demanding that federal prosecutors explain why he is facing criminal charges for illegal foreign lobbying on Qatar's behalf...

On Friday, George W. Bush nominee U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez ruled that California's long-standing ban on assault weapons violates the Second Amendment....

During a Sunday morning interview, Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, pushed back against the Republican National Committee's...

Gabby Petito's disappearance and death have raised many questions and sparked national interest, and authorities are scheduled to provide an update on her final...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused no pause in partisan squabbling in the United States Congress on Thursday, with some Republicans criticizing Democratic President Joe...

Last week, politicians and leaders gathered in Glasgow for COP26 to work out policies to address the climate crisis. Because the need for energy...

Perhaps no other industry has been hit harder by the Covid pandemic than global travel and tourism, with planes grounded, resorts closed, and care-free...