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According to the CDC, fit matters when it comes to your mask protecting you against COVID-19. According to new CDC findings, layering a fitting...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, a sizable minority of coronavirus infections have resulted in long COVID, a perplexing collection of lingering and often...

With historic abortion arguments behind them, the justices will soon begin the work of crafting a decision that could significantly limit abortion rights in...

Confusion erupted last week after a missile struck Poland. Initial reports that Russia was to blame were later rejected by Western officials, who claimed...

A Chicago publicist for hip-hop artist Kanye West visited the suburban home of Ruby Freeman, a terrified Georgia election worker who was facing death...

The Supreme Court ruled against a man who sued a Customs and Border Protection agent for excessive force on Wednesday, entering the contentious issue...

Amazon has recently surpassed Walmart to become the world's largest retailer outside of China. Here's how Amazon did it, and what you can take...

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,...

A civil trial in Texas begins Tuesday to determine how much Alex Jones owes in defamation damages to the parents of Sandy Hook Elementary...

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,...

Amazon, Qualcomm, and Micron were among the stocks that fell on Thursday following a report that the Biden administration is pushing for a tax...

The six-month suspension of Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving from playing home games due to his vaccination status appears to be coming to an...

Georgia lawmakers took up a bill to regulate raw milk with time running out in the 2022 legislative session. An amendment was abruptly tacked onto...

Jessica Stern is on a mission to advance the cause of LGBTQ people in a world where sexual orientation violence and discrimination know no...

  Perhaps, like millions of other Americans, you saw the General Motors ad during the Super Bowl last Sunday, that showed actor Will Ferrell exclaiming...

On Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended the Biden administration's decision to remove a handful of Trump appointees from military academy advisory...

In the first public congressional hearing on what are commonly known as UFOs in more than 50 years, a senior Defense Department intelligence official...

The Justice Department argued in a newly unsealed court filing that former President Donald Trump mischaracterized White House documents he retained after leaving office...

One autumn morning in 2003, Federal Park Police stormed into an apartment four miles east of the United States Capitol. Police discovered a semi-automatic...

According to New York's attorney general, the company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program will pay $141 million to customers across the United States who...

Ukrainian forces advanced on territories occupied by Russian troops and their separatist proxies, liberating towns in the southern Kherson region while also moving east...

A new study found that people with high blood pressure who used a smartphone app and an at-home monitor were able to lower their...

Starboard Value, an activist investor, has nominated a minority slate for Box Inc.'s board of directors, pitting its nominees against Chief Executive Officer Aaron...

Kylian Mbappé, the star player for France, and coach Didier Deschamps have a chance to make World Cup history. Soccer history will be made for...

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...

A group of men detained at Arkansas' Washington County Detention Center claim that the jail's medical staff gave them the anti-parasite drug ivermectin without...

The issue of abused, missing, and murdered Native Americans is finally gaining media and legislative attention after years of neglect. The way the subject...

Jill Biden's weekend included five flights, 11 events, and three meetings with Democrats who all asked for her assistance ahead of the midterm elections....

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...

Kristin Riott is the executive director of Bridging the Gap, a nonprofit in Kansas City, Missouri that works on climate change and other environmental...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists filed a brief opposing Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban as the Supreme Court considers whether to uphold the...

Barack Obama has backed conservative West Virginia Democratic senator Joe Manchin's voting rights proposal, describing it as a "product of compromise" as the landmark...

In what could be the biggest head-turning move so far in Biden’s presidency, the new President has vowed to legalize over 11 million immigrants...

Russian strikes in Ukraine continued as the Kremlin urged Kyiv to resume grain shipments despite a Russian missile attack over the weekend that threatened...

Oklahoma is set to execute Benjamin Cole, a 57-year-old man convicted of the murder of his 9-month-old daughter, on Thursday, continuing a string of...

Nationalist blogger Roman Antonovsky's airtime has increased since fierce fighting broke out in February, thanks in large part to Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine. Before...

The officer who was fatally stabbed outside the Pentagon was identified by the Pentagon police force on Wednesday. Officer George Gonzalez was a New York...

When Mayor Lori Lightfoot approached them in a hospital following the shooting of two officers on Saturday night, about 30 Chicago police officers reportedly...

Inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain clogged, and the coronavirus refuses to go away, but America's casinos are humming along, with March being...

A toxic invasive species that can be fatal if consumed is wreaking havoc on parks, flower beds, and backyard gardens. Poison hemlock, also known as...

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...

Evacuation orders were issued in parts of several central Texas counties late Thursday as crews worked to contain the flames in dangerous fire weather...

The Nasdaq at 19,000, Apple and Microsoft market caps of more than $3 trillion, and a pervasive metaverse, particularly after Apple releases its much-anticipated...

Seattle, the state's largest city and the site of the first Covid-19 case in the United States more than two years ago, will begin...

Barbados has officially severed ties with Queen Elizabeth II after 55 years, and one of its first acts as the world's newest republic was...

Republicans issued a stern warning to President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats on Tuesday: change the Senate rules at your own risk. Mr. Biden endorsed...

On Wednesday, the FBI, the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning to U.S. organizations about...

The Supreme Court of the United States has consistently prohibited school-sponsored prayer in public schools. Simultaneously, lower courts have generally prohibited public school employees...

They are some of the top athletes in the world in their respective sports – elite in their training, meticulous in the preparation, the best...

We are at a point in time when it is worthwhile to take a step back and look at the current state of affairs...

On Wednesday, a person started shooting close to a Duke Energy facility at Wateree Hydro Station in Ridgeway, South Carolina, according to CBS News. Several...

Cloning is described as the intentional creation of genetically exact duplicates of an organism. Each resulting individual is a copy of the original. It...

Heavy-armed commandos kidnapped the princess on a yacht in the Indian Ocean. Despite her pleas, which were confirmed by two eyewitnesses aboard the US-flagged yacht...

The House select committee investigating the deadly insurgency at the US Capitol has sought to demonstrate that Donald Trump was at the center of...

Weary doctors and nurses on the front lines of the pandemic are preparing to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients over the Christmas holiday for the...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit against Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms Inc., on Monday, alleging that the social media giant...

On a party-line vote, Senate Democrats approved sweeping legislation on health care, climate change, and taxes on Sunday, delivering a major victory for President...

Amazon has gone 27 years without forming a union in the United States, but a grassroots effort at a New York warehouse could change...

Nearly two dozen Republicans who have publicly questioned or disputed the 2020 election results are running for secretary of state across the country, in...

Calls for the United States to ban the import of Russian oil increased on Monday, but while President Joe Biden's administration signaled a new...

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...

The mayor of Nice, France, unveiled Israel's flag at city hall after supporting a ban on pro-Palestinian demonstrations amid rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions. "In the face...

The Democratic primary battle in New York City between Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler is heating up, and one of the senior House...

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it will cancel three planned oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's...

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...

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...

Authorities said a magnitude 6 earthquake jolted both sides of the California-Nevada border, tossed boulders onto a major highway, and was felt as far...

If you want to know what the United States would look like if progressives were in charge, just take a look at what San...

Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted during a Monday press conference that 1,400 Florida schools will share $200 million in state funds because they improved their...

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the legal and cultural battles over abortion that have raged for decades in the United States...

Elaine Moore's family is running out of an increasingly valuable resource as California's drought worsens: water. This summer, two Central Valley almond growers' wells ran...

As Mexico commemorates the 500th anniversary of the conquest of the Aztecs by the Spanish, an award-winning filmmaker wants his fellow Mexicans and others...

On a quiet country road, four thin metal cylinders containing the world's most potent greenhouse gas are lashed to the base of a Duke...

According to one expert, Facebook and Twitter are enforcing Russian government propaganda and disinformation on social media at a "slow pace." After Russian forces bombed...

Due to the nature of the Democrat-led Senate, many Student Loan experts believe there will be quick and direct action from Biden in order...

Alicia Keys, the American Soul and R&B icon, urged young people in the rapidly changing Gulf Arab region to "continue to be bold" as...

You might believe that store and restaurant workers in the United States who catch Covid-19 stay at home to recover and keep the public...

New nuclear-weapons threats were made on Russian state television, with the head of state-controlled Russia Today (RT) Margarita Simonyan saying on air that the...

Officials in Russian-occupied Ukraine announced plans for Russia to annex four regions in the country's east and south, while Moscow moved to clear the...

Twitter is informing its employees that they have been laid off via email. On Thursday, Insider's Kali Hays reported that Twitter employees would be notified...