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A federal judge issued an emergency order from the bench on Tuesday prohibiting Arizona ballot drop box monitors affiliated with the conservative group Clean...

China's reaction to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan was anything but subtle, with warships and military aircraft dispatched to all sides...

The woman who accused Trevor Bauer of sexual assault testified tearfully on Monday about her two encounters with him at his Pasadena home earlier...

Crews in Minneapolis demolished barriers around George Floyd Square early Thursday morning, reopening the intersection where George Floyd was killed beneath the knee of...

Oberlin College in Ohio racked up more than $4 million in interest after failing to pay a local family-run bakery more than $30 million...

To temper rising oil prices, the Biden administration has flirted with lifting oil sanctions on previously shunned Venezuela, but it appears unwilling to encourage...

Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Facebook, could be in for a rough ride on Thursday when he testifies to Congress for the first time...

On Tuesday, the FBI director defended his bureau's handling of intelligence ahead of the January 6 US Capitol riot, while telling lawmakers of an...

Ordinary Americans may be unaware of this, but political science buffs who live in and write about Washington are arguing about how bad things...

He wasn't really in "goblin mode" after all. Elon Musk tweeted a series of suggestions for improving Twitter last week after it was revealed...

As missed warning signs pile up in mass-shooting investigations, New York state is implementing a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People...

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...

According to video evidence, the Republican Party is forming a grassroots "army" to target and potentially overturn election results in Democratic precincts. The alleged scheme...

NASA’s new rover, Perseverance, was confirmed to have landed on Mars around 4:00 PM EST on Thursday. Also known as “Percy,” the spacecraft made...

A key step scheduled for Monday on University Medical Center's proposal to borrow $345 million without voter approval may be postponed. The LIBRE Initiative, an...

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 —...

Google is facing a $5 billion lawsuit over complaints that its Chrome browser tracks users even when using "Incognito" mode. A U.S. District judge ruled last...

Ronnie Lee refused to eat pork. “Swine,” he said, “was unclean.” My oldest cousin was never a religious person. In fact, the only time I recall...

Soaring Covid-19 cases in Michigan – where one of the nation’s worst outbreaks is underway -- are pushing hospitals to critical capacity levels, and residents...

A New York gun control law that prohibits firearms in Times Square, Yankee Stadium, the subway, and other sensitive areas is on shaky legal...

Facial recognition technology is making a comeback in the United States, as bans intended to thwart the technology and reduce racial bias in policing...

In what is likely to be one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever, hackers have returned nearly half of the $600 million they stole. The...

Tensions are rising among congressional Democrats as the party's $3.5 trillion spending plan draws ever closer to a stalemate. Democrats' frustrations, which have been simmering...

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

The elite Russian state hackers behind last year's massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign haven't slowed down this year, infiltrating a slew of US and allied...

Three Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Friday, in what should be a routine mission to the orbiting...

Long-time county clerk Sam Merlino decided to leave her job after officials in Nye County, Nevada, accepted a pitch from a Republican nominee for...

A Moscow court has denied an appeal by one of two former Marines whom US officials believe Russia is holding hostage and whose cases...

Kevin McCarthy and other Republican members of Congress can rant about how bad the border crisis is, but what are they doing about it? Last...

Kamala Harris, the vice president, had to travel to the US. Senate will resolve a tie. She first needed to prevent a backup in...

The prospect of summer drivers crowding U.S. highways is powering steep gains in the price of gasoline, a sign of economic recovery and a boon...

Truckers protesting a state labor law effectively shut down cargo operations at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, it was announced. "The shutdown will exacerbate...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) stormed away from an interview Wednesday for the victims of the Uvalde, Texas, massacre after a British journalist asked him...

Lesa Tard anticipates that the clean energy revolution will bring more hot wings and cheeseburgers to Stanton with Ford's plans to build a factory...

The Biden administration has been planning Covid-19 booster shots for weeks, as the delta variant drives a new pandemic wave across the country. The...

California's climate crisis is rapidly worsening, affecting every resident and "increasingly taking a toll on the health and well-being of its people as well...

Gaston, a 57-year-old Venezuelan human rights lawyer, spent years visiting the country's most deplorable prisons defending students imprisoned for protesting the socialist government. Fearing retaliation...

Three doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine provide excellent protection for children under the age of five, the company announced on Monday. Pfizer intends to...

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

A family in Myanmar has said that government security forces fatally shot a 7-year-old girl as she ran to her father — the youngest...

President Biden's decision to reconsider marijuana's legal status and pardon federal marijuana convictions has reignited calls for congressional action to help the struggling cannabis...

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

According to a report released on Tuesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of cryptocurrency goliath FTX, defrauded...

In an interview with The Washington Post five years ago, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden stated, "We believe that climate change is real." We...

The deadline for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to introduce Democrats' healthcare, education, and climate package has been pushed back to Friday due to snags...

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine's breakaway regions ordered civilians to be evacuated to Russia on Friday, accusing Ukraine of planning a large military offensive...

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...

Republican Missouri state Sen. Mike Moon believes that Covid-19 vaccinations should be discontinued, particularly among children, until the long-term effects are known. He cites...

Iryna Nikolaieva sat in a stairwell of a Kyiv bomb shelter where she had been living for three days and called engineers at two...

South Carolina lawmakers are the latest to pass legislation prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in women's sports in public schools and universities. Despite over 1,000...

In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California expressed her "great disappointment" over the decision to withdraw...

Tropical rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and according to a bleak new report by the non-governmental organization Rainforest Foundation Norway, humans are...

The same-sex and interracial marriage protection act will be signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday afternoon. As the Respect for Marriage Act...

The World Bank has warned that the conflict in Ukraine will result in the "largest commodity shock" since the 1970s. According to a new forecast,...

A 49-year-old Seattle man was charged with felony stalking after being arrested earlier this month on suspicion of committing a hate crime against U.S....

Crews battling the largest wildfire in California this year braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that could lead to additional fire growth on...

A coalition of educators and civil rights organizations sued the state of Oklahoma over a law that limits what can be taught about racism...

For the first time, Brazilians representing their country at the Olympics will undergo anti-racism training, in a bid to deal with a deep-rooted problem...

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the global death toll from the coronavirus had reached 4 million. The UN's health agency...

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...

President Volodymyr Zelensky warned overnight that the fate of Ukraine's entire Donbas region is dependent on the strategic city of Severodonetsk, as he urged...

Analysts are updating their views on Netflix's outlook after the streaming giant reported better-than-expected third-quarter subscriber growth and forecasting stronger fourth-quarter momentum late Tuesday....

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...

China and the European Union held a virtual summit on Friday, which was overshadowed by Russia's war in Ukraine. E.U. leaders pressed Premier Li Keqiang...

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...

According to reports, Chinese-owned TikTok is working feverishly to transfer all data it has on US users to the US and put an American...

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...

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...

Hundreds of thousands of dollars are on the line for a suburban Iowa school district on Friday if enraged parents carry out a plan...

Early last March, when the COVID-19 crisis still felt like a remote threat, Charlie Baker flew off with members of his family to a...

After briefly changing the icon of the Iranian flag on its social media accounts in support of the protests occurring in the nation, Iranian...

Engracia Figueroa, a passionate advocate for people with disabilities, died as a result of complications from injuries she sustained in July when United Airlines...

Except for former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has the lowest approval rating of any elected president after one year in office. However,...

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 decision in the United States Supreme Court's most important gun rights case in over a decade is expected any day now. The case, New...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued broad new directives to immigration officers on Thursday, stating that being an undocumented immigrant "should not alone be...

Robert Lewandowski can reach another milestone Saturday in his quest to better Gerd Mueller's all-time record of 40 goals in a Bundesliga season. The Bayern...

Two US Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait, the first US naval transit in the waterway since tensions between the US and China...

What can we do about a tech sector that appears to be dominating competitors while becoming increasingly hostile to conservative ideas? It's a difficult question...

The new King experienced yet another set of firsts this past week. This time, Charles III welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the...