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Snap Inc. issued a warning on Thursday about a long-feared internet advertising meltdown that could occur in the normally busy fourth quarter. Long feared because,...

Community leaders have questioned the New Zealand government’s decision to temporarily close the border to people travelling from India, and say they fear the...

The U.S. Capitol, also known as the U.S. Capitol Building, is perhaps the most important place of business and official government gathering in the...

Because of "unknown hazards" in the area where a family and their dog were mysteriously found dead last month, federal forest officials closed trails...

The head of the Food and Drug Administration will testify before Congress for the first time Thursday about the baby formula shortage, which has...

Brown, Ketanji Jackson does not have the typical background of a US Supreme Court justice. Not just because she's a woman of African-American descent. While many...

The Excelsior Pass in New York is becoming increasingly popular. The digital vaccine platform has issued millions of passes since its launch in March,...

Employees at Walt Disney Co. locations across the country plan to rise from their desks and march to the exits on Tuesday to protest...

Here we go! After months of pandemic delays, Nintendo's first ever theme park, featuring a "Mario Kart" ride in a real-life Bowser's Castle, opened...

They are the rare gun laws that attract bipartisan agreement — so-called red flag laws, which allow the authorities to temporarily take away guns...

The Senate passed a short-term spending bill Thursday night, averting a government shutdown that was scheduled for Saturday unless Congress acted. Senators voted 65-27 to...

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

Cadell Walker rushed to get her 9-year-old daughter Solome immunized against COVID-19, not only to protect her, but also to help prevent the coronavirus...

From Australia to South Korea and across Asia Pacific, the last "zero-Covid" bastions are relaxing restrictions and opening borders as the region prepares to...

As many as 20,000 members of the national Guard could be deployed to Washington D.C. for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January...

Since the announcement that all Covid-related restrictions would be lifted in England, experts have warned of disastrous consequences, ranging from an inevitable increase in...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigating a claim that Facebook Inc refused a publisher's request to negotiate a licensing deal, setting the...

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

If the coronavirus pandemic has caused you to rethink the way you spend and save money, you're not alone. According to a McKinsey report  published...

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

According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, those who have been fully vaccinated for the coronavirus may skip the quarantine time if...

A new pledge from private donors to match $500,000 in contributions for a $1 million expansion at a Lake Tahoe wildlife rescue center is...

Florida On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed the Biden administration's plans to appeal a judge's decision enforcing mask requirements on planes and other forms...

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...

According to reports, President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a contentious phone call last week. For several years, Washington has debated whether...

It has been a chaotic first six weeks for Biden and his new administration. With ex-President Trump's impeachment trial and a partisan split over...

Districts are planning to ramp up COVID-19 testing when classes resume in January, anticipating steep challenges in reopening schools amid an omicron-driven surge of...

Seychelles, which has vaccinated the most of its population against Covid-19, saw active cases more than double in the week ending May 7, raising...

The diverging fortunes of major banks in the fallout from the Archegos Capital Management meltdown has posed serious questions for global regulators, experts have...

According to a Ukrainian government official, Ukrainian intelligence indicates Belarus' "readiness to possibly participate directly" in the invasion of Ukraine, "in addition to allowing...

In a forecast from the University of Washington’s pandemic forecasting team, it is estimated that close to another 200,000 Americans are likely to dies...

Airlines for America, along with 28 other airline, travel, and business groups, wrote to White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients on Wednesday, urging...

25th of September, 2001 It's a date that many Michael Jordan fans don't believe exists. Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of Michael Jordan's return from...

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

Russian military flights around Alaska are taxing the US units that respond to them, but they are handling the strain well, according to the...

With approximately 100,000 Russian troops stationed near the Ukrainian border, warships stationed in the nearby Black Sea, and Russian tanks pouring in from the...

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...

Lebanon has been without a fully functioning government for nearly ten months, with President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri unable to reach...

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...

In a television interview two decades ago, the fringe congressman stated unequivocally that if he were president, he would dissolve the Brazilian congress and...

According to new FBI information, a Virginia Beach woman who sold $31.8 million in counterfeit coupons to shoppers used the money to fund high-end...

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The Russian military said Wednesday that it used long-range missiles to destroy a depot in Ukraine's western Lviv region that housed ammunition for NATO-supplied...

When Grammy-nominated producer Harvey Mason Jr. took over as president of the Recording Academy, he knew he was in for a challenge. He's heard...

The opposition in Hungary has demanded ministerial resignations from Viktor Orbán's far-right government in response to allegations that the government targeted journalists, media owners,...

When the US State Department announced the new International Anticorruption Champions Award last month, it set off ripples of media coverage across the world. The...

Dogecoin (CCC:DOGE-USD), a meme-inspired cryptocurrency, rose more than 12,000 percent this year, reaching a high of about 73 cents before collapsing due to a...

The skies over a number of Western U.S. cities will remain dark for the third year in a row as some major fireworks displays...

A new study of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest to suggest that the new coronavirus...

Boris Johnson has long envisioned "Global Britain," a free-trading, swashbuckling world power unleashed by Brexit. And he's been working hard this week in New...

In the United States, there is a direct relationship between education and income. People earn more money on average with each degree they obtain,...

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...

A new variant of the coronavirus responsible for Covid-19 has been identified in Botswana and South Africa, where it has been linked to a...

Pfizer reported that earnings and sales more than doubled in the most recent quarter, and it raised its full-year outlook, owing largely to its...

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

According to a report released Tuesday that provides a comprehensive look at American philanthropy, charitable giving in the United States reached a record $485...

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...

Facebook's profit more than doubled in the most recent quarter as digital advertising surged, but the company warned of slower growth in the months...

The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights organization that has been tracking attacks on the Jewish community since 1979, recorded the highest number of...

A Brussels court has ruled that Belgium's failure to meet climate targets is a violation of human rights, in the latest legal victory against...

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...

Scientists traveled into the forests of northern Laos in the summer of 2020, half a year into the coronavirus pandemic, to catch bats that...

According to the head of the International Energy Agency, Europe must prepare immediately for Russia to cut off all gas exports to the region...

Former Vice President Mike Pence has remained at the center of speculation about his plans for the 2024 presidential election, and despite the fact...

Health experts around the world are warning that the COVID-19 might be here to stay, but with vaccinations it’s likely that it won’t always...

During the state's recent primary, Teri Saltzman said she took her time looking over her ballot at home in Pflugerville, Texas, using specialized glasses...

Consumer staple stocks, such as PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP), can be a great addition to any long-term portfolio because they are known to perform well during...

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...

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...

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...

Even as the US and its allies try to devise coordinated policies to prevent Russia from invading Ukraine, Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran are warning...

In 2021, disasters continued to strike, from Hurricane Ida's devastation in Louisiana and the Northeast to devastating wildfires in the West and damaging storms,...

Top House Democrats called on the Biden administration on Sunday to extend the eviction moratorium amid the coronavirus pandemic, just hours after the ban...

Two months into lockdown, 29-year-old Ella left the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that she was raised in near New York, started wearing trouser pants for...

If you're the type of parent who prefers to drive your children to school, there was no better place to be last school year...

Nine months after George Floyd's death laid bare the racial wounds in the United States, the white policeman charged with murdering the 46-year-old Black...

Thirteen months ago, not at the end of the news day on a dreary Friday in February 2022. Former Vice President Mike Pence's belated declaration,...

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...

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