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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...

The Republican candidate for US Senate in New Hampshire will be a far-right Republican who supports Donald Trump's election fraud lie and has promised...

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...

Taisiia Mokrozub took her infant son, separated from her husband, and joined an exodus to safety in Poland on March 8, nearly two weeks...

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

Perhaps no midterm primary is garnering as much attention as Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney's, whose race next week could be the most high-profile test...

A white and silver space plane rocketed toward the edge of Earth's atmosphere, more than 46,000 feet above the stark New Mexico desert, propelled...

As world leaders gathered in New York to condemn him, Russian President Vladimir Putin was back at home, scrambling to replenish his depleted war...

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...

As of Friday, eleven countries were investigating possible monkeypox cases, including the United States, where a second possible case was reported in New York...

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

On Wednesday Facebook made a stirring decision to block certain groups of Australians from sharing news. Fire and emergency services, non-profit organizations and state...

The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration permission on Thursday to end a Trump-era immigration policy that required asylum seekers to remain in Mexico...

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Sunday directing the federal government to promote voting access in a move meant to commemorate the...

The major U.S. stock indexes opened sharply lower on Monday as investors weighed a slew of risks, including a possible shift in Federal Reserve...

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...

According to reports, Mitch McConnell is opposed to extending the free school lunch program. This comes as Congress considers what to include in the next...

A new study has sparked interest on the internet, demonstrating how two cannabis compounds may have anti-COVID-19 properties. But weed smokers shouldn't get too...

Shortly after President Joe Biden announced new sanctions on Russian banks and elites on Thursday – but not on Russian President Vladimir Putin –...

The novel coronavirus pandemic was undoubtedly the most significant and frightening event of 2020, but it was far from the strangest thing that occurred...

Police on Friday were seeking a motive and working to identify the gunman and eight victims in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility late Thursday. Police...

Russia will leave the International Space Station after its current commitment expires at the end of 2024, according to the new head of Russia's...

Top Senate Republicans are working hard to prevent the formation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Capitol attack, putting the bill's passage in...

More than 60 major corporations have signed an open letter calling on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to retract comments he made late last...

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

According to the most recent data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most people in the United States now live in...

When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, he promised to put the Supreme Court on a path to “automatically” overturn the decades-old precedent...

West Virginia will receive $99 million as part of a settlement with Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. over the drugmaker's role in...

In the last 24 hours, the price of Polygon (also known as MATIC on the cryptocurrency market) has risen by approximately 9%. According to...

Julie Cohn was fully immunized when she went to her 12-year-old son's basketball game in March. He requested that his mask be removed halfway...

Officials have issued a warning about threats to the nation's infrastructure after a shooting that damaged two power substations in a North Carolina County...

The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has heightened the importance of Vice President Kamala Harris' tour of Southeast Asia, where she will try to reassure...

Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu is the new Miss Universe. The reigning Miss Universe, Andrea Meza of Mexico, crowned her successor on Sunday night at the...

Stories about Black History Month frequently center on well-known professional athletes or entertainers. Today, we even the score by shining a light on six...

If it's Monday, President Biden will present his fiscal year 2023 budget. The White House and Democrats clarify Biden's remark to Putin that "this...

America has been paying reparations for slavery for more than 160 years. President Abraham Lincoln acknowledged this in his second inaugural address, saying, "We pray fervently...

On Sunday, former President Donald Trump attacked American Jews in a post on his Truth Social platform, claiming that Jews in the United States...

President Joe Biden is set to present the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor for valor, to three U.S. soldiers for their...

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...

The Rices fire in Northern California stymied fire crews again on Thursday, growing to 900 acres with only 12 percent containment. At least five firefighters...

Idaho became the first state on Wednesday to pass a law modeled after a Texas law prohibiting abortion after six weeks of pregnancy and...

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are looking to cement their legendary status at Wimbledon, but six new names are in the last eight with...

The Biden administration is considering expanding a policy that restricts federal agents' use of "no-knock" warrants. A "no-knock warrant," as the name suggests, is a...

Less than two weeks after meeting President Biden for the first time in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the United States' prosecution of...

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

Twitter's future appeared to be in jeopardy. Friday, after its offices were locked down and key employees announced their departures in defiance of new...

President Joe Biden announced a plan on Thursday to release roughly 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve...

According to disa.com, as of July 2022, 20 of the 50 states in the United States had legalized marijuana, with the remaining 30 ranging...

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan, has warned that the bank's exposure to Russia could cost it up to $1 billion (£763 million),...

Prosecutors announced Thursday that a tree trimmer in rural Northern California has been charged in three throat-slashing serial killings. Ryan Scott Blinston, 37, of Oroville,...

Washington's seizure of 33 websites run by Iran-linked media, Tehran warned on Wednesday, was "not constructive" for ongoing talks to re-enter the US into...

With a new home and a new $5 billion stadium already under their belt within the last 5 years, the LA Rams have taken another...

A Chicago couple whose house was repeatedly vandalized by a Trump supporter is fighting back with love. Last weekend, Erica Hungerford and Peter Charnley rallied...

At least 88 people have been confirmed dead across five U.S. states after a swarm of tornadoes ripped through communities in the South and...

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

Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc are spending millions of dollars to provide drivers with access to COVID-19 vaccines and offering tens of millions...

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...

When Chief Justice John Roberts cast the deciding vote in 2012 that upheld Barack Obama's signature achievement as president, the Affordable Care Act, he...

Tania Valdes says she found out her son was being held hostage after receiving a call from an anonymous group asking for money in...

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

Greta Thunberg was not officially invited to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, but she made her presence known on the first day of...

California is on track to become one of the first states in the country to explicitly enshrine the right to abortion and contraception in...

Vaccines appear to be starting to reduce new Covid-19 infections in the United States, a breakthrough that could allow people to resume more normal...

French President Emmanuel Macron hopes that his three-day trip to Algeria beginning Thursday will end a diplomatic squabble and allow him to strengthen ties...

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

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses lost power as a preliminary magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook Northern California early on Tuesday morning, startling locals...

The House of Representatives is poised this week to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan with $1,400 checks, billions for vaccines,...

Sofia Suarez, a receptionist at a Chicago dental office, was out of work for about three months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to reduced hours,...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sought a record-tying third term on Tuesday, while Democrat Beto O'Rourke sought an upset in America's largest red state in...

Last Week a federal judge ruled that California can now begin enforcing their tough net neutrality law. This law to ban internet providers from...

Critics argue that a new Texas law restricting abortions to a brief window around six weeks after conception is both extremely restrictive and extremely...

In the face of intense public pressure, Uvalde's top school official has recommended firing the school district police chief, who was central to the...

According to new rules approved by Congress, companies critical to US national interests will now be required to report when they are hacked or...

In his first day in office, President-elect, Joe Biden, plans to reveal his comprehensive immigration plan, which will provide a several year route by...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, whose workforce has been decimated by Trump-era hiring freezes, is advertising for thousands of new positions. After being decimated...

The city’s civilian police investigative watchdog’s review of an errant raid by Chicago police on the Near West Side home of social worker Anjanette...

The government got a judge to authorize the effort to remove malicious code from the Exchange Server hack. Early this year, a group of hackers...

When San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy receives his prestigious red hat at the Vatican on Saturday, he will bring to the College of Cardinals...

Senate Republicans prevented Democrats from moving forward on voting rights legislation, and Democrats failed to obtain 50 votes to change Senate rules to allow...

Ryan Serhant was pleased but skeptical when he received an offer last fall for one of his listings, a roughly $25 million Downtown Manhattan...