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An LAPD officer has hit out at LeBron James, saying the NBA star "put a target on the back" of the cop who shot dead...

When it comes to extreme sports and outdoor adventure, few companies match Blizzard. Since 1974 they have built upon their reputation for providing the...

Concerns about escalating violence during contentious rallies in Portland, Oregon, have been heightened by a gunfight last week between far-right demonstrators and anti-fascist counter-protesters. The...

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...

In Washington, a heated debate is raging over President Biden's choice to lead a typically low-profile agency that regulates the banking industry. Saule Omarova, 55,...

Four sold-out performances at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. A new band member has joined the lineup, and the live set has been expanded. While...

The unexpected collapse of one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges shook the nation's capital this week, as lawmakers grappled with the wide-ranging fallout...

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...

The death of a 12-year-old girl whose body was discovered inside a plastic trunk has left France "profoundly shaken," prompting accusations that far-right lawmakers...

Amazon ended its late-year event with a surprise announcement: Astro, a new robot that's essentially a tablet on wheels with enough cameras to host...

A new federal law that will enable Canadians with mental illness to request Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) for their illness is being denounced...

Tesla's CEO is the world's richest man, with an estimated fortune of $233 billion. Elon Musk openly uses his influence to sway public opinion. The billionaire...

On Tuesday, the New York Times named Joseph Kahn as its new executive editor, prompting New York Magazine to publish a glowing profile of...

The US Commerce Department blacklisted Israeli firms NSO Group and Candiru on Wednesday, accusing them of providing spyware to foreign governments who "maliciously targeted"...

Pharmaceutical giant Merck will help make Johnson & Johnson single shot coronavirus vaccine — an unusual pact between fierce competitors that could sharply boost...

Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, former Vice President Mike Pence says abortion should be banned nationwide and is planning...

Squaw Valley, a popular Lake Tahoe ski resort, announced in September that it would change its name because the term was "derogatory and offensive."...

Climate change is forcing a stark choice in the coal fields of eastern Montana: stop mining, which has helped build everything from schools to...

Out Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg chastised Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and John Cornyn (R-TX), as well as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), for their...

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, stated on Monday night that his electric vehicle company has yet to sign a contract with Hertz, a rental...

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...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday, defying Beijing's stern warnings against a visit that the Communist Party of China regards as...

As the United States increases pressure on Russia in response to fears of a Ukrainian invasion, Russia's leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has found solace...

Every year, Walmart illegally dumps more than 1 million batteries, aerosol cans of insecticides and other products, toxic cleaning supplies, electronic waste, latex paints,...

In connection with fraud-related investigations, the US Secret Service is cracking down on illegal digital currency transactions, seizing more than $102 million in cryptocurrency...

According to court documents filed Tuesday, the man accused of brutally attacking the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told police officers on...

Most people want to find a job that pays well and allows for some work-life balance, but they also want to be happy. After...

A Florida bill that would restrict classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity and encourage parents to sue schools or teachers who engage...

The Amazon rainforest, home to the richest natural wildlife on earth, is the largest tropical rainforest and is known for its biodiversity. It is...

The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) enforcement division resigned on Wednesday in response to a federal judge's order that could raise...

Brazil’s rampant coronavirus outbreak has become a global threat that risks spawning new and even more lethal variants, one of the South American country’s...

When the universe's clock began to tick 14 billion years ago, space was still a tight, blazing hot, frenzied packet of cosmic stuff. Stars...

According to a company executive, Apple will change the primary cable port on its iPhones to comply with new European Union rules that require...

Two years after Congress passed legislation that improved the U.S. retirement system, lawmakers' efforts to improve it further are progressing — albeit slowly. Measures in...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi defied many of her Democratic colleagues last month when she told reporters that President Joe Biden does not...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer postponed votes on two voting rights bills late Thursday, delaying a debate over the chamber's rules that will determine...

Netgear shares fell 14.2 percent after the computer equipment manufacturer reported lower-than-expected sales and revenue for the most recent quarter. In addition, the company...

Marleine Bastien is unfazed by most things. She fled Port-au-Prince for Miami in 1981 after growing up under the brutal dictatorship of François "Papa...

Fadel Alkilani stood by a pile of trash bags filled with American flags on a patch of grass at Washington University in St. Louis...

Payton Gendron entered a plea of guilty on Monday to state charges related to the shooting that occurred in Buffalo's Tops supermarket in May. In...

Coal was expected to be relegated to the dustbin of history as the world embraced renewable energy. After all, many countries were phasing out these...

With the pandemic still raging, the virus's origins unknown, and wealthy nations stockpiling vaccines, the World Health Organization will convene its member states next...

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...

After appearing to take another prominent jab at the LGBTQ community's use of gender pronouns on Sunday, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk got into a...

Cracking down on Big Tech is a rare bipartisan desire, but a nearly 19-hour debate session in the House that lasted into Thursday morning...

Shoplifting has always been a problem for retailers. However, the emergence of coordinated and organized robberies at high-value stores, even during business hours, has...

Employers have turned to an often-overlooked pool of talent in the current tight labor market: applicants with criminal records. According to a recent Indeed Hiring...

Steve Bannon and other former Trump administration officials are facing legal consequences for refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by the House select committee...

Finland and Sweden formally applied for NATO membership on Wednesday, a move that, if approved, would fundamentally transform Northern Europe's security landscape and provide...

US carrier Southwest Airlines agreed to buy 100 additional Boeing 737 MAX planes, the companies announced Monday, in a vote of confidence for the...

The Biden administration is moving forward with plans to wind down the long-term detention of migrant families, according to documents filed late Friday in...

Parler, a social media company and app similar to Twitter that caters to conservative and right-wing users, announced that it would be relaunching its...

The Supreme Court has expanded parents' and students' rights to use government subsidies to attend religious schools, overturning a Maine program that prohibited the...

The White House warned Russia that using tactical or strategic nuclear weapons in Ukraine would have "catastrophic consequences," according to a top Biden administration...

Ernest Johnson was executed in Missouri on Tuesday, despite claims by his attorney and death penalty opponents that he had an intellectual disability and...

A Turkish court on Wednesday jailed 32 former soldiers for life in a mass trial involving nearly 500 military defendants implicated in a failed...

Millions of people will lose their unemployment benefits this weekend, as federal pandemic-era policies come to an end. In March 2020, Congress authorized a historic...

On Monday, hundreds of would-be rescuers laboriously dug through a mountain of crushed concrete, mangled steel, and smashed belongings as officials vowed to continue...

Climate change isn't the reason that some coal-fired power plants in the United States are closing down. It is the cost of tighter pollution...

If Democrats manage to keep their grip on the U.S. Senate in November’s midterm elections, it won’t have been all about the money —...

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte was set to return home on Thursday, six days after his state was inundated with historic flooding that forced the...

Historians cut into a 36-pound copper time capsule found in the pedestal of a monument to former Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond,...

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

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...

"We didn't even have time to get our things," says Ukrainian refugee Ludmila Nikiforova, one of hundreds of people fleeing the brutal conflict on...

JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, has unveiled plans for its new global headquarters, which will be a 60-story skyscraper powered...

Following their worst week since the start of the pandemic, US stocks fell sharply on Monday, with the S&P 500 index falling into correction...

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....

Nissan is the latest automaker to announce a massive investment in an ambitious electrification strategy. The company stated that it will invest 2 trillion...

Chase Oliver, a libertarian, will not win Georgia's Senate race. However, the 37-year-old self-described former Democrat could command enormous national attention, influencing the election night...

In November 2015, a gunman drove up to a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs and opened fire before storming inside and continuing to...

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

Airlines may have thought their pandemic woes were over in the fall, when a coronavirus wave passed and more people took to the skies....

President Biden advocated Wednesday for the expansion of free school meals as part of a new national strategy to end hunger and increase healthy...

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....

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,...

According to a top federal health official, the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus now accounts for 83 percent of all sequenced cases...

As the country's COVID-19 vaccine mandate kicks off on Wednesday, France could suspend up to 300,000 health-care workers for failing to be vaccinated. All medical,...

Due to a patchwork of lawsuits in state courts and urgent court orders, the status of abortion rights across the nation remains uncertain six...

Although Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, a far-right MAGA Republican, QAnon sympathizer, and conspiracy theorist, is frequently vilified as an extremist by her opponents,...