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Beginning in July, the IRS will begin paying 5% guaranteed interest to individuals who have filed late tax returns, an increase of 1% from...

As New Zealand prepares to implement one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws, a similar ban has already been implemented in a Boston suburb...

In September, doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham implanted two pig kidneys into a brain-dead person, a step toward testing the procedure...

Workers on freight trains are fed up. Because he couldn't get time off, one conductor almost missed his wife's funeral. After having to stay at...

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...

The Justice Department announced Friday that former Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been charged with two counts of criminal contempt of Congress...

Elise Stefanik and Chip Roy pitched their House GOP colleagues on their cases to be the conference's next No. 3 leader on Thursday night,...

A new poll of 1,500 American citizens found that 43% believe a civil war will erupt within the next decade, indicating growing concern about...

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...

According to a New York law that permits sexual assault victims to file lawsuits years after the alleged assault, writer and columnist E. Jean...

According to the nation's most closely watched forecasting model, the United States is expected to see nearly 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths between now and...

Margaret, the middle Bowlin sister, was the first to exhibit symptoms. As a toddler, she began having seizures. The eldest, Bettina, then experienced a...

We're about a month away from the rumored unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S22 lineup – or possibly less, according to rumors of a...

Despite authorities dismissing a vague and viral TikTok trend warning of nationwide school violence on Friday as non-credible, widespread school closures, stretched law enforcement...

Salman Rushdie is recovering in a hospital after being repeatedly stabbed on stage in front of a New York audience on Friday in an...

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge to allow an independent attorney to review all of the documents seized by the...

The United States military announced in 1984 that they had signed an international treaty committing them to destroying all of the country's stored chemical...

Because of Amazon's recent partnership with Affirm, an online payment plan service primarily seen and when shopping online fashion brands, the behemoth retailer will...

Across the world 800 million children are still not fully back in school, UNICEF is warning, with many at risk of never returning to...

Joe Biden began his presidency with a promise to advance equity, which entails favoring certain races and ethnicities over others in order to reduce...

It's much easier to laugh at the idea of Lifetime's Harry and Meghan movies than it is to laugh at them, as long as...

The House of Representatives passed a Democratic-led package of gun violence prevention legislation on Wednesday, amid widespread calls for action in the aftermath of...

Colonial Pipeline's CEO faced tough questions from lawmakers Tuesday about his company's ransomware attack, which caused a major disruption in the nation's fuel supply...

If you’re one of the lucky ones out there who has already received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, you may be wondering what...

On Friday, Russian forces seized a massive nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, extending their siege of cities along the country's southern coast, including...

Russian forces are building new defensive positions miles behind the current front lines of the Ukraine war, according to Britain's defense ministry, indicating that...

For years, the Chinese Communist Party has been building a moral ranking system that will monitor the behavior of its vast population and rank...

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...

Ohio voters will go to the polls in less than a week for the Republican Senate midterm primary election, which will be the first...

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...

Google is famous for its cafeterias, which serve everything from vegan poke to gourmet tacos to its legions of programmers and product managers for...

Republicans used President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday to launch campaign-style attacks on what many GOP members see as the...

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...

The civil rights enforcement division of the U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into a North Texas school district whose superintendent was...

A former director of Mississippi's welfare agency is set to plead guilty Thursday to new federal charges in a conspiracy to misspend tens of...

According to a summary of the findings, China's preliminary report into what caused a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 to crash into a mountain...

An Iranian girl in middle school was beaten to death after police discovered a torn-up photo of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini in...

As the November elections approach and complicate bipartisan support, US lawmakers attempting to reduce the cost of insulin for more than a million Americans...

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....

The US Department of Justice has no business — none — even considering interfering in the back-and-forth between parents and school administrators. Pedagogy and...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is not taking any chances with less than 500 days until he is up for reelection. In an interview over the...

Richard Glossip was scheduled to be executed last week in Oklahoma, but his execution was postponed for the fourth time last month. Glossip's lawyers have...

On Friday, the French government denied any cover-up of radiation levels in the Pacific as a result of its nuclear testing in the region,...

David Baszucki, fresh off a stint as a radio host in Santa Cruz, Calif., founded a small video-game company in 2004. It qualified for...

There will be no Democrat running against incumbent Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong for North Dakota's sole congressional seat in November. Mark Haugen, the former...

Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden's choice to fill the vacant seat on the five-member Federal Communications Commission, was scheduled to be voted on Wednesday...

Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotelier who inspired the acclaimed 2004 film "Hotel Rwanda," claims he was tortured for several days by Rwandan authorities at...

The first attempt to mass-produce the experimental vaccine that has played a critical role in halting the coronavirus pandemic in the United States was...

Lithuanian cybersecurity experts are urging the country's government agencies to stop using Chinese smartphone brands after an investigation revealed security flaws and censorship concerns...

President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the United States would militarily defend Taiwan if China attacked, reiterating his support for the island as...

On Wednesday morning, students at a New Jersey high school logged into their remote landscape and design class, expecting their teacher to lead a...

A co-founder of the global scheme to provide vaccines for poor people said Thursday India was delaying exports of much-needed jabs, as EU leaders...

Aviation experts say the plane that crashed in the South China mountains on Monday was one of the safest in the world, raising questions...

Demonstrators showing solidarity with the thousands of Cubans who took part in a rare weekend of protests across their island nation shut down a...

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...

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

Stocks, oil prices, and government bond yields all fell after South Africa issued a warning about a rapidly spreading strain of the coronavirus, raising...

Apple advised all users on Monday to update their devices after researchers warned that the Israeli spyware company NSO Group had developed a method...

While many Republican candidates began this election season by attacking Democrats over inflation, Lee Zeldin of New York had a different focus: crime. The Republican...

Elon Musk claims to have secured $46.5 billion in financing to purchase Twitter and is in the process of negotiating a deal with the...

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

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...

The Biden administration is expected to announce a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics this week, according to a senior administration official...

A third of all the world's man-made greenhouse gas emissions are linked to food, according to new global research that tracked produce from field...

For the last seven weeks, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, have been voting by mail on whether to unionize. Their ballots...

While COVID-19 has brought its fair share of disaster to many companies and industries in its entirety, it has significantly impacted hemp producers in...

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...

On Sunday, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Sacramento Kings, 119-107, to improve to 3-0 on the season. With victories over the Lakers and...

The Russell Westbrook experiment in Los Angeles has yet to click, and I'm not sure it ever will. LeBron James' absence from games due...

As a powerful hurricane slams Florida's Gulf Coast, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is dealing with President Biden and the federal government in a very...

On Sunday morning in Madison, Wisconsin, the office of a conservative political organization that advocates against abortion rights was vandalized and damaged by fire,...

Viktor Orbán, Hungary's far-right prime minister, is hoping Donald Trump will visit Budapest in the coming weeks to help his reelection campaign. According to a...

According to police, a Florida man was arrested after a viral video showed him dumping 50 balloons from a boat into the ocean following...

Juanisha C. Brooks was driving home on the Capital Beltway early on March 6 when she noticed the flashing lights of an emergency vehicle...

On April 1st, Myanmar's deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been charged with breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, her lawyer said on...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a Washington regulator that almost no one has heard of, is suddenly gaining a lot of attention—and for...

A federal vaccine advisory committee will meet on Tuesday to decide whether adults in the United States will soon have a fourth COVID-19 vaccine...

Nvidia has been a top investment this year, with share prices of the graphics card specialist skyrocketing nearly 133 percent in 2021 due to...

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

Alice Dearing was about to make history as the first Black woman to swim for Great Britain in the Olympics in 2021. Then came the...