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As domestic issues mount and the Russian military struggles to maintain its tenuous hold on Ukraine, it appears that Russia has moved one significant...

The test-taking genius who helped wealthy students cheat their way into prestigious universities was sentenced on Friday. A jury also found the water polo...

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

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) new guidance has thrown Congress into disarray and sparked debate over a central question: to mask...

Republican governors are optimistic about their 2022 midterm prospects against Democrats after a big win in Virginia and a better-than-expected performance in New Jersey,...

Ukrainian authorities were working to extract people from the rubble of a multistory residential building in the country's east, which Ukrainian officials described as...

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...

President Emmanuel Macron may not have to wait long to learn how poorly his re-election has been received in some parts of France. In Sunday's...

Three Republican senators have asked Archivist of the United States David Ferriero to commit to not certifying the Equal Rights Amendment as part of...

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

The White House and leading conservative policy experts both chastised a leading Republican senator on Tuesday for calling for all Americans to begin paying...

Policymakers in the European Union unveiled their most ambitious plan yet to combat climate change on Wednesday, aiming to turn green goals into concrete...

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Because times are tough, Democrats should resist the urge to tell voters that everything is fine. According to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in a...

A new study found that people with high blood pressure who used a smartphone app and an at-home monitor were able to lower their...

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...

Mumps cases are still being reported in the United States, primarily among vaccinated people, including children. Mumps cases fell by more than 99 percent in...

In 2021, a lot happened. Some of it set world records, sparked creativity, and revealed awe. According to a spokesperson for Guinness World Records, there...

According to a new study, health care providers may be overcounting the number of children hospitalized for COVID-19, overestimating the disease's minor impact on...

President Joe Biden began his first overseas trip as president on Wednesday, seeking to reaffirm the United States' standing on the world stage with...

Ordinary citizens across Kyiv are arming themselves as Russian forces close in on the capital city after two days of heavy attacks and hundreds...

The Justice Department said in a court filing Thursday that the hundreds of pages of classified government records seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate...

The Los Angeles Lakers smothered the Phoenix Suns with sticky defense all season, winning 109-95 on Thursday night at Staples Center and taking a...

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...

Former NFL coach Urban Meyer attended former President Donald Trump's annual Super Bowl party on Sunday night, where guests dined on a game-day menu...

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....

A sprawling, privately run detention center in Adelanto, California's windswept desert town, could house nearly 2,000 migrants facing deportation. However, it is nearly empty...

Can humanity be saved by a nudge rather than a bang if an asteroid is hurtling toward Earth? NASA is planning a first-of-its-kind mission to...

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

Independence Day arrives at a time when the United States is roiled by hearings into the Jan. 6 insurgency, awash in turmoil over high...

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If you want to know what the United States would look like if progressives were in charge, just take a look at what San...

According to a report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, death rates for Americans aged 15 and older rose sharply...

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

Amazon installed a slew of metal lockers outside a 2019 Fresno, California, gas station convenience store so customers who didn't want packages delivered directly...

Tesla's Chinese sales last month were significantly lower than expected. Although Tesla does not report monthly sales or regional revenue, the China Passenger Car...

The economy of the United States grew at a disappointing rate in the second quarter, indicating that the country has emerged from the grip...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that he was putting a $250 million down payment on a state-led project to build “hundreds of miles”...

President Joe Biden, flanked by the leaders of several countries, announced the Los Angeles Declaration of Migration and Protection on the final day of...

Gunfire erupted on a moving New York City subway train during rush hour Tuesday morning, wounding at least five people and injuring eight others,...

The Covid-19 crisis is approaching the second anniversary of the World Health Organization's pandemic declaration on March 11 – and many people are now...

According to a senior US official, the Biden administration will stop using a humanitarian process known as parole to admit at-risk Afghans next month...

With the nation's top public health officials as their audience, Senate Republicans on Thursday voiced their displeasure with the Biden administration's new broad-reaching vaccine...

While the United States is the world's largest producer of oil, it is also the world's largest gas guzzler. The cost of this valuable resource...

Tax season is still months away, but knowing what to expect in terms of potential refunds is never too early — especially when inflation...

According to Barclays rates strategist Joseph Abate, record demand for the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repo program could reach a new high of $1.4...

Following her comments comparing COVID-19 safety to the Holocaust, a petition calling for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's expulsion from the House has gathered over...

Ian Peake, a medical student at the University of Oklahoma, spent four years shadowing doctors at a Tulsa abortion clinic because his school did...

President Donald Trump contracted COVID-19 back in October of 2020 and apparently was much sicker than he acknowledged at the time. He had extremely...

President Biden traveled to California for the second time in less than three weeks on Thursday, hoping to boost Democratic House members whose reelection...

The nation's largest utility reported to California regulators that Pacific Gas & Electric equipment may have been involved in the start of the massive...

Ohio police released graphic body camera video and additional details about the shooting of Black motorist Jayland Walker on Sunday, revealing for the first...

Nepal underestimated its second wave of Covid-19 infections and needs to ramp up its response, Nepali billionaire Binod Chaudhary said last week. He also...

In comparison to the rigors of licensing in other countries, getting a driver's license in the United States is simple for teenagers. However, a...

A group of astronauts who are trailblazers for their respective ethnicities are now true "rock stars," having asteroids named for them. The International Astronomical Union...

The CEO of one of the country's largest wind and solar farm developers has warned Congress not to "squander" an opportunity to boost his...

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Andries Noppert, a Dutch goalkeeper, considered giving up football two years ago because his career was stagnant. He is currently getting ready to play...

As world leaders prepare for the COP26 climate summit on October 31, AFP Fact Check investigates some common claims that call into question the...

It is a scary thought that all crocodiles are going to die off. If you're an enthusiastic and passionate nature lover, you will not...

A growing number of states are implementing digital credentials known as vaccine passports, a project that the Biden administration signaled this spring that it...

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

Russian authorities said Wednesday they are slowing down the speed of uploading photos and videos to Twitter over its failure to remove banned content...

Jim Medeiros and his wife were startled a decade ago when they heard 20 hunting dogs barking and howling as they circled their house...

At a time when conservatives are campaigning against teaching about systemic racism in the United States, the Texas Senate has moved to preserve evidence...

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hospitalizations for COVID-19 are at least three times more common in seniors than...

According to an email sent to Trump's lawyers in May 2021 by National Archives and Records Administration chief counsel Gary Stern, Trump-era records were...

Dozens of members of Congress have demanded the immediate release of Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, who was imprisoned for defying orders to stop publicly...

Heather Mars-Martins and her family would dive off the coast of Westerly, Rhode Island, to catch quahogs and clams, native to the eastern shores...

More than three billion Covid-19 vaccines have been distributed globally as countries race to contain the virulent Delta variant that is fueling outbreaks all...

When Apple or Samsung unveils a new smartphone, consumers can preorder the device within days and expect to get it in their hands within weeks. When Motorola introduced the first-ever...

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...

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),...

A Virginia judge has once again removed Loudoun County's progressive prosecutor from a criminal case, an extraordinary judicial intervention that raises questions about whether...

According to new research, Cobalt Strike is being weaponized in campaigns that use malware ranging from the Trickbot banking Trojan to Bazar. On Wednesday,...

The Biden administration will enact new rules in December governing applications for U.S. residency, departing from stringent Trump-era requirements that made it harder for...

When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, many US national security officials and analysts predicted that Ukraine's military would be able to hold out...

Sarah Palin's positive coronavirus tests have forced the postponement of a civil trial scheduled to begin Monday over her defamation claims against The New...

Migrant families who were returned to Haiti by the US after attempting to enter the country from Mexico are outraged at their treatment and...