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A family who lost their home earlier this month in a deadly fire that started at a sawmill in the Northern California town of...

A growing number of Mexicans, Hondurans, Cubans, and Venezuelans are crossing the US-Mexico border, while some US policies may continue to funnel migrants into...

Most people know him for his 1996 sing-along hit "I Believe I Can Fly," which became an inspirational anthem played at school graduations, weddings,...

After warnings that a tropical storm could make the site unsafe, demolition crews used explosives to bring down the remaining structure left behind after...

Rory McIlroy has never been shy about expressing his disdain for Saudi-backed LIV Golf's attempts to quickly gain traction by stealing some of the...

The game has shifted in the last three weeks. Frances Haugen, a brave Facebook whistleblower, has transformed the conversation about technology reform, accomplishing more...

Cellphones, the ultimate distraction, keep children from learning, according to educators. However, in attempts to keep phones away from students, the most vocal opposition...

Germany held a national memorial service on Sunday for its nearly 80,000 victims of the coronavirus pandemic, with the president urging the country to...

A few Democrats in the United States Congress have begun to express what many have privately considered: whether President Joe Biden, the oldest person...

Joey Cassanova, a retired MMA fighter, posted a video to his TikTok page on April 7th, 2021, with the message, "If you only knew...

Americans are "really, really down" after two years of a pandemic and rising gasoline prices, but the economy is in better shape than many...

On Friday, the UN special envoy for Myanmar met with Thailand's prime minister as part of her efforts to end the violence in Myanmar...

Many experts and researchers hoped that when US President Joe Biden accused Facebook of "killing people" by spreading vaccine lies in July, it signaled...

Elon Musk threatened to cancel his agreement to purchase Twitter Inc. in a letter accusing the company of failing to comply with his request...

The first waves of arrests in the deadly siege at the United States Capitol targeted easy targets. Dozens of members of the pro-Trump mob...

According to a Google cybersecurity official and the former head of UK foreign intelligence, a new website that published leaked emails from several leading...

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...

Defiant Afghan women staged a rare protest Thursday, saying they would accept the burqa if their daughters could still attend school under Taliban rule. "It...

According to a lawsuit filed Thursday, federal officials have accused a company that runs a Virginia facility breeding dogs for research of violating animal...

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...

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

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

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...

According to authorities, the head coach and six members of the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams were among nine people...

On Tuesday, calls for the resignation of three Los Angeles city council members who were caught on tape making racist comments in a meeting...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, a sizable minority of coronavirus infections have resulted in long COVID, a perplexing collection of lingering and often...

Climbers were ecstatic when Nepal decided to reopen its side of Mount Everest this year, but reports indicate that even the world's highest peak...

It is to no shock that the majority of the political landscape is focused on impeachment while other major stories are overshadowed.While the Senate...

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...

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams appeared to take a tenuous lead in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, but it could be...

The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent...

The trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, resumes Tuesday with further testimony from an MMA fighter who witnessed Floyd’s...

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 Biden administration is restoring California's authority to set its own automobile tailpipe pollution standards, reversing a Trump administration policy and likely ushering in...

Rudy Giuliani may have his law license suspended or revoked as a result of a preliminary finding that he broke at least one professional...

On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that aims to make healthcare more affordable and available for Americans. As a result, the Department...

As the UK’s vaccination program was “knocked off course” due to a delay in receiving five million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India,...

Brittney Griner may have been the most well-known American whose overseas detention was deemed unlawful by the United States. State Department, but she wasn't...

A Florida Senate committee advanced a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel "discomfort" when...

A new report from California's first-ever reparations task force explains how slavery affected nearly every aspect of Black life in America, causing "innumerable harms"...

Ordinary Ukrainian civilians across the country are resisting Russian invasion as fiercely as Ukrainian armed and territorial defense forces. Ukrainians' bravery manifests itself in...

A helicopter crash in the Alaskan wilderness left five people, including one of Europe’s richest residents, dead after the chopper went down on Saturday...

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...

As the Supreme Court appears to be on track to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, progressive prosecutors across the country are declaring that...

Celebrities are speaking out after the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer in a Minneapolis suburb during a...

Andrew Waldholtz, who grew up in mid-sized Virginia Beach, wanted to live in a big city, so he went to college in the District...

As the turbulent 1960s came to an end, California Governor Ronald Reagan convened a welfare summit. He was hoping to test one of his...

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...

It's one thing to have to overcome the odds in order to win a gold medal for your country; it's quite another to have...

Liz Truss's rapid political demise came to an end on Thursday, when she announced her resignation just over six weeks after becoming Britain's leader....

Pride parades began Sunday in New York City and across the country, with glittering confetti, cheering crowds, fluttering rainbow flags, and newfound fears about...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed the Supreme Court's leaked draft decision to overturn the nation's landmark Roe v. Wade law as a "abomination,"...

A new coalition of small business groups on Tuesday launched a campaign for tougher US antitrust enforcement, specifically calling for the breakup of online...

According to tests conducted by online pharmacy and lab Valisure, traces of a chemical linked to blood cancers such as leukemia have been detected...

Colorado's attorney general announced on Wednesday that a grand jury had indicted three police officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain,...

It is unclear whether Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a final decision on an invasion of Ukraine, but he is continuing to build...

According to a new watchdog report, the Department of Homeland Security intelligence division identified "specific" threats related to January 6, 2021, prior to the...

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...

According to a new study from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, gun ownership is more prevalent in areas of America that had a large...

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

Oberlin College in Ohio racked up more than $4 million in interest after failing to pay a local family-run bakery more than $30 million...

After 13 years of marriage, NFL star Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen have finalized their divorce, both announcing the news on social media...

Halfway through the NFL season, there have already been two coaching changes, with Indianapolis firing Frank Reich this week, four weeks after Carolina fired...

Although the days of Russia's war in Ukraine are still being counted, images of atrocities have already numbered in the hundreds of thousands. The conflict...

Stephen Miller, Donald Trump’s former top adviser, will give testimony to the January 6 committee today. After the former president's daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump...

A homework assignment requiring middle school students at a private school in Kentucky to write a letter disapproving of their lifestyle to a hypothetical...

This week, President Joe Biden signaled his intent to reconnect and strengthen ties with U.S. allies across the pond in Europe and resume a...

A Missouri school district has announced that spanking will be reinstated this school year, but with a parental caveat. Merlyn Johnson, superintendent of Cassville School...

Truckers protesting a state labor law effectively shut down cargo operations at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, it was announced. "The shutdown will exacerbate...

When asked what they are thankful for on Thanksgiving, the most common response is family. They are also thankful for their friends and health. This...

The European Union agreed Monday to impose sanctions on Belarus, including a ban on its airlines using EU airspace and airports, in response to...

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...

Apple is optimistic about lidar, a technology found in the iPhone 12 family, specifically the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. According...

Britain will have its third prime minister in less than three years, with the ruling Conservative Party announcing Monday that Liz Truss had been...

Boris Johnson apologized in the House of Commons on Wednesday. As well as wiggled. And apologized again — amid opposition calls that he is...

The U.S. government expanded a program on Monday that permits some Haitian immigrants to live and work there without worrying about being deported, citing...

Andy Stone is one of the fortunate. The New Yorker saw a tweet from a local AIDS activist stating that monkeypox vaccines would be...

What could possibly be superior to a single, extensive high-speed rail network? Three or four that are in competition with one another appear to...

If you were to look at Dubai right now you may think life is back to normal. Recently, the busy city has been a...

Night after night, tear gas has hung like a cloud over the Sterling Square Apartments, just across the street from the Brooklyn Center Police...