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

Photoshop for iPad now has some useful new retouching tools, such as the 'Magic Wand,' that bring it closer to the desktop version of...

On Monday, U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra ordered Medicare to reconsider a large premium increase that will affect millions of seniors this year, which...

Blink Science, a Florida-based startup, heard something startling while developing a rapid test that detects the coronavirus in someone's saliva: The Food and Drug...

Frigid air, spilling south from the Arctic, has invaded Europe and Alaska, setting back spring and challenging long-standing records. In Europe, the cold has come...

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...

Voters in the city rejected a ballot measure to overhaul policing that was drafted amid national outrage over the death of George Floyd by...

Three Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Friday, in what should be a routine mission to the orbiting...

In one of the worst droughts in history, illegal marijuana growers are taking uncontrolled amounts of water across the western United States, leaving little...

At least 19 people, including nine children, were killed Sunday in a fire at a Bronx apartment complex caused by a malfunctioning portable space...

Human rights advocates claim that nearly a dozen weeks into the Iranian people's anti-government uprising, over 400 people have died, including 60 children, and...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under fire after a leaked video recording shows senior Downing Street staff laughing about Johnson allegedly throwing a...

Prospective home buyers have long been subjected to a type of financial profiling to help determine their eligibility for a mortgage – the credit...

Despite the fact that two other railroad unions rejected their agreements last month, another of the 12 railroad unions narrowly approved their deal with...

Top House Democrats called on the Biden administration on Sunday to extend the eviction moratorium amid the coronavirus pandemic, just hours after the ban...

Novavax, a small American company bolstered by lavish government support, announced the findings of a clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine in the United...

According to new research, most transgender adults have been aware of their gender identities since early childhood, even if they didn't yet have the...

Roger Federer's comeback after 14 months out with a knee injury ended in the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open after he was beaten by...

What can we do about a tech sector that appears to be dominating competitors while becoming increasingly hostile to conservative ideas? It's a difficult question...

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...

American democracy is in rapid decline, India is no longer a free country, and at most 20 percent of the world’s population lives in...

President Joe Biden's and his team is promising updated guidance on the reopening of schools next week. As more Covid-19 vaccines are being administered,...

Andrew Wiggins, who displayed a determined confidence and grit throughout the game, single-handedly relieved Stephen Curry of the pressure and delivered the best game...

According to Fox News Digital, the chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at the Department of Defense's education wing, who describes herself as a...

President Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday to begin a trip to the Middle East that his administration hopes will strengthen US-regional ties but...

The preseason is called that for a reason. Both teams are testing lineups and systems, gradually working their stars into game shape, and taking...

"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...

Seven residents of Llano County, Texas, are suing the county, alleging that their First and 14th Amendment rights were violated when books deemed offensive...

A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday that they want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate, citing...

The Great War began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. During the four years of global conflict, the United States...

It was the seventh day of the freediving world championship, which was being streamed live online from Cyprus. Women in the constant weight category...

As the year 2021 draws to a close, a wave of book bans has spread surprisingly quickly among state and local officials. Fortunately, if...

As of October of this year, the United States had experienced 18 weather and climate disasters, each with losses in excess of $1 billion....

The FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that they are calling for an immediate pause on the use of the...

Investigators' first interview with actor Alec Baldwin shortly after the incident is shown in newly released video evidence from the investigation into a deadly...

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...

The first day of school for Seattle public school students has been postponed after the teacher's union became the latest in recent weeks to...

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...

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

Police departments across the U.S. are bracing for potential protests after the Derek Chauvin verdict. Thousands of National Guard soldiers have been deployed throughout Minneapolis,...

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...

On Wednesday, India reported more coronavirus deaths in a single day than any other country during the pandemic, while infections spread through vast rural...

As Ukrainian and Western officials responded to discoveries of mass graves and streets littered with the bodies of dead civilians after Russia's retreat from...

The legal battle over every last vote in Pennsylvania's too-close-to-call Senate GOP primary has officially begun. David McCormick's campaign filed a lawsuit Monday afternoon, citing...

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....

President Joe Biden began his administration with lofty goals to overhaul America's immigration system, but as the end of the year approaches, lawsuits and...

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...

The CIA's No. 2 official made it clear in a recent closed-door meeting with leaders of the agency's counterterrorism center that fighting al-Qaida and...

It was the slap that reverberated around the globe. At the Oscars on Sunday night, Chris Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith's lack of hair...

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

After a campaign overshadowed by the war in neighboring Ukraine, official results from Hungary's general election on Sunday showed nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's...

On Tuesday, a California prosecutor said he would not rule out seeking the death penalty for a Chinese-American man who harbored anti-Taiwanese sentiments and...

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...

As Congress prepares to vote on a $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, every American household should be on high alert because some Democrats want to...

Only a few students wore masks when classes started a few weeks ago, before the first and then the second teacher at Connally Junior...

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...

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

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

The Movement for Black Lives launched a new climate change initiative on Thursday, bringing together more than 200 Black environmental leaders and organizations from...

On Sunday, a man lay sprawled by the roadside in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, his hands tied behind his back and a bullet...

The conviction of Minnesota police officer Kim Potter for the death of Daunte Wright by a jury, combined with the judge's denial of bail...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that the West must increase weapon deliveries to Ukraine and demonstrate its commitment to assisting the country's...

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Tuesday against what they claim are Taliban orders for citizens to leave their homes on the...

According to Iranian state media, Iran's largest navy ship sank early Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman after catching fire, the latest blow to...

A crack in a steel beam that forced the closure of the Interstate 40 bridge connecting Arkansas and Tennessee for three months likely began...

As they considered the most recent conflict between religious conservatives and LGBTQ rights, conservative Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared sympathetic toward an evangelical...

According to a new survey, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed Americans' perceptions of health care, and not for the better. According to the West Health-Gallup...

Authorities say the man arrested after a 30-hour manhunt in the shooting of ten people on a subway train in Brooklyn will appear in...

On Thursday night, the United States carried out a military airstrike against Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria near the Iraq border. The strike was...

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

In a case that will test the White House's ability to set immigration policy, the Supreme Court debated on Tuesday whether the Biden administration...

A former high-ranking US ambassador is demanding that federal prosecutors explain why he is facing criminal charges for illegal foreign lobbying on Qatar's behalf...

A monument at a Hong Kong university that was the most well-known public remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil was demolished...

Following the release of a grand jury report that accused the former superintendent of lying, the Loudoun County Public Schools board dismissed Scott Ziegler...

NASA’s new rover, Perseverance, was confirmed to have landed on Mars around 4:00 PM EST on Thursday. Also known as “Percy,” the spacecraft made...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists filed a brief opposing Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban as the Supreme Court considers whether to uphold the...

The deadline for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to introduce Democrats' healthcare, education, and climate package has been pushed back to Friday due to snags...

It seems that SpaceX has missed the landing of the first-stage booster,  Falcon 9 for the first time in a year. It can be...

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that his administration will prohibit Russian oil, natural gas, and coal imports into the United States in response...

Russell Leaks had more reason to be concerned about the coronavirus than the average person. The 66-year-old Tennessee cook has chronic liver disease, high...