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Restaurant and bar industry leaders demanded action from the administration hours after President Joe Biden's inaugural State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. Chefs,...

The staccato rhythms of a jackhammer ricocheted off buildings on a recent sun-drenched morning as a work crew dug into a Newark street to...

An academic study published today discovered that government counts of the devastation caused by coronavirus among the most vulnerable elderly likely missed more than...

Last Thursday, Biden gave his first Presidential order during a speech: A huge $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that will make up the difference of...

The Biden administration, like many previous US administrations, intended a foreign policy "pivot" toward China and Asia. Instead, Washington was confronted with a war...

A shotgun lay on the lawn, a nearby window had a fresh bullet hole, and two spent shotgun shells were discovered on a driveway...

On Friday, Japanese authorities were looking for a missing Ugandan weightlifter, who went missing just a week before the Tokyo Olympics, which have sparked...

The Vermont House of Representatives is scheduled to begin debate on an amendment that would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution...

Lawmakers and advocacy groups are calling for the resignation or removal of the newly elected Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Greene has been receiving...

President Joe Biden's urgent global search for assistance in cutting off Russia's oil revenues is leading to regimes he once sought to isolate or...

Scientists traveled into the forests of northern Laos in the summer of 2020, half a year into the coronavirus pandemic, to catch bats that...

Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is emphasizing the importance of ensuring that any international tax agreement does...

SpaceX prepared a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule for launch early Wednesday to ferry four professional astronauts to the lab complex for...

Were they gullible, foul-mouthed men duped by undercover agents? Or is it a rogue cast that is so enraged that they want to kidnap...

In 2018, a mother and her daughter were killed after being hit by Cameron Herrin's car. Herrin received a 24-year prison sentence in April...

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...

French cuisine refers to the distinctive cooking habits and traditional practices in France. This cuisine originated during the middle ages and has been a...

Arkansas and other Southern states have emerged as critical battlegrounds in state and local officials' efforts to persuade enough unvaccinated Americans to get Covid-19...

The Biden administration has moved up its deadline for all Americans to become eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine, announcing Tuesday that states will...

The pending Coinbase direct listing, scheduled for Wednesday on the Nasdaq under the symbol COIN, is exciting a broad base of the investment community...

Honolulu officials are planning to demolish a popular hiking trail and Instagram-worthy location that attracts thousands of visitors each year, claiming that it is...

President Joe Biden delivered remarks from the White House on Thursday, detailing a dramatic US raid overnight in Syria that he claimed killed the...

Consumer expectations for inflation in the coming months and years appear to be falling as a result of the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate...

Except for former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has the lowest approval rating of any elected president after one year in office. However,...

The Democratic Party has been tearing itself apart over whether to spend $3.5 trillion, $2 trillion, or even $1.5 trillion on its latest reconciliation...

After Ida's remnants swept through the East Coast, killing at least 48 people, New York's mayor said the heavy rains should cause everyone to...

A Montana hospital went into lockdown and called the police after a woman threatened violence because a relative's request for ivermectin treatment was denied. Another...

On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the "Momnibus Act" into law to address racial disparities in maternal and infant health, a significant victory...

Many recent questions about technology ethics have centered on the role of algorithms in various aspects of our lives. As artificial intelligence and machine...

Idaho became the first state on Wednesday to pass a law modeled after a Texas law prohibiting abortion after six weeks of pregnancy and...

A new variant of the coronavirus responsible for Covid-19 has been identified in Botswana and South Africa, where it has been linked to a...

The federal government spent $660 billion more than it collected in tax revenue this March, the Department of Treasury said Monday, as the Biden...

According to a congressional report published Tuesday, Emergent BioSolutions was forced to discard or destroy up to 400 million coronavirus vaccine doses between March...

The Biden administration on Thursday announced tough new sanctions on Russia and formally blamed the country’s premier intelligence agency for the sophisticated hacking operation...

Former Vice President Mike Pence has remained at the center of speculation about his plans for the 2024 presidential election, and despite the fact...

On Thursday, a Russian court found WNBA star Brittney Griner guilty of drug smuggling and possession and sentenced her to 9 years in prison...

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...

YouTube is launching a $100 million fund to compensate creators of Shorts, its take on TikTok, and has hinted that it will soon begin...

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

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...

The Ukrainian military beefed up defenses against Russian assaults in the east and south on Sunday, as the country's president framed the conflict as...

Julie Cohn was fully immunized when she went to her 12-year-old son's basketball game in March. He requested that his mask be removed halfway...

Meghan Markle filed a formal complaint with British broadcaster ITV following Piers Morgan’s critical comments about her, according to multiple newspapers. The Guardian and The Telegraph...

On Sunday night, Texas Democrats staged a dramatic, last-ditch walkout in the state House of Representatives to prevent the passage of one of the...

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...

A raging wildfire in Boulder County, Colorado, engulfed about 1,600 acres in a matter of hours, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing the evacuation...

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

Six months into the campaign to vaccinate the US population against Covid-19, stark differences in vaccination rates have emerged between the states with the...

On Wednesday Facebook made a stirring decision to block certain groups of Australians from sharing news. Fire and emergency services, non-profit organizations and state...

According to a report by a panel that advises state officials, oil refineries, utilities, and other companies that must pay to emit greenhouse gases...

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...

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...

The novel coronavirus pandemic was undoubtedly the most significant and frightening event of 2020, but it was far from the strangest thing that occurred...

In recent days, violent protests in Kazakhstan have resulted in the resignation of the government and the declaration of a state of emergency, as...

In some references, the surname of West Virginia's attorney general was misspelled in an earlier version of this article. Patrick Morrisey, not Morrissey, is...

A Texas state law that prohibits abortion after six weeks of pregnancy could serve as a model for red states to enact stringent abortion...

President Biden announced the nominations of three top Federal Reserve officials on Friday, completing a full slate for the Fed's board of governors. Biden formally...

New nuclear-weapons threats were made on Russian state television, with the head of state-controlled Russia Today (RT) Margarita Simonyan saying on air that the...

  Perhaps, like millions of other Americans, you saw the General Motors ad during the Super Bowl last Sunday, that showed actor Will Ferrell exclaiming...

A European court ruled on Tuesday that the Vatican cannot be sued in a local court for sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests, stating...

Paris Jackson has spoken out about how she honors her late father, Michael Jackson. On June 25, 2009, the King of Pop died at...

One month has passed since a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, and a series of new revelations about...

To pay for new Covid-19 vaccines, testing, and therapeutics, Congress is considering taking back some of the money it authorized last year for a...

California has issued a direct challenge to the United States Supreme Court at the intersection of gun and abortion rights, as Gov. Gavin Newsom...

Just four days after historic climate talks in Scotland, where Joe Biden pledged that the US will "lead by example" in addressing dangerous global...

Claude Joseph, who has nominally led Haiti as acting prime minister since President Jovenel Mossé's assassination, said in an exclusive interview on Monday that...

Consumer advocates claim that John Deere & Co., the nation's largest tractor manufacturer, has repeatedly violated the Clean Air Act by restricting repairs to...

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

After more than 18 months of a pandemic, with one in every 545 Americans already killed by COVID-19, a sizable portion of the population...

Calls for the United States to ban the import of Russian oil increased on Monday, but while President Joe Biden's administration signaled a new...

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...

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

In a video appears to show Ukrainian special forces mining a pontoon bridge built by Russian troops to cross a river in the eastern...

Due to a number of injuries on their roster, the Los Angeles Lakers fell just short of a comeback victory over the Phoenix Suns...

Protests disrupted Prince William and Kate Middleton's tour of former British colonies in the Caribbean this week, causing the British royal family embarrassment on...

According to an email, the State Department refused to grant official approval for private evacuation flights from Afghanistan to land in third countries, despite...

According to Harvard economist Jason Furman, Russia's economy is 'unimportant' except for its natural gas resources. His remarks come as the United States and Europe...

A gunman who opened fire in a crowded shopping mall, killing three people, acted alone and apparently chose his victims at random, Danish police...

Tensions between protesters and police intensified for the second night in a row Monday, a day after a Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot...

Millions of homeowners are missing out on hundreds of dollars in savings by refinancing their mortgages. According to the most recent report from a mortgage...