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The second-in-command of New York Governor Kathy Hochul was indicted on federal bribery charges for allegedly funneling illegal donations to one of his previous...

There is no denying it: global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather. This means hotter heat waves, drier droughts, bigger...

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...

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

According to reports, President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a contentious phone call last week. For several years, Washington has debated whether...

J Michelle Childs, a South Carolina judge among those vying for Joe Biden's nomination to the Supreme Court, has received strong backing from an...

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),...

The death of a 12-year-old girl whose body was discovered inside a plastic trunk has left France "profoundly shaken," prompting accusations that far-right lawmakers...

With historic abortion arguments behind them, the justices will soon begin the work of crafting a decision that could significantly limit abortion rights in...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer postponed votes on two voting rights bills late Thursday, delaying a debate over the chamber's rules that will determine...

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

As abortion rights battles rage across the country, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, is facing criticism from top Catholic leaders over her abortion...

Scientists in the United States are keeping a close eye on the Delta variant of Covid-19 as it spreads through an unevenly vaccinated American...

It's no secret that King Charles and Princess Diana's seemingly fairytale romance turned out to be a nightmare, but according to one author, things...

According to an analysis, high school graduation rates fell in at least 20 states after the pandemic disrupted the first full school year, implying...

Demetrius Napolitano stood outside his adoptive mother's apartment in New York. Child welfare officials had removed him from her home years before. Years had passed...

Since his days on the campaign trail, President Biden has tried to cast himself as diametrically opposed to President Donald Trump when it comes...

Another high-level meeting between US and Chinese officials began with criticism, this time in the Chinese city of Tianjin, just outside of Beijing. According to...

In lab tests, a third dose of Moderna Inc.'s Covid-19 vaccine increased immune responses against the Omicron coronavirus variant compared to two doses, indicating...

The most commonly reported sensation following an abortion is not pain. It feels good. Several studies have found this to be true. However, there is...

According to a report from a law firm hired by the school to conduct an athletics department review, the school has taken numerous steps...

The federal government set out to add thousands of medical workers to its emergency reserve nearly two years before COVID-19 was declared a national...

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...

The major U.S. stock indexes opened sharply lower on Monday as investors weighed a slew of risks, including a possible shift in Federal Reserve...

Barbados has officially severed ties with Queen Elizabeth II after 55 years, and one of its first acts as the world's newest republic was...

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-New York, said it was difficult for her to vote against the $1.9 trillion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. However, in the...

Authorities in Idaho arrested 31 people Saturday who were seen gathering near a Pride parade in the city of Coeur d'Alene and are believed...

With the pandemic still raging, the virus's origins unknown, and wealthy nations stockpiling vaccines, the World Health Organization will convene its member states next...

Human activities, such as the use of fossil fuels for transportation and electricity, have exacerbated the intensity of extreme rainfall and snowfall over land...

Democrats, according to DeSantis, are attempting to 'drive dissension' among Republicans by spreading a false narrative about his relationship with Trump. Republicans, including Republican Florida...

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...

On Sunday, February 14th, President Biden called upon Congress to take steps to pass comprehensive gun control legislation. This proclamation fell on the anniversary...

Former football star Herschel Walker, a first-time candidate endorsed by Donald Trump, appears to be lagging behind other Republicans in Georgia. Walker, a sports legend,...

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd with a knee pressed to his neck, should receive no prison time...

Ashley Adirika, a teen from Florida, has always wanted to attend an Ivy League school. So she applied to all eight of them in...

The Food and Drug Administration's independent advisory committee will meet in open session on Friday to review the most recent data submitted by Pfizer...

The company Ford is temporarily slashing the number of shifts at two factories that construct their top-selling F-Series trucks due to a semiconductor chip...

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...

What students learn about the insurgency at the United States Capitol on January 6 may vary depending on where they live. Justin Voldman, a history...

According to one expert, Facebook and Twitter are enforcing Russian government propaganda and disinformation on social media at a "slow pace." After Russian forces bombed...

If Democrats manage to keep their grip on the U.S. Senate in November’s midterm elections, it won’t have been all about the money —...

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...

At least 12 people have died as a result of heat-related issues in parts of the United States over the last few weeks. Last week,...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Rwanda, the final stop on a three-nation African tour in which he has articulated Washington's new...

The Federal Aviation Administration fined a DFW International Airport passenger $23,000 for allegedly striking an American Airlines flight attendant after becoming enraged that her...

Within four to six months of receiving the second dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, the effectiveness can drop to 83.7 percent. This is the...

If passed, the antitrust overhaul package aimed at Big Tech unveiled in Congress could have far-reaching consequences for how people use the internet as...

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

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the legal and cultural battles over abortion that have raged for decades in the United States...

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

Google wants you to reconsider how you record screen on your Chromebook, particularly in classroom and education scenarios. Screencast, a new system app in ChromeOS...

The activities of religious groups "affiliated with centers of influence" in Russia were outlawed by Ukraine on Friday, and the country also announced it...

North Korea's test of its newest, most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday exposed the United States' defense weaknesses in the face of...

New allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against former Missouri governor Eric Greitens have prompted all of his primary opponents to call for him to...

Figures show that excess deaths in England and Wales are currently higher than in the main pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Throughout October, there...

A group of Swiss researchers claims that their high-performance computer has added 12.8 trillion new digits to the number Pi, resulting in a total...

Activists in Mexico have applauded a Supreme Court decision to decriminalize abortion, claiming that it will put an end to the legal prosecution of...

In the last two years, this has happened five times. COVID- A few weeks before they rose in the United States, 19 cases spiked...

In recent years, Facebook has faced whistleblowers, public relations firestorms, and Congressional investigations. However, it is now facing a combination of all three at...

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

Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., was killed in a car accident in her home state of Indiana on Wednesday. According to an Indiana sheriff's...

A migrant claims that a mysterious woman named "Perla" paid him $200 cash to recruit people from a Texas migrant resource center to board...

Dozens of women have protested the formation of an all-male interim Taliban government to rule Afghanistan in Kabul and the north-eastern Afghan province of...

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

Spurning an appeal by the United Nations to stop using lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, security forces in Myanmar on Thursday fatally shot at...

In a forecast from the University of Washington’s pandemic forecasting team, it is estimated that close to another 200,000 Americans are likely to dies...

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,...

The same-sex and interracial marriage protection act will be signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday afternoon. As the Respect for Marriage Act...

A federal court ruled this week that the state of Alabama cannot execute a death row prisoner by lethal injection because the man chose...

If you are among the workers who live in fear of the stacked blocks in your Microsoft Outlook calendar detailing back-to-back meetings, this new...

According to a complaint filed Friday, the family of fallen US Marine Rylee J. McCollum has re-filed their defamation lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin...

A wave of new abortion-rights legislation is sweeping the country, raising concerns about the potential use of personal data to punish people who seek...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in Rome on Sunday as their new governments seek to move...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a team to New York to investigate a polio case discovered in Rockland County. The team...

Abortion restrictions are sweeping the country, from Florida to Texas to Idaho, limiting the already limited training options for medical students and residents in...

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

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky travelled to the country's eastern frontline on Thursday, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Vladimir Putin to reduce Russia's troop...

On Wednesday, Donald J. Trump faced unusual public attacks from across the Republican Party in the aftermath of a string of midterm losses by...

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

Redacted versions of documents relating to Blue Origin's federal lawsuit against the federal government and SpaceX provide additional details about the dispute over a...