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On Wednesday, U.S. government scientists announced that they had taken an important step toward making nuclear fusion - the process that powers stars -...

A decision in the United States Supreme Court's most important gun rights case in over a decade is expected any day now. The case, New...

Thousands of people have reportedly fled across the border from Myanmar into neighboring Thailand after the bloodiest weekend the country has seen since the February 1...

Last Week a federal judge ruled that California can now begin enforcing their tough net neutrality law. This law to ban internet providers from...

Several powerful tornadoes tore through northern Alabama on Thursday, killing at least five people, injuring dozens of others and destroying entire neighborhoods. The five confirmed...

Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize winner says he will lead his country's army "from the battlefront" beginning Tuesday, a dramatic new step in a year-long...

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...

A digital currency issued by the United States could be on the horizon. The Biden administration is supporting research and development of a "U.S. Central...

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

Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned Russian opposition leader, is facing new charges that could lengthen his sentence by 15 years. With the international community and media...

Maksim Derzhko describes it as one of the scariest experiences of his life. Long a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he flew from...

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...

On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected yet another major challenge to the Affordable Care Act, allowing the 2010 law to stand despite Republican objections...

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

The Afghan man was attending a conference in California as part of his job for a US-government-funded project in Afghanistan when the Taliban sent...

Carson Wentz, Philadelphia’s quarterback for the last several years since they drafted him second overall in the 2016 draft, is on the move. Wentz started...

Russia has issued a warning against a repeat of the NATO Western military alliance's bombing campaign of Yugoslavia on its 22nd anniversary, as Washington's...

We've seen Aaron Rodgers as guest host of the legendary quiz show "Jeopardy" for nearly two weeks now. He's a self-admitted superfan of the...

President Biden advocated Wednesday for the expansion of free school meals as part of a new national strategy to end hunger and increase healthy...

China's "wolf warrior" diplomats are back after a brief lull, firing insults over Twitter, smearing critics and suggesting conspiracies. The hyperactivity of the envoys...

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...

President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping signaled an effort to repair strained relations between Washington and Beijing, instructing officials to resume talks on...

Schools across the country are scrambling to make up for lost time during the pandemic by allocating billions of dollars to tutoring, summer camps,...

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...

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Sunday directing the federal government to promote voting access in a move meant to commemorate the...

A volcano in the Caribbean has been erupting for quite some time. Residents on some eastern Caribbean islands were placed on alert last week...

A senior Republican senator said he and his colleagues could support an infrastructure bill of around $800 billion, underscoring GOP interest in a bipartisan...

They once dotted shopping plazas in America with ubiquity, beckoning binge watchers with shelves of VHS cassettes, microwave popcorn and boxes of candy —...

This year, President Biden was in a private meeting discussing student debt forgiveness when the conversation turned to inflation, as it so often does...

According to two government officials, the Biden administration is gradually implementing new changes that would increase the speed with which the US government evaluates...

This week, the Minnesota Pharmaceutical Board filed a civil lawsuit, alleging that a cannabis retailer sold edible products with THC concentrations that were more...

The word is now out that there are several new strains of the coronavirus spreading around the world and now across the United States....

Today, the average senior on Social Security receives $1,543 per month. When combined with withdrawals from a retirement plan or ongoing pension payments, that...

UCLA showed plenty of fight in its overtime win over Michigan State in a First Four game in the NCAA Tournament. The Spartans showed some...

Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro declared victory in the election on Sunday, as supporters danced outside her offices to celebrate the left's return to...

Patients no longer need to travel to doctors' offices for detailed heart rate or blood pressure readings, as consumer tech giants produce increasingly sophisticated...

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 Ukrainian authorities, their forces targeted a Russian ammunition depot in southern Ukraine overnight, resulting in a massive explosion captured on social media. According...

Thirteen months ago, not at the end of the news day on a dreary Friday in February 2022. Former Vice President Mike Pence's belated declaration,...

Here's a line from Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., that you can expect to hear in almost every ad for a Democratic Senate candidate between...

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...

For years, the city of Boston has rotated dozens of flags on a pole outside City Hall to honor veterans, paramedics, sports teams, and...

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

A Michigan prosecutor will hold a news conference on Friday to discuss whether or not to charge the parents of the 15-year-old accused of...

According to an exclusive American Civil Liberties Union report, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is limiting immigrants' access to lawyers in its detention centers,...

Russian forces advanced deep into the ruined eastern factory city of Sievierodonetsk on Friday, but Ukrainian troops resisted as Russia's assault on its neighbor...

On a party-line vote, Senate Democrats approved sweeping legislation on health care, climate change, and taxes on Sunday, delivering a major victory for President...

According to new rules approved by Congress, companies critical to US national interests will now be required to report when they are hacked or...

The question was straightforward, as was the answer. "Earlier this week, stated that there was no evidence of vote-counting irregularities... "And that Joe Biden...

Even as the Omicron variant engulfs the United Kingdom and threatens to put the economy into reverse, the Bank of England is raising interest...

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

Nvidia has been a top investment this year, with share prices of the graphics card specialist skyrocketing nearly 133 percent in 2021 due to...

Parents in the North Clackamas School District in Oregon are furious about the board's decision to go online, especially in light of the controversy...

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

According to a newly released investigation, the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard was directed twice by Pentagon leadership to send in troops...

Newly elected President Biden signed a total of four different executive orders early on Tuesday aimed at racial equity, one of his major stances...

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...

The Senate will vote Monday on whether to begin debate on a bill to make abortion legal nationwide, which is the centerpiece of Democrats'...

Workers on freight trains are fed up. Because he couldn't get time off, one conductor almost missed his wife's funeral. After having to stay at...

The COVID-19 vaccine created by Johnson & Johnson started shipping out nationwide on Monday and is expected to be available by mid-week. Because Johnson &...

If you've visited a McDonald's in the last century, you've probably had the harrowing experience of being denied the frosty treat you crave because...

Republicans issued a stern warning to President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats on Tuesday: change the Senate rules at your own risk. Mr. Biden endorsed...

In terms of college football recruiting, one week separates the storyline from the action. The majority of the nation's top recruits are just seven...

On Tuesday, the drinking water system in Mississippi's capital was on the verge of failing, cutting off access to safe running water for more...

Dogecoin (CCC:DOGE-USD), a meme-inspired cryptocurrency, rose more than 12,000 percent this year, reaching a high of about 73 cents before collapsing due to a...

In late 2016, New York Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino told a radio host that Black Americans were kept "dumb and hungry" in order...

David Baszucki, fresh off a stint as a radio host in Santa Cruz, Calif., founded a small video-game company in 2004. It qualified for...

The Manele family in Guadalcanal, an island in the South Pacific Ocean, prepares for a typical Monday night dinner as coconut crabs roast on...

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it will cancel three planned oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's...

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...

Earlier this week, chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, gave a warning that Americans should not get complacent when it comes to following Covid safety...

Before the start of the 2020-2021 NBA season, Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, directed his team to stop playing the national anthem...

This is the second time in less than six months that we have seen unspeakable violence on our screens. The ongoing coverage of Russia's...

A Georgia county's plan to build a rocket launch pad for sending satellites into space was put to voters Tuesday in a referendum forced...

Coal was expected to be relegated to the dustbin of history as the world embraced renewable energy. After all, many countries were phasing out these...

Richard Drew, a photographer for nearly six decades, has learned a basic rule: "You can be two hours early, but not a 60th of...

When Tetsuya Yamagami was apprehended following the assassination of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, he told police he had "a grudge" against a...

Oklahoma is set to execute Benjamin Cole, a 57-year-old man convicted of the murder of his 9-month-old daughter, on Thursday, continuing a string of...

The diverging fortunes of major banks in the fallout from the Archegos Capital Management meltdown has posed serious questions for global regulators, experts have...

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...