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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...

After the jury was unable to come to a conclusion in the Danny Masterson rape case, the judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday. The "That...

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...

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...

Mussa al-Nahas sat outside his fragrance and spice shop overlooking the Red Sea, beaming at the sight of Russian tourists returning to Sharm el-Sheikh...

A workshop for writers in Alaska. Californian food banks. a diabetes-fighting nonprofit. The disgraced cryptocurrency tycoon Samuel Bankman-Fried gave lawmakers a ton of money, but...

On Friday, the French government denied any cover-up of radiation levels in the Pacific as a result of its nuclear testing in the region,...

Last week, Joe Biden introduced a $1.9 trillion stimulus as an ambitious plan to take on the current economic crisis. Most economists note, however,...

A FOX News cameraman was killed in Ukraine on Monday, the network confirmed. Suzanne Scott, the CEO of FOX News Media, confirmed Pierre Zakrzewski's death...

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...

The State Bureau of Investigation is investigating allegations that Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, committed election fraud. Meadows has been...

Washington's seizure of 33 websites run by Iran-linked media, Tehran warned on Wednesday, was "not constructive" for ongoing talks to re-enter the US into...

Renters who are unable to pay their landlords are being evicted, and they are outraged. They're especially irritated because their landlord is a large...

A recent federal government study found that, while the student population in American public schools has grown significantly more diverse, segregation remains a persistent...

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...

A senior Taliban commander declared on Wednesday that the return of Taliban rule in Afghanistan will mean a return to sharia law, the group's...

A federal jury acquitted a cybersecurity lawyer in the first trial of special counsel John Durham's investigation into what sparked the FBI investigation into...

In recent months, U.S. renewable energy developers have delayed or cancelled several large battery projects intended to store electrical power on the grid, scuttling...

Prosecutors’ case against former Officer Derek Chauvin drew toward a close Monday with tender memories from George Floyd’s younger brother, along with another look at...

Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, a Republican, slammed President Joe Biden's inflation management on Wednesday, blasting the administration's handling of the economy and inflation...

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 the video, a large crowd cheers as a woman lifts a pair of scissors to her exposed hair, which is devoid of a...

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...

Advisers to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo influenced state health officials to remove data from a public report that showed coronavirus-related nursing-home deaths in...

A former graduate student was convicted of spying for the Chinese government by gathering information on scientists and engineers in the United States with...

New year, new perspective, new travel plans. This is the time of year when many people plan their vacations around school calendars, family events, nice...

The Prime Minister has bowed to ministerial pressure to resign as Tory leader, but he intends to stay in No. 10 until the party...

The criminal tax fraud trial of Donald J. Trump's family business could come down to three uninteresting words: "on behalf of." Despite all the...

As Mexico commemorates the 500th anniversary of the conquest of the Aztecs by the Spanish, an award-winning filmmaker wants his fellow Mexicans and others...

While many Republican candidates began this election season by attacking Democrats over inflation, Lee Zeldin of New York had a different focus: crime. The Republican...

Domestic extremists cheered when two shootings at North Carolina substations left tens of thousands of people in the dark, despite a long-running campaign by...

A thousand-year-old poem has just cost Chinese delivery giant Meituan tens of billions of dollars in market value, rattling an already tense tech industry....

The offer was enticing: handsome returns awaited investors willing to provide an infusion of cryptocurrency to Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and...

According to a group representing over 100 Alzheimer's and dementia associations worldwide, the world may be unprepared for an impending wave of dementia and...

A Florida internet law is on hold while a lawsuit is being heard. Judge Robert Hinkle has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the implementation...

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

Experts believe that in order to fully compensate for the planet's damage, we must completely remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Experts say there is still...

An overwhelmingly White jury will deliberate on murder charges in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, after the defense excluded 11 of the 12 Black...

China and the European Union held a virtual summit on Friday, which was overshadowed by Russia's war in Ukraine. E.U. leaders pressed Premier Li Keqiang...

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...

According to the State Department, the US government now considers WNBA star Brittney Griner to be "wrongfully detained" in Russia. "The welfare and safety of...

A plan to phase out the project and treat covid-19 as a common illness rather than a public health emergency was approved "in principle"...

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

The violence at the white nationalist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville shocked the country, with people being beaten to the ground, lighted torches...

A battalion commander was racing down a road with his men in pursuit of retreating Russian soldiers when he came across an abandoned Russian...

The issue of abused, missing, and murdered Native Americans is finally gaining media and legislative attention after years of neglect. The way the subject...

Liz Cheney has posed a question that America may have to wrestle with for months: if there is evidence that ex-President Donald Trump committed...

The mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, has warned residents that if Russia continues to strike the country's energy infrastructure, they must brace themselves for...

The Canadian government announced Friday that it will prohibit the importation of handguns into the country, the latest in a series of gun-control measures...

Republican legislators in Oklahoma and Iowa have passed bills granting immunity to drivers whose vehicles strike and injure protesters in public streets. And in Florida, Gov....

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 Connecticut jury awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to 15 plaintiffs who claimed Alex Jones defamed them when he said the 2012 Sandy...

The Supreme Court ruled against a man who sued a Customs and Border Protection agent for excessive force on Wednesday, entering the contentious issue...

On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act for the second time in two years. The first time around the bill was...

Following two days of testimony from abortion experts, providers, and the state's chief medical officer, a Michigan judge barred county prosecutors from enforcing the...

Just hours after investigators searched the official's home, a Nevada county official was arrested in connection with the killing of a Las Vegas journalist...

A relatively small asset that could cause major problems was found among the many unexpected assets revealed in the bankruptcy of the cryptocurrency exchange...

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...

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...

Former Vice President Mike Pence's advocacy group released a new agenda on Thursday, which many see as the first step toward a possible presidential...

According to a developing picture of the alleged gunman put together by CNN, the suspect in the mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in...

The EPA has taken its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, denying requests from three Midwest power plants to...

Last week, politicians and leaders gathered in Glasgow for COP26 to work out policies to address the climate crisis. Because the need for energy...

When you think of Tom Cotton, you probably think of the senator who advocated for the use of the military to persecute Black Lives...

Earlier this year, as debates raged over reopening schools and including education funding in a massive coronavirus relief package, the nation's largest teachers' unions...

The Biden administration is working to create a "fair and equitable" asylum-seeker system, according to the top official at US Customs and Border Protection,...

Nearly seven years after the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage to be the law of the land, New Jersey enacted legislation on Monday to...

Some residents want Buckhead to be its own city, the latest in a string of political schisms based on race and class in the...

Max Cleland, who lost three limbs in a hand grenade blast during the Vietnam War but went on to become a U.S. senator from...

On Wednesday, U.S. health officials announced plans to give COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans in order to strengthen their immunity in the face...

Anderson Lee Aldrich has been named as the suspect in a shooting that occurred this past weekend at a gay nightclub in Colorado. According...

Senate Democrats scrambled on Thursday to rally behind a broad election reform bill ahead of a vote next week, with a key member of...

Marty Chavez arrived at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport early Tuesday for his flight to Ohio and immediately began looking for his mask. He approached a...

Sunny Bryant, an 8-year-old transgender girl from Texas, enjoys playing baseball and gymnastics. According to her mother, Rebekah Bryant, she has also been "begging" to...

Americans may soon have greater access to retirement plans and may be able to postpone withdrawing their savings as a result of new legislation...

One in three people who were severely ill with coronavirus were subsequently diagnosed with a neurological or psychiatric condition within six months of infection,...

President Joe Biden sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos for a wide-ranging interview Tuesday in which he said his message to migrants was...

NATO's Communication and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is starting its annual Locked Shields cyber defense simulation as the West prepares for Russian cyberattacks amid...

Yolanda Renee King is a seasoned speaker and activist at the age of 13. Many people may have noticed similarities between her and her grandfather,...

A senior administration official said Monday that tens of thousands of Afghans who applied for Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) are still being processed nearly...