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The Montreux Convention of 1936 gave Turkey control over key Black Sea straits, an agreement that is still regarded as a major victory for...

Republicans were edging closer to securing a majority in the United States House of Representatives early Thursday, while control of the Senate remained in...

Colin Powell, the former US Secretary of State, died on Monday as a result of Covid-19 complications. His family stated that he had received...

The United States is at an unprecedented point in the pandemic, with just under half of the population fully vaccinated, health and safety restrictions...

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

As President Biden puts effort into reversing the Trump-era policies on immigration, it appears as though things have been moving slower than anticipated.  There are...

President Biden's decision to reconsider marijuana's legal status and pardon federal marijuana convictions has reignited calls for congressional action to help the struggling cannabis...

Beech-Nut Nutrition voluntarily recalled an infant rice cereal on Tuesday because it contained more arsenic than the US Food and Drug Administration's limit of...

When the universe's clock began to tick 14 billion years ago, space was still a tight, blazing hot, frenzied packet of cosmic stuff. Stars...

A family who lost their home earlier this month in a deadly fire that started at a sawmill in the Northern California town of...

On Wednesday, President Biden repealed the suspension of certain visas for immigrants that was initially put in place by Trump. The suspensions significantly limited...

The University of Michigan has reached a $490 million settlement with former athletes and other University of Michigan students who sued the school alleging...

"Be really afraid right now," says Alston Green, 71, to LGBTQ people, especially the young. Don Bell is concerned that "all of our work over...

Facebook's oversight panel announced a probe into the company's system for allegedly exempting high-profile users from its own rules on Thursday, accusing the embattled...

Recent U.S. immigration policies reduced Venezuelan migration to the U.S.-Mexico border in October, but overall migrant apprehensions remained high, fueled by the arrival of...

Growing up in Chicago, Broadway star Brittney Mack would watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV after her own parade duties were completed....

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...

Andries Noppert, a Dutch goalkeeper, considered giving up football two years ago because his career was stagnant. He is currently getting ready to play...

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...

While Netflix's streaming competitors such as Amazon Prime Video and HBO Max's WarnerMedia focus on consolidation and studio acquisitions, Netflix is instead prioritizing its...

Given the revelations surrounding a leaked Supreme Court opinion draft, late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's concerns about Roe v. Wade and...

What better time for introspection than the end of the year? Simple: the end of the year in a locked-out game. Here are a...

During her closely watched tour this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met the leaders of Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan — but not the president...

When Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends a summit of leaders from across the United Kingdom and Ireland on Thursday, he hopes to repair strained...

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was sentenced Friday to four months in prison for defying a House committee investigating...

Immigration enforcement arrests in the United States have dropped dramatically in the last year as the Biden administration shifted its enforcement priorities to focus...

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...

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

The wine is extraordinary. The cost is appropriately exorbitant. Christie's announced Tuesday that it will be selling a bottle of French wine that spent more...

Crews in Minneapolis demolished barriers around George Floyd Square early Thursday morning, reopening the intersection where George Floyd was killed beneath the knee of...

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

A rapid increase in coronavirus cases in the United States and elsewhere is fueling fears of a pandemic resurgence, sending shockwaves through the stock...

In recent weeks, China's drones have been a consistent part of its military activity around Taiwan, demonstrating new capabilities and increasing pressure on the...

The two billionaires are two of the most prominent business figures to respond to the Supreme Court's landmark decision. Bill Gates and George Soros are...

New Zealand's parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday to allow mothers and their partners three days of paid bereavement leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth. While employers...

According to two organizations involved in the effort, more than 100 US citizens and green card holders, as well as nine special immigrant visa...

What could possibly be superior to a single, extensive high-speed rail network? Three or four that are in competition with one another appear to...

A Turkish court on Wednesday jailed 32 former soldiers for life in a mass trial involving nearly 500 military defendants implicated in a failed...

The expansion of COVID-19 vaccination requirements across the United States has not had the desired effect, with the number of Americans receiving their first...

President Bashar al-Assad, once regarded as a reformer but now regarded as a tyrant by his many detractors after a decade of war and...

There's a lot going on at the end of Netflix's battle royale thriller Squid Game, which is a cross between Bong Joon-Oscar-winning ho's film...

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have spoken by phone whenever the US announces a new package...

On Thursday, gay rights advocates filed a lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to stop a new law that prohibits sexual orientation and gender...

A Florida bill that would restrict classroom discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity and encourage parents to sue schools or teachers who engage...

Outside, John Acevedo heard a commotion. Perhaps not so unusual for a New Yorker, but unheard of in his Sunset Park, Brooklyn, neighborhood, which is...

President Biden planned to press Russian President Vladimir Putin on alleged hacking, human rights violations, and other irritants in a historic first summit Wednesday,...

Are you loving more you time while working from home? New research brought about during the pandemic shows that home-working employees in several countries are...

The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) enforcement division resigned on Wednesday in response to a federal judge's order that could raise...

On Monday morning, Louisville Democratic mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg was at his campaign headquarters preparing for a meeting when a bullet grazed his sweater. "A...

They're known as the Johnson & Johnson 16 million. That is the number of Americans who received the one-shot vaccine as their first COVID-19 dose...

The Russell Westbrook experiment in Los Angeles has yet to click, and I'm not sure it ever will. LeBron James' absence from games due...

Republicans and Democrats in a bitterly divided Washington appear to agree on one thing: the twice-yearly ritual of changing the clocks must end. Even with...

Based in Fort Worth American Airlines is removing three small airports from its schedule, citing a pilot shortage. American Airlines will discontinue service to Toledo,...

The gun violence epidemic in the United States has been described as a uniquely American problem, with calls for increased gun control or common...

You might believe that store and restaurant workers in the United States who catch Covid-19 stay at home to recover and keep the public...

The FBI was closing in on a Defense Intelligence Agency employee who was allegedly a Cuban spy in late 2000. Soon, undercover agents would...

Rep. Matt Rosendale is introducing legislation on Wednesday that would force President Biden to reverse his moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal...

The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights organization that has been tracking attacks on the Jewish community since 1979, recorded the highest number of...

"Creating a new age of learning," says Great Valley High School and its 1,400 students in the Pennsylvania borough of Malvern, about 25 miles...

Experts have warned that unless the international community acts quickly, Afghanistan's economy will collapse. The country's cash-based economy was already struggling prior to the Taliban's...

Police in western Michigan have released bodycam footage of officers handcuffing a real estate agent, his client, and the man's 15-year-old son after a...

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...

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...

The Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500 is an excellent way to track the health of the American economy. The S&P 500, also known as...

Due to a patchwork of lawsuits in state courts and urgent court orders, the status of abortion rights across the nation remains uncertain six...

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...

Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has sparked a global outpouring of condemnation, including in his own backyard, where protests have erupted across...

Western weapons are now being used in the fight for Ukraine. However, putting them into action on the front lines is causing serious problems...

Intelligence manifests itself in a variety of ways. Do you remember the IQ test? It is used to calculate a person's intelligence quotient. It...

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...

California's climate crisis is rapidly worsening, affecting every resident and "increasingly taking a toll on the health and well-being of its people as well...

In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California expressed her "great disappointment" over the decision to withdraw...

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

According to new data released this week, a new coronavirus variant, first detected two months ago, is spreading across the United States and spreading...

Donald Dell, one of the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) founders, says he supports Novak Djokovic's breakaway player's organization, but that the two organizations...

Europe reported its first case of the rapidly spreading new coronavirus variant, and dozens of countries restricted travel to and from southern Africa, where...

Britain will have its third prime minister in less than three years, with the ruling Conservative Party announcing Monday that Liz Truss had been...

The first two minutes of the Netflix documentary "Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul," about former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, should raise eyebrows and cause viewers...

The Biden administration's suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana,...

US carrier Southwest Airlines agreed to buy 100 additional Boeing 737 MAX planes, the companies announced Monday, in a vote of confidence for the...