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Twins may be more common today than at any time in history, according to the first comprehensive survey of twin births around the world. Researchers...

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...

After a liquidity crisis at the cryptocurrency group prompted intervention from regulators around the world, FTX has filed for bankruptcy in the United States,...

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

According to a coalition of immigrant groups, a Fairfax County policy aimed at protecting undocumented immigrants from deportation is not being implemented aggressively enough....

Tropical rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and according to a bleak new report by the non-governmental organization Rainforest Foundation Norway, humans are...

Cryptocurrency mining companies, including Huobi Mall and BTC.TOP, have suspended their operations in China after Beijing increased its efforts to crack down on Bitcoin...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced Americans to reconsider their energy options. A secure energy future for the United States and its allies has...

The US Coast Guard has called off the search for nine people who went missing after a floatplane crashed in Puget Sound, northwest of...

On Tuesday, a massive reservoir known as a boating mecca fell below a critical level, raising new concerns about a source of power that...

The economy of the United States grew at a disappointing rate in the second quarter, indicating that the country has emerged from the grip...

If you’re one of the lucky ones out there who has already received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, you may be wondering what...

In the final weeks before the midterm elections, Senate Democrats are playing it safe by pledging not to allow a government shutdown over Sen....

The Senate Parliamentarian ruled against attaching the measure to a $3.5 trillion spending bill on Sunday, putting a major stumbling block in Senate Democrats'...

According to online researchers, flaws in Apple's new child abuse detection tool could allow bad actors to target iOS users. Apple, on the other...

Ah yes, Venice Beach in California: synonymous with sun, surf, palm trees and, now, homeless people. In this Los Angeles-area town that has long drawn...

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations seized over 1,000 firearms and 140,000 rounds of ammunition from the home of two brothers who were fatally...

Senate Republicans prevented Democrats from moving forward on voting rights legislation, and Democrats failed to obtain 50 votes to change Senate rules to allow...

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) is the pinnacle of fintech. It has a presence in almost every fintech niche. Do you want to buy now and pay...

Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, said in interviews Sunday that former president Donald Trump should be enlisted to encourage his supporters...

Wall Street has done extensive research to determine the impact of Apple's recent privacy changes on digital ad companies such as Facebook and Snap....

Months of dire warnings and diplomacy by the Biden Administration were ineffective in deterring Russian President Vladimir Putin from ordering his forces into eastern...

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

On Thursday, more than three dozen prominent gun-control groups accused the Justice Department of "retraumatizing" survivors of the 2017 Sutherland Springs, Texas, mass shooting...

  Huawei said Monday that it believes U.S. sanctions on the company are partly to blame for the ongoing global chip shortage. Eric Xu, Huawei's rotating...

The FBI has the authority right now to access privately owned computers without their owners’ knowledge or consent, and to delete software. It’s part...

During a visit to 1 Police Plaza, the New York City Police Department's headquarters in downtown Manhattan, Joe Biden asked officer Sumit Sulan to...

A California judge on Friday struck down the nation's first law requiring corporate board diversity, a measure that many workplace diversity experts had hailed...

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

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...

Which of America's space agencies will return American astronauts to the moon? The short answer is SpaceX, which won a $2.9 billion contract from...

Can humanity be saved by a nudge rather than a bang if an asteroid is hurtling toward Earth? NASA is planning a first-of-its-kind mission to...

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...

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...

Stacey Abrams, Georgia's gubernatorial candidate, spoke at the Atlanta church of a pastor who previously told a Baltimore congregation to make gay people "uncomfortable...

According to a new report from cybersecurity firm Mandiant and Google experts, a pro-Chinese government online influence operation is targeting Americans in an effort...

Raven Saunders, the American shot-putter who delivered the first political demonstration on the podium at the Tokyo Olympics by raising her arms and crossing...

A tuna fishing boat based in the Pacific island nation of Fiji that has been accused of effectively enslaving its crew was barred from...

Two years after Congress passed legislation that improved the U.S. retirement system, lawmakers' efforts to improve it further are progressing — albeit slowly. Measures in...

A third of all the world's man-made greenhouse gas emissions are linked to food, according to new global research that tracked produce from field...

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin traveled to Israel in June to scout potential investments for his new company, then flew to Qatar for a...

With the demise of the Soviet Union and dissolution of the Berlin wall, Europe has once again confronted a revitalized Moscow. This time, the...

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

With the evacuation of some civilians from a steel mill besieged by Russian forces in the port of Mariupol, attention is turning to the...

Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House Coronavirus Response Task Force Coordinator, says in her new book, published Tuesday, that problems with data collection...

As the UK’s vaccination program was “knocked off course” due to a delay in receiving five million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India,...

Although the days of Russia's war in Ukraine are still being counted, images of atrocities have already numbered in the hundreds of thousands. The conflict...

It seems that SpaceX has missed the landing of the first-stage booster,  Falcon 9 for the first time in a year. It can be...

One provision in the Inflation Reduction Act has sparked the most debate in certain corners of the internet in the weeks since its passage:...

This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed optimism about the pandemic's state in the United States. "We are certainly out of the pandemic phase in this...

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

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...

A new study has sparked interest on the internet, demonstrating how two cannabis compounds may have anti-COVID-19 properties. But weed smokers shouldn't get too...

The exclusive club of former presidents and first ladies has reunited with an important message: Get the COVID-19 vaccine. Missing from the campaign is...

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

In 2021, disasters continued to strike, from Hurricane Ida's devastation in Louisiana and the Northeast to devastating wildfires in the West and damaging storms,...

When Apple or Samsung unveils a new smartphone, consumers can preorder the device within days and expect to get it in their hands within weeks. When Motorola introduced the first-ever...

Senators are close to reaching an agreement on a $10 billion coronavirus relief package, putting Congress on track to deliver funding that Democrats had...

"I murdered my own baby," yelled a Republican state representative in New Hampshire, who had previously said she regretted her own abortion. Representative Susan DeLemus...

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...

The sight was breathtaking. Last weekend, as COVID-19 cases soared in the United States, the city's downtown was a sea of mostly unmasked humanity...

In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of the Omicron variant, New York City is hosting a "scaled back" version...

The Rover “Perseverance” is expected to land on Mars on Thursday. This has been the riskiest step towards the legendary quest to bring back...

On Wednesday last week, Google's Fiona Cicconi wrote to company employees. She announced that Google was bringing forward its timetable of moving people back...

The trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds are expected to release their long-delayed annual report on the stability of America's core retirement program...

The jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial deliberated on a verdict for the third day on Thursday, while the judge considered the defense's request...

On a mischievous Thursday night, it did appear possible to sense the roiling, quaking, and musing of so many of the 124 million Japanese,...

The annual Waukesha Christmas Parade was supposed to be a joyous occasion, bringing the community together after a difficult year dealing with Covid and...

After New York Attorney General Letitia James released a damning report detailing 11 women who had been sexually harassed by Andrew Cuomo, the Empire...

President Joe Biden is on the verge of reviving the Iran nuclear deal. The most recent alleged Iranian murder plot isn't helping matters. The news...

After briefly changing the icon of the Iranian flag on its social media accounts in support of the protests occurring in the nation, Iranian...

A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators is expected to announce on Sunday that they have reached a tentative agreement on legislation that would pair...

The state's highest court ruled on Monday that the practice of allowing doctors to give mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses a lethal dose...

Britain bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, the country's longest-serving monarch, at a historic funeral watched by millions around the world, which reflected her...

Cuba has named one of its homegrown vaccines Abdala, after a famous dramatic verse by independence hero and national icon Jose Marti, as a...

Hundreds of teenagers were celebrating the start of homecoming weekend and their high school football team's dominant win just hours earlier around a bonfire...

During a Sunday morning interview, Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, pushed back against the Republican National Committee's...

President Joe Biden, the most pro-labor president in recent memory, personally participated in negotiations that resulted in a tentative labor agreement that prevented a...

Oberlin College in Ohio racked up more than $4 million in interest after failing to pay a local family-run bakery more than $30 million...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday dropped plans for a five-day shutdown over Easter, which had prompted confusion and criticism. She called the idea...