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It's one of the most grueling hunts in the seafood industry. Every year, up to 73 million shark fins are slashed from the backs of...

With approximately 100,000 Russian troops stationed near the Ukrainian border, warships stationed in the nearby Black Sea, and Russian tanks pouring in from the...

Amazon ended its late-year event with a surprise announcement: Astro, a new robot that's essentially a tablet on wheels with enough cameras to host...

Charges against police officers, public safety workers and military veterans in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol have reignited concerns among lawmakers and...

President Biden should not allow Cuban American elites, who do not represent the Cuban people, to dictate his policies toward the island. Republican lawmakers, including...

We are at a point in time when it is worthwhile to take a step back and look at the current state of affairs...

The mayor of Nice, France, unveiled Israel's flag at city hall after supporting a ban on pro-Palestinian demonstrations amid rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions. "In the face...

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...

The G7 group of major global economies announced over the weekend that it had reached an agreement to levy a 15% minimum tax on...

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

Consumer advocates claim that John Deere & Co., the nation's largest tractor manufacturer, has repeatedly violated the Clean Air Act by restricting repairs to...

Taeyo Suarez didn't think he'd make it when he was assigned COVID-19 last year. The New Orleans barbershop owner was hesitant to get the vaccine...

Antonio Brown's NFL career took another bizarre turn on Sunday when he walked out of his team's game at MetLife Stadium. In the third quarter,...

The dire warning implicit in President Joe Biden’s more than $2trillion American Jobs Plan — which promises to rebuild American infrastructure, create union jobs, and...

The United States Senate has averted a government shutdown by passing a stopgap funding bill that also includes billions of dollars in emergency aid...

Charlie Crist committed the ultimate political sin, according to some: he switched parties. The former Florida governor ran as a Republican, then as an independent,...

According to Andy Slavitt, a former senior pandemic adviser to President Joe Biden, the Omicron coronavirus variant will cause a "winter wave" that will...

Three Republican senators have asked Archivist of the United States David Ferriero to commit to not certifying the Equal Rights Amendment as part of...

As world leaders prepare for the COP26 climate summit on October 31, AFP Fact Check investigates some common claims that call into question the...

Dr. Darien Sutton's first thought when a woman in her 30s showed up in his Los Angeles County hospital emergency room this week with...

US auto safety regulators have launched a new investigation into Tesla, this time in response to complaints that its vehicles can suddenly stop on...

Laurel Hubbard, a weightlifter, did not reach the podium, but she did make history. On Monday, the New Zealand athlete made history by becoming the...

Some politicians and activists have recently claimed that teaching about race and inclusion in schools is divisive or a means of indoctrinating students. However, the...

Any country that interfered with his invasion of Ukraine would face "consequences greater than any you have faced in history." He put his nuclear...

Former Trump adviser Scott Atlas blames Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci for "headline-dominating debacles" about quack cures for Covid-19 in a new book, but...

There is reason to believe that the second ‘required’ dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is not quite necessary yet. Since Pfizer only has...

Former Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa is not on the ballot in his country's close presidential runoff on Sunday, yet remains a key figure in...

More than a million Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses held in Israel and set to expire at the end of July may be discarded after attempts...

Boston's sky is falling, as the Red Sox are 6-15 in July and have been outscored by 70 runs in those 21 games. The Red...

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...

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...

The US Department of Justice has no business — none — even considering interfering in the back-and-forth between parents and school administrators. Pedagogy and...

The pending Coinbase direct listing, scheduled for Wednesday on the Nasdaq under the symbol COIN, is exciting a broad base of the investment community...

South Africa, with its rolling vineyards, abundant big game, the iconic Table Mountain, endless sandy beaches, and vast cultural riches, would have expected to...

On Thursday, the Oklahoma Legislature gave final approval to a bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions beginning with fertilization, making it the nation's...

Bradie Tennell, the top U.S. women's singles skater at the 2018 Olympics and reigning national champion, has been out of competitions since July due...

Illinois is set to become the first state to require Asian American history to be taught in public schools, after a bill passed its...

Mark Zuckerberg has announced that his social media empire is building the world's fastest artificial intelligence supercomputer as part of plans to create a...

The Justice Department has asked a special master to reject former President Donald J. Trump's claims that he owns a variety of documents seized...

What can we do about a tech sector that appears to be dominating competitors while becoming increasingly hostile to conservative ideas? It's a difficult question...

Just weeks after its launch, the pro-Trump social network GETTR has been inundated with terrorist propaganda spread by Islamic State supporters. The social network,...

According to European intelligence officials and defense analysts, explosions at a Russian airbase in Crimea that Ukraine claims destroyed nine fighter aircraft may indicate...

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...

Forecasters believe the West is in for a particularly bad wildfire year, as several destructive fires have already erupted well before the hottest, driest...

When the 44th Sundance Film Festival kicks off Thursday night, the lights at the Eccles Theater will be dim, and there will be fewer...

President Joe Biden's and his team is promising updated guidance on the reopening of schools next week. As more Covid-19 vaccines are being administered,...

The World Trade Organization's decision to postpone a crucial meeting last week calls into question efforts to rehabilitate the alliance, which has been battered...

On Wednesday, a Facebook-appointed panel of journalists, activists, and lawyers ruled to uphold the social network's ban on former President Donald J. Trump, effectively...

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

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

After both countries tested ballistic missiles hours apart, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister criticized South Korean President Moon Jae-in and threatened...

A raging wildfire in Boulder County, Colorado, engulfed about 1,600 acres in a matter of hours, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing the evacuation...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Tuesday that agents are conducting a human smuggling investigation and were at the scene of a devastating crash in...

Do you know when an Earthquake will hit? It can't be too soon or too late. Earthquake information is everywhere you turn, but very...

The tribal officials' van deviated from the coastal highway, away from the Pacific, and onto a dirt path shaded by cedar and spruce trees....

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...

Last week, two gas lines carrying Russian gas to Europe were reported damaged, with sabotage being the primary cause. Two underwater explosions were reported...

China's technology behemoths have been pushing for the development of their own semiconductors or chips, which is seen as progress toward China's goal of...

Several decades ago, Mexican activists drove women to the United States to have their pregnancies terminated at clinics. Women in the United States are...

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 —...

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the airline, accusing it of lax COVID-19 protocols and contact tracing that...

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...

When San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy receives his prestigious red hat at the Vatican on Saturday, he will bring to the College of Cardinals...

When you are involved in a lawsuit, most likely it is for some type of deficiency judgment, which means that the court finds that...

Stocks, oil prices, and government bond yields all fell after South Africa issued a warning about a rapidly spreading strain of the coronavirus, raising...

Google announced today that it will postpone plans to phase out third-party cookies in the Chrome browser until 2023, a year or so later...

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...

North Korea said Thursday it will ignore a U.S. offer for talks unless it withdraws its hostile policy, after Washington reached out to Pyongyang...

Officials said a mass burial site with at least 440 bodies was discovered in the recaptured Ukrainian city of Izyum. According to officials, some...

Starling, a British digital bank, reported a sevenfold increase in revenue in the 16 months ending March 2021 as lending increased sevenfold, helping to...

According to an email shared by a whistleblower, the auto insurance company State Farm is encouraging its agents in Florida to donate books promoting...

Five students and their mothers from Coosa High School in Rome, Georgia, filed a federal lawsuit against the Floyd County School District, alleging racial...

We’re nearly halfway through February, a period when influenza is typically widespread throughout the United States and much of the world. Normally, one could...

On Sunday, Novak Djokovic left Australia after three federal judges upheld the decision to revoke his visa for the second time. "I can confirm that...

Cadell Walker rushed to get her 9-year-old daughter Solome immunized against COVID-19, not only to protect her, but also to help prevent the coronavirus...

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...

After a blistering and unprecedented streak of billion-dollar-grossing films, Marvel superhero films took what was supposed to be a brief hiatus two years ago. When...

Technically, the Toronto Raptors have played 29 home games. Realistically, the Raptors have been on the road for all of their 58 games this...

French cuisine refers to the distinctive cooking habits and traditional practices in France. This cuisine originated during the middle ages and has been a...

With his five-year search for the perfect notebook, a veteran tech CEO has added to Silicon Valley's growing list of idiosyncratic productivity hacks. David Selinger...