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Starboard Value, an activist investor, has nominated a minority slate for Box Inc.'s board of directors, pitting its nominees against Chief Executive Officer Aaron...

Western powers chose not to intervene in Bosnia for four years following the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. During the 1992-1995 war, more...

Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful spaced apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on...

Russia's war on Ukraine has already changed European security after only one week, with the most serious fighting almost certainly yet to come. Vladimir Putin's...

As the world suffers from a punishing drought this summer, bodies of water have dried up, exposing submerged World War II relics in Europe,...

On Friday morning, the death toll in Eastern Kentucky rose to 16, including two children, after torrential rains flooded the region, destroying hundreds of...

Russians who have fled Putin's military draft have done so by car, train, plane, and, less frequently, boat. Except for two Russians who sailed...

J.T. Realmuto's pay will be reduced by more than a quarter-million dollars. His team, which is clinging to a percentage-point lead for the final...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) announced plans to build new factories in the United States and Japan on Thursday, capitalizing on a pandemic-driven...

Britain awoke Friday without its queen for the first time in 70 years. And, as the country entered a lengthy period of national mourning...

Alexandra Abrams, who worked on Blue Origin's communications team for two and a half years, was once so convinced she'd spend her entire life...

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

Freight railroads have been around since the nineteenth century, but they are essential to running a 21st-century economy. Businesses across the country are concerned about...

A group of people waits patiently by a blue bus parked beneath a bridge in Belgrade on a sunny autumn day. This will be...

Cracking down on Big Tech is a rare bipartisan desire, but a nearly 19-hour debate session in the House that lasted into Thursday morning...

Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, has denied rumors that his nation's military might assist Russian forces in their conflict with Ukraine. Lukashenko has become...

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), including US President Joe Biden, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and China's Xi Jinping, pledged on Friday to work...

White House officials are seizing the political opportunity in Democrats' doomsday scenario, the end of nationwide abortion rights, to try to save President Joe...

Ministers from the European Union met on Monday to respond to Russia's cut in gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, as well as to...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced inflation adjustments for the tax year 2023, despite the fact that inflation rates are at their highest in...

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...

Haseena Niazi had staked her hopes for her fiancé's departure from Afghanistan on a rarely used immigration provision. Given the evidence he provided about Taliban...

The Taliban's lightning-fast advance into more territory in Afghanistan is causing concern from Russia to China, as US President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw...

Tom Brady completed 21 of 29 passes for 201 yards with three touchdowns in the Buccaneers’ 31-9 victory over the Chiefs. In his performance in Sunday’s game, Brady was honored as...

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...

A crack in a steel beam that forced the closure of the Interstate 40 bridge connecting Arkansas and Tennessee for three months likely began...

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...

Deshaun Watson, the Cleveland Browns quarterback accused of sexual misconduct during massage treatments by more than a dozen women, was suspended for six games...

To assist hospitals overburdened by COVID-19, the federal government is sending medical teams to six states: New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Michigan,...

The Justice Department argued in a newly unsealed court filing that former President Donald Trump mischaracterized White House documents he retained after leaving office...

President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus will start flooding into the US economy soon, and some analysts say much of that money could end...

On Friday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) slammed Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over reports that Democratic lawmakers are planning to introduce a ban...

This month, data from several clinical trials will be released to determine whether "mixing and matching" different COVID-19 vaccines is safe and effective, or...

According to people familiar with the matter, the indictment of a far-right internet activist on charges of interfering with the 2016 U.S. election reflects...

As the country approaches the one year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic, much of the population continues to try and work, learn, and live...

Last year, Fed officials were wary of overreacting to one-time price increases by raising interest rates and cooling the labor market if supply-chain bottlenecks...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in Rome on Sunday as their new governments seek to move...

People vaccinated against Covid-19 in high-risk areas of the United States should resume wearing masks indoors, the country's top health official said Tuesday, reversing...

Richard Metzler purchased automation equipment as part of a plan to more than double the volume of his small parcel delivery company this holiday...

A decision about whether to resume administering the Johnson& Johnson Covid-19 vaccine should come this Friday, when an expert panel that is advising the Centers for...

Republican governors are optimistic about their 2022 midterm prospects against Democrats after a big win in Virginia and a better-than-expected performance in New Jersey,...

If you want to see what bare-knuckled political power by special interests looks like, look no further than the derailment of Sarah Bloom Raskin's...

Buses transported civilians out of one besieged Ukrainian city and supplies to another on Tuesday, as officials attempted to move people away from a...

At a time when conservatives are campaigning against teaching about systemic racism in the United States, the Texas Senate has moved to preserve evidence...

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 cosmonaut, a Japanese billionaire, and his assistant rocketed into orbit Wednesday on their way to the International Space Station for a 12-day visit...

After warnings that a tropical storm could make the site unsafe, demolition crews used explosives to bring down the remaining structure left behind after...

Japan will release more than a million tons of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, the government said Tuesday,...

The European game has never had such a disrupted season in the 134 years since league soccer began in England. FIFA's decision to move the...

Nordstrom was hit harder than most retailers by the pandemic. Its product assortment has traditionally been skewed toward fashion apparel and footwear, but with...

A potentially damaging recording surfaced a decade ago, in the midst of what would become a successful campaign for county sheriff. "I know exactly how...

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,...

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

Thursday night at the U.S. Olympic figure skating trials, as younger women began to secure their spots on the 2022 Olympic team, another woman,...

Gabby Petito's disappearance and death have raised many questions and sparked national interest, and authorities are scheduled to provide an update on her final...

The tax plan President Joe Biden laid out last week will likely hit technology and pharmaceutical companies particularly hard, although the challenge for legislators...

President Biden's support among black voters is dwindling. And it's difficult to imagine them returning anytime soon. President Biden's poll numbers have recently plummeted. According...

It was once a luxurious five-star resort floating directly above Australia's Great Barrier Reef. It now sits dilapidated in a North Korean port, a...

General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday that the country has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating...

According to internal correspondence, Alphabet Inc.'s Google plans to discontinue a long-running program aimed at entry-level engineers from underrepresented backgrounds because participants claimed it...

After the extreme and deadly weather that hit Texas earlier this month, the IRS announced that it would be extending the deadline to June...

Recently, in the podcast “Stars are blind”, Paris Hilton talked about an appearance on “The Late Show With David Letterman" saying she agreed to...

The owner and CEO of MyPillow, Mike Lindell, was banned from Twitter on Monday night based on a new policy that the social media...

Progressive lawmakers and House staffers are putting pressure on Democratic leaders to punish first-term Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado for a string of...

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) received a $10 million commitment from US pharmaceutical behemoth CVS in November 2021, to be distributed over three years....

The Supreme Court granted the Biden administration permission on Thursday to end a Trump-era immigration policy that required asylum seekers to remain in Mexico...

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

Approximately 1,000 Air National Guard troops assigned to space missions are experiencing identity crisis. Their units, torn between the Air Force, where they have traditionally...

Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve's regulatory work, told US lawmakers on Thursday that she believes banks require...

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...

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...

Carolyn Foote was shocked and outraged when Republican lawmakers targeted hundreds of books about race, equality, and sexuality in Texas school libraries. She and...

Diane Spears felt woozy and lethargic for hours after receiving the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on March 27, and it only got...

The economy added only 210,000 jobs in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent from...

The new home of Elize Lutz and Harrie Dekkers is a 94-square-meter (1,011-square-foot) two-bedroom bungalow that resembles a boulder with windows. Its gray concrete walls'...

President Joe Biden is putting his foot on the gas pedal and moving ahead with his plans to sell an expansive infrastructure proposal this week as he faces mounting...

The nation's first Black Secret Service agent on a presidential detail, now 86 and living in Chicago, has spent decades trying to clear his...

Republican Robin Vos, Wisconsin's longest-serving Assembly speaker, has presided over efforts to restrict abortions, weaken unions, expand gun rights, and oppose COVID-19 mandates. Despite...

According to a recent study, 58 of the top medical schools in America are teaching critical race theory, and some of the teaching materials...

Roger Federer's comeback after 14 months out with a knee injury ended in the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open after he was beaten by...