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When Chief Justice John Roberts cast the deciding vote in 2012 that upheld Barack Obama's signature achievement as president, the Affordable Care Act, he...

Amazon's interest has brought to light a young Indian fintech firm. On August 18, the American e-commerce behemoth made its first investment in India's wealth...

Airlines may have thought their pandemic woes were over in the fall, when a coronavirus wave passed and more people took to the skies....

Vice President Kamala Harris defended her job performance in an exclusive interview with "Good Morning America" Co-Anchor George Stephanopoulos, insisting that she and President...

Ten people were killed Monday, including a police officer, when a gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, the second mass shooting in the U.S. in...

On Wednesday, India reported more coronavirus deaths in a single day than any other country during the pandemic, while infections spread through vast rural...

Here we go! After months of pandemic delays, Nintendo's first ever theme park, featuring a "Mario Kart" ride in a real-life Bowser's Castle, opened...

President Biden plans to sign an executive order aimed at addressing the global semiconductor chip shortage which has forced U.S. automakers and other manufacturers...

More than 60 major corporations have signed an open letter calling on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to retract comments he made late last...

The Kremlin said Monday that there were no concrete plans for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden...

When the United States Catholic Bishops meet in June, they will decide whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Joe Biden and other...

Brazil’s rampant coronavirus outbreak has become a global threat that risks spawning new and even more lethal variants, one of the South American country’s...

Top House Democrats called on the Biden administration on Sunday to extend the eviction moratorium amid the coronavirus pandemic, just hours after the ban...

Heading into Wednesday's slate of games, the Lakers find themselves sitting fourth in the Western Conference at 28-16 overall behind only the Jazz (31-11), Suns (29-13) and Clippers (28-16;...

As questions about safety protocols on the "Rust" movie set linger, where Alec Baldwin killed a cinematographer with a prop gun he was told...

Virtual platforms like Netflix and Zoom have emerged as lifelines for a pandemic-hit world forced indoors, but in sanctioned Syria where both websites are...

Russian strikes in Ukraine continued as the Kremlin urged Kyiv to resume grain shipments despite a Russian missile attack over the weekend that threatened...

When the Food and Drug Administration halted the use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine to assess the risk of blood clots in women...

Patients no longer need to travel to doctors' offices for detailed heart rate or blood pressure readings, as consumer tech giants produce increasingly sophisticated...

On Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki  insisted that COVID-positive migrants are not being released into Texas- after Gov. Greg Abbott said the Biden...

The Biden administration has moved up its deadline for all Americans to become eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine, announcing Tuesday that states will...

The date was March 17, 2017. Troops from the US-led coalition fighting jihadists in Iraq were pushing their way into Mosul's Old City, squeezing...

The figures don't lie: solar energy is on the rise. According to the International Energy Agency's 2021 report, power generated by renewable solar power...

Stanford University apologized on Wednesday for limiting Jewish student admissions during the 1950s, a practice the university had long denied. Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne issued...

Critical race theory arose from the critical studies family and seeks to promote what its adherents believe is a pervasive and inescapable racist legacy...

Crews battling the largest wildfire in California this year braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that could lead to additional fire growth on...

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...

Extinction Rebellion is planning to step up its campaign against the banking system with a series of direct-action protests and debt strikes in the...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans have struggled to organize their everyday lives with the same consistency and energy as before. Because...

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

On Thursday, the Supreme Court dealt a major setback to President Joe Biden's ambitious climate change goals, ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks...

Bryson DeChambeau is determined to be an outstanding team player at the Ryder Cup, and he wasted no time proving it on Tuesday. He spoke...

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...

Paul Bäumer, seventeen, struggles to breathe through the yellow lens of his gas mask. He takes in his first glimpse of the western front...

SpaceX prepared a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule for launch early Wednesday to ferry four professional astronauts to the lab complex for...

Since the announcement that all Covid-related restrictions would be lifted in England, experts have warned of disastrous consequences, ranging from an inevitable increase in...

Jeff Bezos leaves an enduring legacy after transforming Amazon from a modest online bookseller into one of the world's most powerful corporations as he...

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,...

Following the violent insurrection at the Capitol last week, the House of Representatives, now led by the Democratic Party, are anticipated to vote on...

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

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

Six months into the campaign to vaccinate the US population against Covid-19, stark differences in vaccination rates have emerged between the states with the...

A ring of fire on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico caused by a ruptured gas pipeline has renewed concern about the state...

Amazon has gone 27 years without forming a union in the United States, but a grassroots effort at a New York warehouse could change...

Soaring Covid-19 cases in Michigan – where one of the nation’s worst outbreaks is underway -- are pushing hospitals to critical capacity levels, and residents...

Billionaire Elon Musk who owns Telsa, Space X and the social media platform X, made a surprise trip Monday to Israel. He met both in...

Two Trump-appointed federal judges have rejected January 6 defendants' claims that they are being treated unfairly because of their conservative politics, in comparison to...

In an interview, Apple's SVP of software engineering explains the company's privacy changes in iOS 14.5. Apple's push to require app developers to request...

The First Amendment to the Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging...

The question hanging over the mountain of paperwork after FBI agents carted away about a dozen boxes of presidential records from Donald Trump's opulent...

According to Ukrainian authorities, Russian artillery pounded Ukrainian defense positions in the country's east as Moscow stepped up its efforts to seize more territory...

Officials have issued a warning about threats to the nation's infrastructure after a shooting that damaged two power substations in a North Carolina County...

Fire insurance is typically home insurance that provides protection for damage or destruction to an entire building damaged or destroyed by a fire caused...

According to two federal officials familiar with the situation, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce this week that people can receive...

Governor Andrew Cuomo and the State of New York have issued warnings to hospitals about giving vaccines to elderly people before they finish fully...

According to a new watchdog report, the Department of Homeland Security intelligence division identified "specific" threats related to January 6, 2021, prior to the...

A former British government minister told reporters that he filed two formal police complaints against Prince Charles, alleging that he and his top aide...

Google wants you to reconsider how you record screen on your Chromebook, particularly in classroom and education scenarios. Screencast, a new system app in ChromeOS...

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...

When a candidate for president of the United States becomes the nominee of the Republican Party, they are officially considered the presidential candidate until...

In stark contrast to the exaggerated fears of the past, most people now believe cannabis is relatively harmless. While marijuana is less dangerous than...

So what is earthquake insurance and how does it work? Does homeowners, renters coverage cover earthquakes? What does earthquake coverage cover? Earthquakes happen when there...

Samuel Soren Adams had decided it was time to call it quits in a New Jersey pool hall. So he hung up his billiard...

When the world shut down two years ago, forcing millions to live their lives online, people without broadband access or the skills to get...

The Biden administration, like many previous US administrations, intended a foreign policy "pivot" toward China and Asia. Instead, Washington was confronted with a war...

Officials from the White House plan to meet with student debt activists and advocacy groups this week, ahead of President Joe Biden's self-imposed deadline...

A new study of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest to suggest that the new coronavirus...

After the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, experienced its second mass shooting in less than a week early Sunday, the mayor vowed to treat gun...

Despite being required by federal law, the Marine Corps is the only branch of the United States military that has yet to implement full-gender...

Olivia Julianna was ten years old when a shooter slaughtered 20 children in Newtown, Connecticut, in a massacre that shocked the entire world. "I remember...

On Tuesday, a California prosecutor said he would not rule out seeking the death penalty for a Chinese-American man who harbored anti-Taiwanese sentiments and...

As is customary at the start of Small Business Week, the White House offered platitudes. The “engines of our economic progress” are small businesses....

For most original Medicare enrollment includes automatic enrollment at the time of turning 65. Medicare Advantage enrollment varies depending on the plan chosen. The...

Ukraine sent its first grain shipment since Russia's invasion began on Monday, as part of a deal aimed at alleviating global food shortages. According to...

Novak Djokovic set a new landmark of 311 weeks as world number one on Monday, one week longer than Roger Federer whose tally of...

They describe her as desperate, scared, and frequently broke. Some have been victims of rape or domestic violence. Others are new mothers who are...

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

The raging floodwaters that killed or went missing dozens of people in eastern Kentucky also washed away some of the region's irreplaceable history. Appalshop, a...

On the morning of Election Day, Republican officials and candidates exuded confidence that their party would win majorities in both houses of Congress, effectively...

A Michigan judge barred local prosecutors from enforcing a 1931 abortion ban on Monday, just hours after an appeals court ruled that they could,...