Tag: spooked

Mike Tidd, 65, is a fourth-generation plumber from Georgia who spent his early years making 12 to 14 repair calls per day to various...

The city of Austin is attempting to shield its residents from prosecution under a Texas law that, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, would...

Under a new bill introduced by Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and John Boozman (R-Ariz.), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission would take the lead in...

The local LGBTQ community is in mourning following the weekend attack at a gay bar in Colorado Springs. On Nov. 19, the eve of Transgender...

Virginia Republicans chose not to support Amanda Chase, a self-described "Trump in heels," in her bid to defeat Democrats for the governor's seat in...

Dawn Beasley received a phone call in January 2020 that changed her life — and the course of a murder trial. Carl Harris was about...

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...

With the nation's top public health officials as their audience, Senate Republicans on Thursday voiced their displeasure with the Biden administration's new broad-reaching vaccine...

Beginning November, the Biden administration will lift travel restrictions on foreigners who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, reopening the country to thousands...

President Joe Biden and the prime ministers of Australia and the United Kingdom announced a new defense partnership in September, surprising both allies and...

Last year, Shannon Keeler was on a weekend getaway with her boyfriend when she checked her Facebook messages for the first time in ages....

Scientists are currently cultivating the Delta Covid variant in laboratories with the goal of infecting volunteers on purpose. British researchers are developing the samples that...

The new head of the government's road safety agency says the agency will step up efforts to better understand the risks posed by automated...

When I opened Twitter on Sunday, the first thing I saw was someone calling me a lampshade made of human skin. Then I got...

When you think of Tom Cotton, you probably think of the senator who advocated for the use of the military to persecute Black Lives...

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...

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...

With a new home and a new $5 billion stadium already under their belt within the last 5 years, the LA Rams have taken another...

President Joe Biden pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas pollution in half by 2030 at a virtual climate summit Thursday, outlining an aggressive target that...

According to a Ukrainian government official, Ukrainian intelligence indicates Belarus' "readiness to possibly participate directly" in the invasion of Ukraine, "in addition to allowing...

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...

Not every top prospect is an Adley Rutschman or Gunnar Henderson, soaring to the majors and immediately boosting his organization's playoff chances. Some are like...

Shemah Crosby remembers her grandmother Lena spending time with her hand crafting Choctaw Indian traditional dresses, sowing elaborate appliques onto colorful fabrics. When her "pokni,"...

According to a survey of participants published on Wednesday, the majority of companies participating in a four-day workweek pilot program in the United Kingdom...

This is the second time in less than six months that we have seen unspeakable violence on our screens. The ongoing coverage of Russia's...

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon overruled Special Master Raymond Dearie's order requiring former President Trump to provide any "final" objections or...

Whether you prefer to kill insects or not, there is one bug that health officials in the northeastern United States want you to get...

T-Mobile network has been compromised. The wireless carrier is still investigating the breach, which it confirmed in a statement issued on Monday, but it...

The “vast majority” of the almost 550,000 coronavirus deaths in the US could have been prevented if Donald Trump’s administration had acted earlier and...

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook and now CEO of Meta, stated on Monday that a new touch sensor and a plastic material could potentially...

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could have significant effects on both the executive branch's authority to...

Human bodies continue to emerge as the water level of the nation's largest man-made reservoir recedes due to drought. Human remains have been discovered in...

Advisers to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo influenced state health officials to remove data from a public report that showed coronavirus-related nursing-home deaths in...

As the number of coronavirus infections among unvaccinated Americans continues to rise, Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's top infectious-disease expert, said on Sunday that...

A running joke among Twitter employees is that being on the platform is like playing a massive online multiplayer game where the main character...

The House select committee investigating the deadly insurgency at the US Capitol has sought to demonstrate that Donald Trump was at the center of...

A white and silver space plane rocketed toward the edge of Earth's atmosphere, more than 46,000 feet above the stark New Mexico desert, propelled...

Huawei will begin charging smartphone makers a royalty to use its patented 5G technology as the Chinese technology firm looks to open a new...

If the coronavirus pandemic has caused you to rethink the way you spend and save money, you're not alone. According to a McKinsey report  published...

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...

On Thursday night, the United States carried out a military airstrike against Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria near the Iraq border. The strike was...

British computer scientists have discovered a way to remotely hijack contactless Visa payments on an iPhone that has been locked. The proper delivery of...

China is said to have established dozens of "overseas police stations" in countries around the world, which activists fear will be used to track...

The Biden administration is expected to announce a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics this week, according to a senior administration official...

Tanzania's President John Magufuli, one of Africa's most prominent coronavirus sceptics, has died aged 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Wednesday after...

The crowd at a music festival planned by Travis Scott, a favorite local rapper turned megastar, was expected to be difficult to control, according...

The Washington Commanders announced on Wednesday that team owners Daniel and Tanya Snyder have hired a bank to "consider potential transactions" involving the team,...

It's one thing to have to overcome the odds in order to win a gold medal for your country; it's quite another to have...

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...

More than 7,000 millipede species crawl across forest floors and garden beds around the world, pairs of legs pumping as they move through soil...

In a wave of communal unrest, rival Arab and Jewish mobs carried out beatings and torching cars on the streets of Israel late Wednesday. As...

As another holiday approaches, the Biden administration has been contemplating whether to restrict domestic travel to certain states. While many Americans are gearing up for...

The war in Afghanistan did not end when US and UK troops left Kabul airport last year; it simply took a new, but still...

According to reports, President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a contentious phone call last week. For several years, Washington has debated whether...

Police on Friday were seeking a motive and working to identify the gunman and eight victims in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility late Thursday. Police...

Across the world 800 million children are still not fully back in school, UNICEF is warning, with many at risk of never returning to...

Republicans used President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday to launch campaign-style attacks on what many GOP members see as the...

A prominent TV celebrity and former socialite with close family ties to President Vladimir Putin has fled Russia in the aftermath of a criminal...

US authorities are keeping a close eye on Facebook due to anticompetitive concerns, and new details about its mid-2020 acquisition of gif creator Giphy...

An initial investigation commissioned by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland documented some of the atrocities that Native American children faced at over 400 boarding schools...

Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, former Vice President Mike Pence says abortion should be banned nationwide and is planning...

Evacuation orders were issued in parts of several central Texas counties late Thursday as crews worked to contain the flames in dangerous fire weather...

When Federal Trade Commission antitrust lawsuit against Facebook was dismissed by federal judge James Boasberg in June, he gave the agency very specific instructions...

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

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...

After the Atlanta Hawks ruled out point guard Trae Young for Game 4, the Milwaukee Bucks' path became clearer. When Bucks All-NBA forward Giannis...

The United States Food and Drug Administration approved the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for children as young as six months old on Friday, but...

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

A dispute between railroads and labor unions could result in a shutdown as early as Friday, halting most train traffic across the country. Trains...

As of Friday, eleven countries were investigating possible monkeypox cases, including the United States, where a second possible case was reported in New York...

The Justice Department will ask the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, despite...

According to a new Human Rights Watch report, the Taliban killed or disappeared more than 100 former Afghan security forces members in four provinces...

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...

After months of quarantine, parts of Southeast Asia are abandoning their "zero-Covid" policy and preparing to live with the virus, despite experts' warnings that...

The European Union's parliament was in disarray on Tuesday as lawmakers' careers were jeopardized by a corruption and bribery scandal, and Qatari officials were...

Juanisha C. Brooks was driving home on the Capital Beltway early on March 6 when she noticed the flashing lights of an emergency vehicle...

It all started with a highly unusual offer from two business executives – both worth billions of dollars – to bail out a bankrupt...

Portland's official slogan is "The City That Works," but many residents believe the city is anything but that after a turbulent few years. Homelessness and...

President Joe Biden sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos for a wide-ranging interview Tuesday in which he said his message to migrants was...

Many experts and researchers hoped that when US President Joe Biden accused Facebook of "killing people" by spreading vaccine lies in July, it signaled...