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The medical examiner confirmed that the three University of Virginia football players killed in what prosecutors described as a "targeted" shooting on campus this...

A body was discovered, and the search for 38 people missing from a boat that capsized off the coast of Florida was continuing Wednesday...

The House of Representatives is poised this week to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan with $1,400 checks, billions for vaccines,...

From the moment it was discovered more than a century ago, scholars have puzzled over the Antikythera mechanism, a remarkable and baffling astronomical calculator...

Former President Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon said Tuesday that he expects to be charged soon in a state criminal case in New York...

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...

Levi O'Rourke knew she was special the moment he heard his future wife's voice over the phone. "I couldn't believe what I just heard," said...

Kristin Riott is the executive director of Bridging the Gap, a nonprofit in Kansas City, Missouri that works on climate change and other environmental...

Misha Sanders was starting from scratch. She had recently left an abusive relationship and was in her first semester of seminary, all while caring...

According to a new analysis by PEN America, a nonprofit organization advocating for free speech, Texas banned more books from school libraries this year...

A fourth wave of COVID-19 is threatening to overwhelm US hospitals in areas where large numbers of unvaccinated people offer little resistance to the...

When Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attends a summit of leaders from across the United Kingdom and Ireland on Thursday, he hopes to repair strained...

According to a New York law that permits sexual assault victims to file lawsuits years after the alleged assault, writer and columnist E. Jean...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit against Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms Inc., on Monday, alleging that the social media giant...

Shortly after President Joe Biden announced new sanctions on Russian banks and elites on Thursday – but not on Russian President Vladimir Putin –...

Gunfire erupted on a moving New York City subway train during rush hour Tuesday morning, wounding at least five people and injuring eight others,...

Chips can be found in nearly every electronic device you own, from your phone to your computer to your car. Chips can even be...

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...

The battle between Texas lawmakers over a bill that would impose some of the strictest voting access restrictions in the country erupted Monday, with...

Vaccines appear to be starting to reduce new Covid-19 infections in the United States, a breakthrough that could allow people to resume more normal...

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

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that even if President Vladimir Putin made a "big mistake" by invading Ukraine, long-term isolation of Russia...

Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize winner says he will lead his country's army "from the battlefront" beginning Tuesday, a dramatic new step in a year-long...

Only a few weeks ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was regarded as crypto's John Pierpont Morgan, willing to risk his vast fortune to save the industry. SBF,...

In response to a global shortage of microprocessors used in everything from phones and cars to video games, Intel will invest $20 billion in...

A federal lawsuit claims that multiple cheerleading coaches in South Carolina, including one who recently committed suicide, sexually abused at least six boys and...

25th of September, 2001 It's a date that many Michael Jordan fans don't believe exists. Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of Michael Jordan's return from...

US stocks fell on Tuesday, resuming their decline after last week's rally, while a pledge by European Union leaders to cut Russian oil purchases...

Former President Donald Trump's social media app, which he hopes will rival Twitter, debuted on Monday, as he seeks a new digital stage to...

As state legislatures convene this month, Republican governors and lawmakers who have fought to limit racial discussions in public schools are rallying behind a...

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

Last month, Italy's competition watchdog fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion), the latest of several sanctions against Big Tech firms in 2021. When Italy's...

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,...

Donald Trump is facing a potentially crippling financial and political blow as state prosecutors consider charging his family business with a crime this week. Prosecutors...

A Montana hospital went into lockdown and called the police after a woman threatened violence because a relative's request for ivermectin treatment was denied. Another...

The United States is at a crossroads in terms of LGBTQ rights: More Americans than ever before identify as LGBTQ, but more than half...

The U.S. Capitol, also known as the U.S. Capitol Building, is perhaps the most important place of business and official government gathering in the...

The NAACP made a direct request to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday for the Justice Department to launch a federal civil rights investigation...

There's a lot going on at the end of Netflix's battle royale thriller Squid Game, which is a cross between Bong Joon-Oscar-winning ho's film...

NATO's Communication and Information Agency (NCI Agency) is starting its annual Locked Shields cyber defense simulation as the West prepares for Russian cyberattacks amid...

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

Weary doctors and nurses on the front lines of the pandemic are preparing to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients over the Christmas holiday for the...

Former President Donald Trump is reportedly unhappy with the opening argument from his impeachment lawyer, Bruce Castor on the Senate floor Tuesday. Bruce Castor, who is...

If Republicans gain control of the House, they intend to immediately begin oversight of the Internal Revenue Service. Three Republicans running for chairman of the...

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have spoken by phone whenever the US announces a new package...

Life couldn't have been better for the New York Yankees when they awoke in the Bay Area on August 28. They'd just won their...

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

Beginning this weekend, Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world will gather at the Vatican for events that could serve as a dress rehearsal...

A coalition of educators and civil rights organizations sued the state of Oklahoma over a law that limits what can be taught about racism...

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...

Dell is being sued in California over claims that its Alienware Area 51m-R1 gaming laptops can be upgraded. In his lawsuit, Robert Felter claimed that...

Galina Danilchenko is the "mayor" of Russian-occupied Melitopol. According to the city's elected mayor, Ivan Fedorov, roughly half of the population has fled since Russia...

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is investigating Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak for displaying the letter "Z" on the podium next to a Ukrainian competitor...

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...

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

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

In September, doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham implanted two pig kidneys into a brain-dead person, a step toward testing the procedure...

The Biden administration's suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana,...

The issue of abused, missing, and murdered Native Americans is finally gaining media and legislative attention after years of neglect. The way the subject...

Russian forces advanced Monday into Severodonetsk, one of the last Ukrainian strongholds in the eastern Donbas region, where Moscow is now focusing its offensive. The...

President Biden planned to press Russian President Vladimir Putin on alleged hacking, human rights violations, and other irritants in a historic first summit Wednesday,...

The FBI director and the head of Britain's domestic intelligence agency both raised concerns about the Chinese government on Wednesday, warning business leaders that...

China and the European Union held a virtual summit on Friday, which was overshadowed by Russia's war in Ukraine. E.U. leaders pressed Premier Li Keqiang...

President Joe Biden will celebrate America's victory over Covid-19 with a July 4th barbecue this Sunday, but the smoke from the fireworks will barely...

The University of Michigan has reached a $490 million settlement with former athletes and other University of Michigan students who sued the school alleging...

Internal memos from Meta's VP of Metaverse to employees working on the metaverse app highlight concerns that it has too many quality and performance...

On the last day of the state's legislative session, Alabama's Republican-controlled legislature passed two bills aimed at transgender children, including one that makes it...

On April 29, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev became the first post-Soviet leader to publicly condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It is the most recent...

The Biden administration is working to create a "fair and equitable" asylum-seeker system, according to the top official at US Customs and Border Protection,...

Toyota Motor Corp's research arm announced the acquisition of Carmera, a provider of maps and data for driverless vehicles based in the United States,...

Ian Peake, a medical student at the University of Oklahoma, spent four years shadowing doctors at a Tulsa abortion clinic because his school did...

The Nasdaq at 19,000, Apple and Microsoft market caps of more than $3 trillion, and a pervasive metaverse, particularly after Apple releases its much-anticipated...

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...

The semiconductor chip shortage is old news, but when the second-largest public company in U.S. stock market history says it just lost $6 billion...

As a child, Linda Davis and her mother used to break clay pots over their ancestors' graves, allowing the flowers inside to grow. When she...

Thousands of New York City public employees could lose their jobs on Friday if they don't show they've met the city's mandate requiring them...

Alex Schachter, a 14-year-old marching band member who was killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, would have graduated this year from Marjory Stoneman...

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are concerned that funds from the Department of Homeland Security are being used to purchase Chinese solar panels...

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

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