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The Biden administration announced plans on Tuesday to implement some of the nation's toughest regulations against methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, as...

The assassination of British lawmaker David Amess has reignited concerns about a government program aimed at preventing at-risk young people from becoming radicalized, with...

The novel coronavirus pandemic was undoubtedly the most significant and frightening event of 2020, but it was far from the strangest thing that occurred...

Officials in the United States will close four emergency facilities that had been set up to house a record number of migrant children crossing...

Bradley Beal, the Washington Wizards' star guard, is coming off another outstanding season for the fledgling organization. Despite dealing with trade rumors on a near-daily...

Cathedral bells tolled at noon in Cape Town on Monday, as South Africa began a week of mourning for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop...

On Monday, former President Donald Trump's company filed a lawsuit against the city of New York, attempting to rescind Trump's contract to manage a...

When some members of his own church referred to the shots as "the mark of the beast," a biblical reference to allegiance to the...

The Afghan national soccer team's female players were nervous. They had been moving around the country for weeks, waiting for word that they could...

Adolescents aged 12 to 15 may be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine as early as Thursday. The US Food and Drug Administration said on...

President Bashar al-Assad, once regarded as a reformer but now regarded as a tyrant by his many detractors after a decade of war and...

After a winter storm pounded the mid-Atlantic and dumped more than a foot of snow in some places, ice and snow stranded scores of...

Twitter saw an increase in daily users but narrowly missed revenue expectations in the last three months of 2021, when a new CEO took...

At a G20 meeting on Tuesday, the United States led calls for greater global cooperation in light of the coronavirus crisis, while China insisted...

President Biden took office with a detailed plan to combat Covid-19, including accelerating vaccinations, reopening schools, and selling a massive stimulus package to assist...

A volcano in the Caribbean has been erupting for quite some time. Residents on some eastern Caribbean islands were placed on alert last week...

The US Commerce Department blacklisted Israeli firms NSO Group and Candiru on Wednesday, accusing them of providing spyware to foreign governments who "maliciously targeted"...

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...

On Sunday night, Texas Democrats staged a dramatic, last-ditch walkout in the state House of Representatives to prevent the passage of one of the...

A federal judge in California has denied Los Angeles County's request to dismiss Vanessa Bryant's lawsuit over photos taken at the scene of her...

Barack Obama has backed conservative West Virginia Democratic senator Joe Manchin's voting rights proposal, describing it as a "product of compromise" as the landmark...

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

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

The Rev. Athanasius Chidi Abanulo, who uses skills honed in his African homeland to effectively minister in rural Alabama, decides how long he can...

Hockey is one of the most popular sports in the United States. It is a fast-paced, contact sport that requires a lot of skill...

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,...

On Thursday, gay rights advocates filed a lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to stop a new law that prohibits sexual orientation and gender...

Next month in Budapest, America's most prominent conservative gathering, founded on ideals of personal liberty and limited government, will honor a European leader accused...

Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House Coronavirus Response Task Force Coordinator, says in her new book, published Tuesday, that problems with data collection...

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...

The Biden administration is moving forward with plans to wind down the long-term detention of migrant families, according to documents filed late Friday in...

Schools across the country are scrambling to make up for lost time during the pandemic by allocating billions of dollars to tutoring, summer camps,...

Despite a national shortage, Abbott plans to restart production of its baby formula, but it could take up to 10 weeks before it hits...

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...

Election officials in Texas are facing mounting challenges in implementing new voting procedures in time for the upcoming primaries, less than a year after...

The US Embassy in Beijing has apologized after a social media post meant to herald the removal of some pandemic barriers between the two...

In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of the Omicron variant, New York City is hosting a "scaled back" version...

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine may be less effective in people with obesity, data suggests. Italian researchers have discovered that healthcare workers with obesity produced only about...

Mahbu Avtar sits in an orange plastic chair and pulls down her sleeve, ready for her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, in a small...

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...

The worldwide ban on most crude oil export by the United States was imposed in 1975. It was implemented at the time of the...

Authorities say a suspect shot and killed four people and injured three others, including a police officer, in a shooting spree that began in...

Several federal agencies unveiled plans on Thursday aimed at minorities and other underserved communities, with the goal of expanding access to federal programs and...

They once dotted shopping plazas in America with ubiquity, beckoning binge watchers with shelves of VHS cassettes, microwave popcorn and boxes of candy —...

Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and brazen in their ransomware attacks, which are causing computer systems at school districts, major universities, police departments, and...

While Russia appears to have abandoned its plan to push deep into Ukraine's heartland for the time being, its new declared goal of gaining...

Hillary Clinton's newly discovered tweets from the days leading up to the 2016 presidential election show the candidate pushing now-debunked information that Donald Trump...

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

“All my life, my ambition was to be a star,” Jackie Mason once said, but few stars had a slower or more circuitous path...

A manhunt for multiple suspects is underway after a shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, early Sunday morning that left six people dead and 12...

In the United States, a writer who wrote a piece titled "How To Murder Your Husband" is on trial for...killing her husband. A large insurance...

A toxic invasive species that can be fatal if consumed is wreaking havoc on parks, flower beds, and backyard gardens. Poison hemlock, also known as...

The Senate passed a short-term spending bill Thursday night, averting a government shutdown that was scheduled for Saturday unless Congress acted. Senators voted 65-27 to...

The company behind the Nokia mobile brand refreshed its smartphone lineup on Thursday with a slew of new budget models, as it struggles to...

During 2021, cryptocurrency companies bombarded Londoners with a record number of advertisements on public transportation, fueling calls for a ban to prevent people from...

According to six people briefed on the matter, the CIA has ruled out the possibility that the mysterious symptoms known as Havana Syndrome are...

Disagreements between key White House national security and economic officials are putting the Biden administration's plans for new rules governing American banks that invest...

The elite Russian state hackers behind last year's massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign haven't slowed down this year, infiltrating a slew of US and allied...

Climbers were ecstatic when Nepal decided to reopen its side of Mount Everest this year, but reports indicate that even the world's highest peak...

According to the State Department, the US government now considers WNBA star Brittney Griner to be "wrongfully detained" in Russia. "The welfare and safety of...

Tens of thousands of Afghan nationals risked their lives to help the US military in Afghanistan, many of them as interpreters alongside American soldiers...

Lin Wood, a pro-Trump lawyer, has no basis to seek federal court relief from a State Bar of Georgia investigation into whether he is...

He wasn't really in "goblin mode" after all. Elon Musk tweeted a series of suggestions for improving Twitter last week after it was revealed...

Larry Elder, a black conservative radio host and politician, is advocating for reparations for slavers who had their "legal property" taken away after the...

According to a report released Wednesday by the British Defense Ministry, some Russian military units that suffered heavy losses in Ukraine have been forced...

On Thursday, the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol will reveal new evidence about Donald Trump's last-ditch effort to...

J Michelle Childs, a South Carolina judge among those vying for Joe Biden's nomination to the Supreme Court, has received strong backing from an...

Months into the worst pandemic to hit the United States in more than a century, people continue to believe that 5G mobile networks are...

Prices increased by 3.6 percent in April compared to the previous year, continuing a trend of rising inflation, though economic policymakers say the increases...

The White House has warned that funding to combat the Covid-19 pandemic will soon run out. Uninsured Americans will no longer be able to receive...

Dr. Daniel Stock, a physician in the state, made a slew of false claims about the coronavirus while testifying before a local school board...

According to a report from a law firm hired by the school to conduct an athletics department review, the school has taken numerous steps...

Less than two weeks after meeting President Biden for the first time in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the United States' prosecution of...

Two years after Congress passed legislation that improved the U.S. retirement system, lawmakers' efforts to improve it further are progressing — albeit slowly. Measures in...

Sofia Suarez, a receptionist at a Chicago dental office, was out of work for about three months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to reduced hours,...

Whatever you do to the Pixel 5, the fact remains that it is not a true flagship Android phone, which is what we've been...

The Haitian gang that police say kidnapped 17 missionaries last week has threatened to shoot the hostages in the head if the demanded ransom...

Despite efforts by drug-makers to make them more available, promising Covid-19 treatment pills are likely to take longer to reach patients in low- and...

It seems that SpaceX has missed the landing of the first-stage booster,  Falcon 9 for the first time in a year. It can be...