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Elizabeth Walsh, a mother of three elementary school-aged children in Washington, D.C., is determined not to become one of those wealthy white families that...

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

According to an exclusive American Civil Liberties Union report, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is limiting immigrants' access to lawyers in its detention centers,...

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

If a federal judge rules against a Biden administration policy, the judge's courtroom is almost certainly in Texas. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and conservative...

Migrant families who were returned to Haiti by the US after attempting to enter the country from Mexico are outraged at their treatment and...

Paola Bezzon assumed her sniffles in December were just a seasonal cold until a serology test revealed coronavirus antibodies in her blood months later. Bezzon,...

According to testimony from the company's former head of security, the legendary hacker-turned-cybersecurity-expert Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, Twitter has concealed negligent security practices, misled federal...

  Paid Family leave is a concept that progressive voters have long been awaiting but has failed to come to light due to political agendas....

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

On Thursday morning, shortly after beginning their second day of deliberations, the jury in Nikolas Cruz's death penalty trial reached a decision on whether...

US auto safety regulators have launched a new investigation into Tesla, this time in response to complaints that its vehicles can suddenly stop on...

Just three months after acknowledging an outbreak, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared victory over COVID-19 and ordered preventive measures to be eased,...

Chase Oliver, a libertarian, will not win Georgia's Senate race. However, the 37-year-old self-described former Democrat could command enormous national attention, influencing the election night...

After a federal investigation revealed that it was punishing Black students harsher than White students for similar behavior, a California school district has pledged...

With the pandemic still raging, the virus's origins unknown, and wealthy nations stockpiling vaccines, the World Health Organization will convene its member states next...

When the neighborhood she grew up in, Boston's Chinatown, was destroyed, Mary Yee was in elementary school. Beginning in the late 1950s, the state built...

One rancher in central Texas is pleading with Elon Musk to relocate his newest venture to the area, and he's offering his own land...

Ten years after American journalist Austin Tice went missing in Syria, his family is still waiting for the US government to take action. Keep...

The violence at the white nationalist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville shocked the country, with people being beaten to the ground, lighted torches...

To buy flood insurance, contact your local insurance agency or company, the one that sells your property or car insurance. Flood insurance is also...

Marine Cpl. Whitney McHaffie refused to wear a mask and refuses to be vaccinated against COVID-19. She was discharged from the military a month after...

The Canadian government announced Friday that it will prohibit the importation of handguns into the country, the latest in a series of gun-control measures...

Long-time county clerk Sam Merlino decided to leave her job after officials in Nye County, Nevada, accepted a pitch from a Republican nominee for...

Voters in the city rejected a ballot measure to overhaul policing that was drafted amid national outrage over the death of George Floyd by...

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

According to New York's attorney general, the company behind the TurboTax tax-filing program will pay $141 million to customers across the United States who...

The tribal officials' van deviated from the coastal highway, away from the Pacific, and onto a dirt path shaded by cedar and spruce trees....

Cyberattacks have increased dramatically in recent months, frequently disrupting products and services that are essential to our daily lives. Many of these attacks have...

There will be no Democrat running against incumbent Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong for North Dakota's sole congressional seat in November. Mark Haugen, the former...

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

United got off to the worst possible start, with goals from Mario Pasalic and Merih Demiral giving the visiting Italians a 2-0 lead inside...

Most people know him for his 1996 sing-along hit "I Believe I Can Fly," which became an inspirational anthem played at school graduations, weddings,...

Imagine for a minute your entire search history was open for everyone to see. That’s a scary thought, right? Embarrassing queries aside, there are certain things...

Most people want to find a job that pays well and allows for some work-life balance, but they also want to be happy. After...

According to watchdog groups, an antisemitic hate group was behind a banner hung over a busy Los Angeles freeway on Saturday that said, "Kanye...

A video of truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos making an emotional plea before a Colorado judge sentenced him to 110 years in prison in connection...

The Navy will appeal a Hawaii Department of Health order to halt operations at a fuel site linked to contaminated tap water at Joint...

The economy of the United States grew at a disappointing rate in the second quarter, indicating that the country has emerged from the grip...

In a podcast appearance, Prince Harry chastised newspapers for publishing "photos of my son being picked up from school" and denounced the "feeding frenzy"...

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...

Garnell Whitfield is still traumatized by the loss of his mother to racist violence in a Buffalo supermarket. Whitfield claims that the subsequent mass shootings,...

Earlier this week, the Biden administration made the announcement that it would resume the efforts first put forth by the Obama administration to put...

"I murdered my own baby," yelled a Republican state representative in New Hampshire, who had previously said she regretted her own abortion. Representative Susan DeLemus...

Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, said in interviews Sunday that former president Donald Trump should be enlisted to encourage his supporters...

Tuesday was a resounding rejection of former President Donald J. Trump's obsessive focus on the 2020 election. In Georgia, his choices for governor and...

Dr. Darien Sutton's first thought when a woman in her 30s showed up in his Los Angeles County hospital emergency room this week with...

According to legislation released by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a new committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurgency at the United States Capitol would...

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

Prince George may be third in line to the British throne, but his parents are said to be determined to provide him with a...

In terms of college football recruiting, one week separates the storyline from the action. The majority of the nation's top recruits are just seven...

As the world's richest person prepares to overhaul the social media platform, Elon Musk is considering charging Twitter users $20 (£17.30) per month or...

Today, the average senior on Social Security receives $1,543 per month. When combined with withdrawals from a retirement plan or ongoing pension payments, that...

Following the release of a grand jury report that accused the former superintendent of lying, the Loudoun County Public Schools board dismissed Scott Ziegler...

The staccato rhythms of a jackhammer ricocheted off buildings on a recent sun-drenched morning as a work crew dug into a Newark street to...

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...

Olympic officials defended rules that forced a US medal contender out of the Tokyo Games on Friday, after a Republican senator suggested without evidence...

Laurel Hubbard, a weightlifter, did not reach the podium, but she did make history. On Monday, the New Zealand athlete made history by becoming the...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mocked prominent figures around the world for speaking out against the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, including Prince...

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...

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) reported Wednesday that at least 32 transgender and gender nonconforming people have been killed since the beginning of the...

According to a new study, health care providers may be overcounting the number of children hospitalized for COVID-19, overestimating the disease's minor impact on...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States reduced the recommended time for people to isolate after testing positive for Covid-19...

Chris Ford accelerated his police cruiser down Gold Cup Drive to catch the SUV doing 30 mph in a 15 mph zone. The corporal...

Families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims reached a $73 million settlement with the manufacturer of the gun used in the deadly...

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' fraud conviction could teach Silicon Valley's culture of hubris and hype some valuable lessons. On Monday, Holmes was found guilty...

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

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams appointed Keechant Sewell, a Long Island police official, as the city's next police commissioner, making her the nation's...

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

A new warning has been issued to Apple and Google, urging the tech titans to remove the China-based app TikTok from their app stores....

The sight was breathtaking. Last weekend, as COVID-19 cases soared in the United States, the city's downtown was a sea of mostly unmasked humanity...

Potential Islamic State attacks on Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the US military to devise new methods of transporting evacuees to Kabul's airport, according...

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

Beech-Nut Nutrition voluntarily recalled an infant rice cereal on Tuesday because it contained more arsenic than the US Food and Drug Administration's limit of...

The US drug epidemic exploded while Americans were locked up, fueled by the coronavirus pandemic and an increase in fentanyl use. According to preliminary data...

After a blistering and unprecedented streak of billion-dollar-grossing films, Marvel superhero films took what was supposed to be a brief hiatus two years ago. When...

After briefly changing the icon of the Iranian flag on its social media accounts in support of the protests occurring in the nation, Iranian...

The FBI was closing in on a Defense Intelligence Agency employee who was allegedly a Cuban spy in late 2000. Soon, undercover agents would...

According to people familiar with the plans, former President Donald J. Trump is expected to announce a third White House campaign soon after the...