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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,...

Ukrainian forces advanced on territories occupied by Russian troops and their separatist proxies, liberating towns in the southern Kherson region while also moving east...

A workshop for writers in Alaska. Californian food banks. a diabetes-fighting nonprofit. The disgraced cryptocurrency tycoon Samuel Bankman-Fried gave lawmakers a ton of money, but...

President Biden supported making an exception to filibuster rules in order to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade into law, an effort that would...

According to an excerpt from his book "Breaking History: A White House Memoir" provided to The New York Times, Jared Kushner, a billionaire real...

According to Emin Gün Sirer, the founder of Avalanche, Bitcoin will eventually be outpaced by other coins as their faster, cheaper networks digitize more...

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

A Congressional committee discovered that while the NFL was investigating his team for widespread workplace misconduct, Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder directed a "shadow...

After more than 18 months of a pandemic, with one in every 545 Americans already killed by COVID-19, a sizable portion of the population...

President Joe Biden is set to present the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor for valor, to three U.S. soldiers for their...

Dave Bennett, the Maryland man who received the first heart transplant from a genetically modified pig last week, is doing well, according to his...

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that a Texas death row inmate could have his spiritual adviser pray aloud and "lay hands" on him...

Along with a lingering global pandemic, the year 2021 was filled with climate disasters, some of which were so severe that even scientists who...

Cuba has named one of its homegrown vaccines Abdala, after a famous dramatic verse by independence hero and national icon Jose Marti, as a...

The taxonomy of crime that takes place offshore is both diverse and acute. Nonetheless, illegal fishing is at the top of the food chain....

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...

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...

The woman who accused Trevor Bauer of sexual assault testified tearfully on Monday about her two encounters with him at his Pasadena home earlier...

An Oklahoma judge temporarily blocked the implementation of two new anti-abortion laws that go into effect next month, including one that is similar to...

In the final weeks before the midterm elections, Senate Democrats are playing it safe by pledging not to allow a government shutdown over Sen....

When Iranians vote for their next president in June, they will be able to choose from a field of mostly hardline candidates who are...

Marty Chavez arrived at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport early Tuesday for his flight to Ohio and immediately began looking for his mask. He approached a...

Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu is the new Miss Universe. The reigning Miss Universe, Andrea Meza of Mexico, crowned her successor on Sunday night at the...

If you were to look at Dubai right now you may think life is back to normal. Recently, the busy city has been a...

On Wednesday Facebook made a stirring decision to block certain groups of Australians from sharing news. Fire and emergency services, non-profit organizations and state...

Tuesday's vote on whether to release six years' worth of information about former President Donald Trump's tax returns, a move Trump has long resisted,...

Republican J.R. Majewski's campaign for a competitive Ohio congressional seat has revolved around his background as an Air Force veteran. But one of the...

The Obama Presidential Center broke ground on Tuesday, after five years of opposition from park preservationists and community groups concerned that rising rent prices...

The European Union is close to reaching an agreement on a set of new rules aimed at protecting internet users by requiring large tech...

According to a new study published on Tuesday, small amounts of industrial chemicals known as phthalates, which are used to soften plastics, have been...

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

Rory McIlroy has never been shy about expressing his disdain for Saudi-backed LIV Golf's attempts to quickly gain traction by stealing some of the...

Many advocates and former students seeking relief have applauded President Joe Biden's decision to cancel some student loan debt for millions of Americans, but...

The University of Virginia lifted a campus-wide lockdown Monday, just hours after three students were killed and two others were injured in a shooting...

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent battle with what he sees as the "woke" agenda is pushing Florida further to the ideological right and positioning...

As the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic and a rapidly changing economy, Congress is debating which priorities to include in the upcoming legislative package....

As the ranks of senior citizens grow and younger Americans continue to postpone life milestones that previous generations achieved earlier in life, more than...

One of Baltimore's most well-known figures isn't on a sports field or in a city hall office. Instead, he's doing the mundane job of...

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...

The majority of battleground districts in this fall's critical elections for Virginia House of Delegates are in the state's cities and suburbs, but Republicans...

US President Joe Biden slipped a phrase into a major address on infrastructure spending earlier this month with a laugh, calling it a "boring...

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The Supreme Court of the United States has consistently prohibited school-sponsored prayer in public schools. Simultaneously, lower courts have generally prohibited public school employees...

Employers have turned to an often-overlooked pool of talent in the current tight labor market: applicants with criminal records. According to a recent Indeed Hiring...

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...

Big Tech companies that do business all over the world have long promised to follow local laws and protect civil rights. However, when Apple...

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' space company, filed a lawsuit against NASA's Moon program in federal court on Monday. The complaint escalates the company's months-long...

In recent days, violent protests in Kazakhstan have resulted in the resignation of the government and the declaration of a state of emergency, as...

To assist hospitals overburdened by COVID-19, the federal government is sending medical teams to six states: New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Michigan,...

On Thursday, the ethereum network will receive a much-anticipated upgrade that will change the way transaction fees work and begin to destroy coins. It...

Somalia's government urged people who had fled violence in the capital to return home on Wednesday, as tensions eased after the president called for...

Donald Dell, one of the Association of Tennis Professionals' (ATP) founders, says he supports Novak Djokovic's breakaway player's organization, but that the two organizations...

Republicans, not Democrats, are seeing greater erosion of Latino voter support, owing in part to the overturning of the landmark ruling that legalized abortion,...

Thirteen months ago, not at the end of the news day on a dreary Friday in February 2022. Former Vice President Mike Pence's belated declaration,...

Tens of thousands of Russians are still attempting to flee the country, fearful of being caught up in President Vladimir Putin's last-minute military mobilization...

In a speech titled "The Return of Geopolitics" on April 27, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss made a compelling case for a rethinking of...

According to two government officials, the Biden administration is gradually implementing new changes that would increase the speed with which the US government evaluates...

On Wednesday, the governors of California and Nevada planned to tour the state line area blackened by one of two massive wildfires that have...

Pharmaceutical giant Merck will help make Johnson & Johnson single shot coronavirus vaccine — an unusual pact between fierce competitors that could sharply boost...

If you’re one of the lucky ones out there who has already received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, you may be wondering what...

Russia this week began huge military exercises in Crimea and along the border with Ukraine, using more than 100,000 troops- backed by heavy armor,...

While many Republican candidates began this election season by attacking Democrats over inflation, Lee Zeldin of New York had a different focus: crime. The Republican...

Joe Biden is set to announce new actions to combat the coronavirus, including a nationwide campaign encouraging vaccine boosters, an expansion of at-home tests,...

Critics pounced on CNN's Chris Cillizza on Wednesday for claiming that Republicans have become "much more" conservative than Democrats have become more liberal. In his...

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

Growing up in Chicago, Broadway star Brittney Mack would watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV after her own parade duties were completed....

After being pulled over during a routine traffic stop in San Dimas, California, a woman was caught on police body camera footage verbally abusing...

While US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends Group of 20 meetings on his first trip to Asia in more than six months, his...

According to a report released Tuesday that provides a comprehensive look at American philanthropy, charitable giving in the United States reached a record $485...

North Korea's recent missile launches were a simulated use of tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to "hit and wipe out" potential South Korean and US...

Summer 2021 is expected to be one of the hottest on record, with all-time high temperatures in dozens of Western cities. The extreme heat...

When the officer who killed George Floyd was found guilty of murder in April, the slain Black man's lawyer hailed the verdict as a...

Tania Valdes says she found out her son was being held hostage after receiving a call from an anonymous group asking for money in...

The Democratic primary battle in New York City between Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler is heating up, and one of the senior House...

In a forecast from the University of Washington’s pandemic forecasting team, it is estimated that close to another 200,000 Americans are likely to dies...

Renters who are unable to pay their landlords are being evicted, and they are outraged. They're especially irritated because their landlord is a large...

Tesla's Chinese sales last month were significantly lower than expected. Although Tesla does not report monthly sales or regional revenue, the China Passenger Car...

The trial of former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter, who was charged in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man killed...

Rideshare company Lyft offered rides to the Reno-Tahoe International Airport for more than $1,500 to people looking to evacuate from a Lake Tahoe resort...

Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is emphasizing the importance of ensuring that any international tax agreement does...