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The Kremlin strongly denied US claims of a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine on Monday, saying it could be a ruse to cover up...

Because of Amazon's recent partnership with Affirm, an online payment plan service primarily seen and when shopping online fashion brands, the behemoth retailer will...

In an interview, Apple's SVP of software engineering explains the company's privacy changes in iOS 14.5. Apple's push to require app developers to request...

According to Iranian state media, Iran's largest navy ship sank early Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman after catching fire, the latest blow to...

In what is likely to be one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever, hackers have returned nearly half of the $600 million they stole. The...

Several of the country's largest labor unions are suing over President Joe Biden's vaccine and testing mandates, not to overturn them, but to broaden...

According to a newly released investigation, the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard was directed twice by Pentagon leadership to send in troops...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he would "absolutely" support former President Donald Trump if he became the GOP presidential nominee in 2024.  Just...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday that he will work with Congress to remove sexual assault prosecutions from the military justice system, a dramatic...

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

With historic abortion arguments behind them, the justices will soon begin the work of crafting a decision that could significantly limit abortion rights in...

When it comes down to it, the actual impeachment process as defined by the U.S. Constitution is pretty simple. In theory, the President would...

Due to a number of injuries on their roster, the Los Angeles Lakers fell just short of a comeback victory over the Phoenix Suns...

Max Cleland, who lost three limbs in a hand grenade blast during the Vietnam War but went on to become a U.S. senator from...

The G7 group of major global economies announced over the weekend that it had reached an agreement to levy a 15% minimum tax on...

Heather Mars-Martins and her family would dive off the coast of Westerly, Rhode Island, to catch quahogs and clams, native to the eastern shores...

Temperature-scanning devices that check for fevers in schools, workplaces and public venues across the United States distort the results in a way that could...

Since the announcement that all Covid-related restrictions would be lifted in England, experts have warned of disastrous consequences, ranging from an inevitable increase in...

One in three people who were severely ill with coronavirus were subsequently diagnosed with a neurological or psychiatric condition within six months of infection,...

  According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the general public could start to have access to the Covid-19 vaccines as early as April in the United...

France’s role before and during the 1994 Rwandan genocide was a “monumental failure” that the country must acknowledge, the lead author of a report...

Europe reported its first case of the rapidly spreading new coronavirus variant, and dozens of countries restricted travel to and from southern Africa, where...

You've seen the obnoxious side of online tracking if you've ever searched for a pair of shoes only to have ads for those same...

Which of America's space agencies will return American astronauts to the moon? The short answer is SpaceX, which won a $2.9 billion contract from...

We've seen Aaron Rodgers as guest host of the legendary quiz show "Jeopardy" for nearly two weeks now. He's a self-admitted superfan of the...

Amazon is facing its largest unionization push in its entire history in regard to intense working guidelines and conditions set in place for its...

American politics is in a state of flux, and both parties are desperately seeking, albeit painfully, balance. Democrats are clinging to razor-thin majorities in the...

As Covid-19 spread last year, governments around the world touted the prospect of “herd immunity,” a promised land in which the virus would stop...

An LAPD officer has hit out at LeBron James, saying the NBA star "put a target on the back" of the cop who shot dead...

Since his days on the campaign trail, President Biden has tried to cast himself as diametrically opposed to President Donald Trump when it comes...

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

It's much easier to laugh at the idea of Lifetime's Harry and Meghan movies than it is to laugh at them, as long as...

Raven Saunders, the American shot-putter who delivered the first political demonstration on the podium at the Tokyo Olympics by raising her arms and crossing...

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...

The Rover “Perseverance” is expected to land on Mars on Thursday. This has been the riskiest step towards the legendary quest to bring back...

Thousands of people have reportedly fled across the border from Myanmar into neighboring Thailand after the bloodiest weekend the country has seen since the February 1...

The government announced on Monday that all adults in the United Kingdom will be able to get their booster Covid-19 vaccine doses three months...

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

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

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...

Facebook is continuing to face growing scrutiny from regulators over the company's acquisitions and also from critics for the role its social platform may...

When the universe's clock began to tick 14 billion years ago, space was still a tight, blazing hot, frenzied packet of cosmic stuff. Stars...

Within four to six months of receiving the second dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, the effectiveness can drop to 83.7 percent. This is the...

According to a new study, two out of every five people with compromised immune systems have a “low or undetectable” antibody response after receiving...

Lesa Tard anticipates that the clean energy revolution will bring more hot wings and cheeseburgers to Stanton with Ford's plans to build a factory...

On Wednesday last week, Google's Fiona Cicconi wrote to company employees. She announced that Google was bringing forward its timetable of moving people back...

The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent...

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

A World Health Organization (WHO) collaborator who reviewed a coronavirus research grant application discovered last month confirmed that the language of the documents indicates...

With his five-year search for the perfect notebook, a veteran tech CEO has added to Silicon Valley's growing list of idiosyncratic productivity hacks. David Selinger...

President-elect Joe Biden is promising that his climate agenda will begin in his first few days as president to combat the climate crisis and...

Former Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa is not on the ballot in his country's close presidential runoff on Sunday, yet remains a key figure in...

Vermont, known for Bernie Sanders, maple syrup, and the birthplace of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, now has a new claim to fame: it...

On Tuesday, The White House will announce President Joe Biden's first sanctions against Russia over the Russian government's poisoning and detention of opposition leader Alexei...

As the country's COVID-19 vaccine mandate kicks off on Wednesday, France could suspend up to 300,000 health-care workers for failing to be vaccinated. All medical,...

Democrats considering two approaches to cutting the overall cost of a far-reaching social policy and climate bill: eliminating proposed programs entirely or shortening their...

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

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

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...

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

In the United States, there is a direct relationship between education and income. People earn more money on average with each degree they obtain,...

Ernest Johnson was executed in Missouri on Tuesday, despite claims by his attorney and death penalty opponents that he had an intellectual disability and...

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...

Republican legislators in Oklahoma and Iowa have passed bills granting immunity to drivers whose vehicles strike and injure protesters in public streets. And in Florida, Gov....

Do you know what happens to Amazon and USPS packages that never arrive at your door? While porch pirates may be your first thought,...

It was once a luxurious five-star resort floating directly above Australia's Great Barrier Reef. It now sits dilapidated in a North Korean port, a...

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...

Ernest Ray worked for a company that made compressors in southwest Virginia for 26 years, in a physically demanding job that included night shifts...

A thousand-year-old poem has just cost Chinese delivery giant Meituan tens of billions of dollars in market value, rattling an already tense tech industry....

Alexandra Abrams, who worked on Blue Origin's communications team for two and a half years, was once so convinced she'd spend her entire life...

A helicopter crash in the Alaskan wilderness left five people, including one of Europe’s richest residents, dead after the chopper went down on Saturday...

The National Intelligence Council recently released the Global Trends Report 2040 and it describes in bleak terms what's ahead: The impacts of climate change combined...

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

The Supreme Court has significantly limited the scope of the country's main cybercrime law, limiting a tool that civil liberties advocates say federal prosecutors...

Nine months after George Floyd's death laid bare the racial wounds in the United States, the white policeman charged with murdering the 46-year-old Black...

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), including US President Joe Biden, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and China's Xi Jinping, pledged on Friday to work...

On Wednesday, The White House unveiled an approximately $2 trillion jobs plan focused on infrastructure and the climate, a blueprint that represents President Biden’s...

A US software company hit by a major ransomware attack that crippled hundreds of businesses worldwide was working Tuesday to restart its servers in...

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

More than 200 House Democrats issued a new warning Thursday as part of the contentious debate over infrastructure spending: Include strong union and labor...