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The Biden administration on Wednesday took aim at China and a number of other countries for repressing religious freedom as it forges ahead with its aim of restoring human rights as a primary focus of American foreign policy.

Police officers who encountered a naked man walking down a Georgia street repeatedly fired their stun guns at him and pinned him to the ground by kneeling and standing on him, ultimately and wrongfully causing his death, according to a federal lawsuit fil...

Ghislaine Maxwells trial will start in November on charges that she recruited teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse over a 10year period, a judge said Tuesday.

The United States is delaying United Nations Security Council efforts to issue a public statement on escalating tensions between Israel and the Palestinians because it could be harmful to behindthescenes efforts to end the violence, according to diplomats...

Vaccinating children of all ages will be critical to a return to normalcy. Most COVID-19 vaccines rolling out worldwide have been authorized for adults.

A ransomware attack on top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline has brought attention to the growing area of cybercrime.

A new analysis of opioids in West Virginia shows the city of Huntington and its surrounding county were overwhelmed with shipments of prescription drugs, nearly all of which came from three large drug distributors on trial in a landmark case.

This Declaration addresses the emergency conditions creating a need for immediate transportation of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and other refined petroleum products and provides necessary relief.

Tropical Storm Andres formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico on Sunday, the first named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane system.

Protesters set fire to trailers belonging to Irans consulate in Karbala on Sunday amid widespread anger over the killing of a prominent activist in the Iraqi city.

Three men who died after apparently igniting an explosive powder near northern Illinois' Starved Rock State Park appeared to have been fishing along a river before the blast killed them, the coroner said.

Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller is scheduled to testify next week about the Pentagon's role in responding to the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, the latest in a series of highprofile congressional hearings centered on the insurrectio...

VIRUS OUTBREAK-US DAILY VACCINATIONS Chart. As the supply of coronavirus vaccine doses in the U.S. outpaces demand, some places around the country are finding theres less interest in the shots. The following digital embed looks at the daily coronavirus v...

A man who killed his 10monthold son, exgirlfriend and her mother in 2012 was spared the death penalty Thursday after a St. Louis jury instead recommended he be sentenced to life in prison.

Park officials in Montana have made additional reservation tickets available this week for GoingtotheSun Road in Glacier National Park after receiving complaints that the park was selling out too quickly.

At least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, one of the state's deadliest police raids ever, police said.