For the first time in history, New York City will use ranked choice voting for the 2021 primary and special elections.
More than 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede in southern Nigeria during an overcrowded church charity event where food was being distributed.
Health officials in Mexico confirmed Saturday the country's first known case of monkeypox, in a 50-year-old US resident being treated in Mexico City.
Earlier this month, Betty Sandison, 84, received her bachelor's degree – 67 years after beginning coursework at the University of Minnesota.
SOPA ImagesBefore he committed the third-deadliest school shooting in American history, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos cultivated an online persona that gravitated toward harassment and violent threats.According to multiple press reports, Ramos repeatedly threatened users on the social media app Yubo, a service based in France that lets multiple people livestream simultaneously.“I witnessed him harass girls and threaten them with sexual assault, like rape and kidnapping,” one teenage user told The W
A Florida judge on Saturday gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion to families who lost loved ones in the collapse last year of a Florida beachfront condominium building in which 98 people died. The quick settlement of the unprecedented collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South building in the early morning hours of June 24, 2021, means that potentially years of court battles will be avoided. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman, who is overseeing the lawsuits filed after the collapse, said during a hearing held remotely it was the best possible outcome given the loss of life and property in the disaster.
“Your generation, more than anyone else will have to answer the question, Who are we? What do we stand for? What do we believe? Who will we be?" Biden said.
‘He would talk about shooting up schools but no one believed him, no one would think he would do it’
Jury begins deliberations in Johnny Depp-Amber Heard libel trial
Liotta anounces his engagement to Nittolo in Christmas 2020
A group of US senators led by Ed Markey of Massachusetts is calling on Apple and Google to implement new app store policies that prohibit developers from collecting data that would threaten women seeking abortions.
The 18-year-old who massacred students in Uvalde was known to plenty in the tight-knit Texas community, but few saw warning signs of a school shooter.
Residents across the Northeast who were forced to dodge showers and feisty thunderstorms during the first part of the Memorial Day weekend can replace umbrellas with sunscreen by the time the unofficial start to summer arrives. The drier pattern will also arrive with a surge of heat early next week, but forecasters say the summerlike temperatures will be cut short sooner rather than later in part of the region. The drier and warmer pattern is expected to take hold beginning on Sunday and set the
Authorities say numerous instances of mistakes, misjudgments or misfortune allowed the massacre at a Uvalde, Texas, school to continue.
Officials acknowledged a catastrophic failure by police to not immediately enter the classroom as a gunman massacred 19 students and two teachers.
Rwanda on Saturday said two of its soldiers were being held captive by rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and accused government authorities there of backing the group responsible.
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka took delivery Saturday of Russian oil -- which could soon be subject to a European embargo -- to restart operations at the country's only refinery, the energy minister said.
Trump, Cruz deliver remarks at NRA convention just days after Uvalde shooting
The former top leader of the Proud Boys will remain jailed while awaiting trial on charges that he conspired with other members of the far-right extremist group to attack the U.S. Capitol and stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's presidential victory, a federal judge has ruled. Henry “Enrique” Tarrio poses a danger to the public that cannot be mitigated by home detention and banning him from using social media, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said in an order issued late Friday. Tarrio, a South Florida resident, has been jailed since his arrest on March 8, a day after his indictment on charges including conspiracy.
Celebrities are flocking to the French Riviera to showcase their style
