Standing in the shadow of China's spiraling economy, President Biden had a clear and concise message for anyone wondering whether his frenetic trip through Southeast Asia this weekend was aimed at sending a message to Beijing: "I don't…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Sunday that he had raised "very strong concerns" with Chinese Premier Li Qiang about allegations of a spy within the U.K.'s Parliament.
Get ready for an Oscar season filled with hit men, composers, and a very raunchy "Frankenstein." The fall festival season is underway, and several of the year's most anticipated awards contenders have debuted in Venice. "Oppenheimer" could…
Wisconsin Republicans are already thinking of impeachment for the state's newest Supreme Court justice, Insider reported. Janet Protasiewicz handily won her seat in April on a platform heavily focused on abortion rights, giving the court a…
A new school year has arrived, and yet the nationwide teacher shortage — which first cropped up early in the Covid-19 pandemic — persists. To that end, the issue has come under increased scrutiny in Florida, where headline after headline…
An hour before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Russian hackers disabled the commercial satellite network Ukraine and its military relied on to communicate, leaving the country largely unable to mount a defense. Elon Musk stepped…
The Biden administration this week said it would bar oil drilling on millions of acres on Alaska's North Slope and cancel oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, stepping up its effort to protect sensitive federal land.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a health alert to healthcare providers to look out for infections of the "flesh-eating" bacteria known as Vibrio vulnificus. The bacteria is deadly and can be contracted by …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended infants under eight months old get vaccinated for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) starting in the fall. The disease is currently the "leading cause of hospitalization among…
Air pollution has been on the rise due to climate change and has already been proven to have negative health effects, including antibiotic resistance, higher dementia risk, and heart arrhythmia. However, it may be more dangerous than we…
Mexico's ruling Morena party on Wednesday picked Claudia Sheinbaum, a recent mayor of Mexico City, as its candidate to succeed the popular, term-limited President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in next year's presidential election. The main…
Earlier this week, the world woke up to an unsettling piece of news: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly planning a trip outside of his nation's airtight borders to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will discuss…
Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) blanket hold on senior military promotions, now in its sixth month, is eroding U.S. military readiness, upending the lives of military officers and their families, and putting national security at risk, the…
Climate change has caused many ecological and environmental changes including more extreme weather, record-high temperatures and more risk of disease. However, climate change may have also altered the world's water cycle, which dictates…
Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 22 years in prison for his role in planning the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said Tarrio was …
When federal judge Brantley Starr ordered Southwest Airlines to reinstate former flight attendant Charlene Carter, he wryly noted in his ruling that "bags fly free with Southwest. But free speech didn't fly at all with Southwest in this…
China's president, Xi Jinping, has decided not to attend the two-day Group of 20 summit starting Sept. 9 in India. Xi attended the 2020 and 2021 meetings virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, but this will be the first time a Chinese…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is preparing to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin, probably this month, to discuss selling Russia artillery shells and antitank weapons to use in Ukraine, The New York Times reported Monday, citing U.S.…
Kids are heading back to school nationwide, but school bus driver shortages might make it hard for some students to get there. A recent USA Today analysis found that all 50 states have experienced at least "one instance of a major school…
The organizers of Burning Man, the annual countercultural festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, opened the gates Monday afternoon to allow attendees to leave after an inch of rain over the weekend caused a muddy mess that had made travel…
The leader of Gabon's military junta, Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, was sworn in as the country's interim president on Monday. The ceremony came after Nguema seized power in a coup d'etat last week, in the latest usurping of control in African…
It's been more than fifty years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act into law, lauding the "technological miracles in our transportation" with "one great exception." In spite of "airplanes which…
At least one person died at Burning Man in Nevada, officials said Saturday, as thousands of attendees remain stranded at the remote desert festival following flooding from rainstorms.
The college admissions process is in flux. The Supreme Court's decision to end affirmative action, the questioning of legacy admissions, and the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, among other factors, have led to significant…
Rowdy partiers in New York City this Labor Day weekend may not be greeted by a police officer telling them to keep it down, but rather by an eye in the sky.