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Break out the big coats: Nearly 65% of the US will feel below-freezing temperatures by the end of the week. Here’s what else you need to know…

She was a global human rights and democracy icon, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a political prisoner who spent 15 years under house arrest. But this…

It’s going to feel more like mid-January than early December this week as extreme cold temps move across the United States. About 65% of the…

A five-year-old boy was shot and killed in Alabama when his family got into a fight Saturday, police said. Two family members pulled weapons and…

In October 2018, Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, warned that US-China ties “have deteriorated to their worst point” since the…

The survival chances of young orca whales are boosted by the presence of their grandmothers, especially in times of food scarcity, according to new…

A social media influencer was sentenced to 14 years in prison for plotting to hijack a website at gunpoint during a home invasion. Rossi Lorathio…

New York City has agreed to temporarily pause relocating homeless residents to Newark, New Jersey, following a lawsuit and claims that the city did…

Police in Hong Kong say they seized and defused two completed bombs stashed at a middle school that could have “killed and injured large…

A virus of misinformation and mistrust rages in America. On a melodramatic Monday, an independent report debunked Donald Trump’s claims that…

The National Hockey League announced new steps to combat “inappropriate, unlawful, or demonstrably abusive” behavior in the sport after a…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police say they are opening a criminal investigation into the deaths of tourists on a volcanic…

Mohammed Alshamrani was supposed to finish his flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida in August 2020, according to the Department…

The deaths of at least five tourists in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand have raised questions over whether tour companies are taking enough…

Penguins weren’t always the petite, tuxedo-sporting birds we know and love today. Once, giant penguins the size of humans reigned supreme. But…

Three bouncing oil droplets showing quantum physics in action. A clown fish peering out from the tentacles of a sea anemone affected by climate…

A high school in Elmsford, New York, has canceled its spring musical production of “Disney’s Tarzan” after school community members…

Investigators are scrutinizing a Twitter account they suspect is linked to the Saudi air force officer who carried out a deadly attack at Naval Air…