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Election wagers have long been banned in the United States. But for a brief period on Thursday, a regulated prediction market was permitted to offer them to Americans.

Myanmar's ruling junta has requested foreign aid as large areas are inundated, state-run media report.

Bill Maher might want to pick up a ticket to the Eras Tour on his way to the polls. On Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the comedian marveled at Taylor Swift‘s influence after she previously announced h...

The punishments were handed down months after the Democratic Republic of Congo lifted a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty.

The U.S. military said those killed in a joint assault by U.S. and Iraqi forces last month included the group's top commander in Iraq and its leading bomb maker.

Speaking to the BBC, soldiers in eastern Ukraine fear that Russia is trying to surround them.

Waymo and Tesla have opposite hurdles to clear to determine a winner in the battle for market dominance in driverless tech.

A close contact of someone with bird flu became ill on the same day, the C.D.C. reported. But the second person was not tested, and the cause of the illness is unknown.

A war orphan from Sierra Leone, DePrince moved to the US and ended up performing with Beyoncé.

Years before Joaquin Phoenix left Todd Haynes hanging, he dropped out of another major director’s film with days to spare. James McAvoy recently recounted his “last minute” preparation for the starring role in M. N...

As the president deliberated with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the question of whether to let Ukraine use long-range weapons in Russia was a rare point of contention between allied nations.

The teenager charged in the Sept. 4 shooting in Georgia was questioned by the police last year about online threats. The investigator said he couldn't determine if the teen had been the one behind them.

Hawaii's attorney general released the latest findings on the 2023 fire that destroyed much of the town of Lahaina, finding a range of shortcomings in the response.

Police say a hunter in northeastern Wisconsin has discovered the skeletal remains of a 3-year-old boy who vanished in February

Workers say the plane maker's offer of higher wages doesn't compensate for years of concessions they have made.

Peter Cichuniec was sentenced in March to five years in prison. On Friday, a judge said he reduced the sentence because of "unusual and extenuating circumstances."

Flappy Bird's reboot appears to have a few crypto skeletons in its closet.

Two NASA astronauts have spoken publicly for the first time since the Boeing Starliner departed from the International Space Station without them.

Trump says Springfield in Ohio has been "destroyed" and repeats baseless claim that migrants are eating pets.

A man has been jailed after raping a 14-year-old girl in an alleyway in Rotherham 21 years ago.

Military scrambling to thwart insurgency that contradicts Delhi government claims to have brought peace to region On the evening of 9 June, as hundreds of high-profile guests gathered in Delhi to watch Narendra Modi swor...

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were supposed to be on the International Space Station for eight days. They've now been there for 14 weeks.