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A Georgia babysitter was charged in the murder of a 2-year-old girl she was caring for last Wednesday, police said The Sandy Springs Police Department did not reveal how the little girl died, but said an autopsy revealed...

This article is based on insights from several local government leaders on how local actions to control diseases/ pandemics as well as risk factors like tobacco were vital. Global goals require strong local level impleme...

A truck driver who killed five bicyclists on a Nevada highway last week had an "extremely high level" of methamphetamine in his system, prosecutors said. Jordan Alexander Barson, 45, has been charged in the Dec. 10 crash...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis urged world leaders on Thursday to divert funds used for armaments to confront problems such as the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure vaccines reach the poor and most vulnerable nations. In his m...

Russia's ban from major international sporting events has been halved by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but the country will still not be represented at next year's Olympics or the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team appeared to delete an old campaign ad that criticized Pete Buttigieg for his lack of experience — after the former Indiana mayor was nominated to serve as Transportation se...

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia laughed off a question about the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny at a marathon news conference where he also defended his country's coronavirus response.

Over the last six weeks, so many people have been calling and emailing the West Wing seeking pardons that White House staffers have had to create a spreadsheet to keep track of the requests, CNN reports. "It's turned cra...

If confirmed, Haaland would be the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary.

For decades pythons have been identified as one of the biggest and most concerning invasive species in Florida, having drastically impacted populations of native species.

Doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed across the U.S., and health care workers are among the first to be vaccinated. Casey Pickering is an ICU nurse manager for the Kansas University Health System and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is allowing doctors to use extra doses found in vials ofPfizer's coronavirus vaccine, which means the U.S. has morevaccinesthan previously believed. On Wednesday, an FDA spokesperson...

Wildlife officials are offering a $2,000 reward for information regarding the killing of a grizzly bear in Wyoming.

A mentally ill Florida man was arrested for allegedly beating his mother and stabbing his girlfriend’s eyes before throwing their 1-year-old daughter out of a window Saturday, authorities said. Pierre Francois, 29, fir...

Lawyers for the House Judiciary Committee said the panel will reissue its subpoena for former White House counsel Don McGahn's testimony in 2021.

Vice President Mike Pence, as president of the Senate, has the awkward responsibility of overseeing President-elect Joe Biden's final victory -- and President Trump's official defeat -- with the formal counting of Electo...

A 15-year-old boy was charged Wednesday in connection with a February shooting in Avalon Park that left an 18-year-old woman dead and four others seriously injured, Chicago police said.

A love-struck British Romeo who landed in hot water after riding a Jet Ski across the Irish Sea to visit his gal pal amid the coronavirus pandemic had less than 10 minutes of fuel left - and doesn't even know how to swim...

The vice president will be the most high-profile person to receive the shot publicly.

A fire has killed nearly a quarter-million chickens at a Florida farm operated by one of the nation’s largest egg producers

President Donald Trump's former homeland security adviser described the massive data breach of multiple US federal agencies, which US officials suspect is the work of Russian-linked hackers, in urgent terms Wednesday nig...

In order for the incredible array of discoveries made by scientists each year to be shared with the rest of the world, they must be communicated in an understandable way.