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USA TODAY's panel of experts have different definitions of what the end of the pandemic means. But they agree it's getting closer.      

Hackers have infiltrated thousands of internet-connected security cameras that were being used inside schools, hospitals and several major companies. CBS News chief justice and homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues...

Watch Chicago's record snow melt in four highly visual ways.

The leaseholder of an Oakland, California warehouse where 36 people died in a fire during a 2016 rave was sentenced to 12 years behind bars Monday — but most of that time won’t likely be spent in jail. Derick Almena,...

Lawmakers in Mexico's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, passed a bill on Wednesday night that would make recreational marijuana legal in the country. The measure, approved with a vote of 316-129, would allow adults t...

In a statement, Cuomo denied the young aide's claim, reported by the Times Union of Albany, citing a source with direct knowledge of the incident.      

"I'm not going to vote for $1.9 trillion just because it has a couple of good provisions," Senator Roger Wicker later told reporters.

The Biden administration is arranging to purchase an additional 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. Latest COVID-19 news.      

The Duchess of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey that she handed over her passport when she joined the royal fold in 2016.

Denmark became at least the sixth European country to scale back the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after some people who received it developed blood clots. Health officials say they’re investigating the cases...

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is set to sign a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports teams

Volunteer groups, including Compassion in Oakland, are raising awareness about these violent incidents to unify people around a positive goal.      

Mexico's lower house of Congress on Wednesday passed a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana — paving the way for a regulated market in a country long-dominated by drug cartels. The bill, which was approved b...

The White House also revived an Obama-era policy that allows Central American children to apply for admission to the U.S. from their home country.

Footage shows the scale of the destruction from a series of explosions in Equatorial Guinea. The which happened at a military base in the port city of Bata on March 7.

You may have noticed: the Blob is back. Beneath a veneer of gender and racial diversity, the Biden national security team consists of seasoned operatives who earned their spurs in Washington long before Donald Trump show...

The Perseverance rover is sending back the sounds of Mars -- and it's contributing to the soundtrack.

Three brothers in New Orleans were killed in two shootings seven days apart - and a $10,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to a break in the slayings. Bryan Veal, 26, was gunned down on Feb. 13 at an...

Supporters of QAnon had no problem being mocked in Wednesday’s hour-long South Park special — in fact, they’re praising the cartoon for helping spread their beliefs. “Welcome to operation wakeup,” the QAnon Tel...

The Mobile Field Exchange (MFE) has been opened on Feb. 1, 2021 at the Pabrad-- Training Area in Lithuania as the very first in the Baltic States. So claims by Lithuanian politicians that foreign military personnel are c...

The nephew and husband of Food Network Chef Ree Drummond crashed their trucks "head-on" as they raced to battle back flames closing in on the family's farm in Osage County, Oklahoma.

Beijing says changes will "improve" the city's political system, but one pro-democracy politician says it will mean "full-on assimilation by the Chinese government."