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A British boarding school teacher, who was serving a 14-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting five students, choked to death on his breakfast, a report said Wednesday. John McKno, 74, died in Norwich Prison on Sep...

New York state prosecutors in Manhattan investigating former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization's finances have subpoenaed the bank records of Allen Weisselberg, the company's chief financial officer, The ...

Police said they arrived as shots were being fired.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday night slammed the overcrowded conditions for immigrants at the US-Mexican border under President Biden as “inhumane”, “horrifying,” “unnaceptable” and “barbaric.�...

If Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate, can get COVID-19, "anyone can catch this," Palin told People on Wednesday. Palin said she and several of her five children teste...

The assailant accused of beating an Asian woman to the ground and kicking her in the head while onlookers did nothing was remanded Wednesday night at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court. Brandon Elliott, 38, was ...

The Arabic word refers to a mysterious factor that renders some people's cooking exceptional. Whether it's innate or acquired is up for debate.

Volunteers receiving a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine remained more than 90% protected against symptomatic COVID-19.      

During the third day of Derek Chauvin's trial, witness after witness agonized over whether they could have done anything to stop what would eventually happen to George Floyd.

First lady Jill Biden is praising California farmworkers for their persistence during the pandemic and urging them to get vaccinated

More than two dozen people were crowded into an S.U.V. that collided with a tractor-trailer near the border. Jose Cruz Noguez was accused of coordinating the smuggling attempt.

Joseph J. Salvo, who is retiring after nearly 30 years as New York City's chief demographer, is optimistic about New York City's recovery after the pandemic.

The defendants, including the media tycoon Jimmy Lai and the barristers Martin Lee and Margaret Ng, are some of the city's most prominent activists.

Chicago has so far seen its deadliest year in four years as the city saw another spike in gun violence as the warmer-weather months arrive.

Mr. LaHood did not disclose the check on two government ethics forms, federal prosecutors said.

Breasia Terrell's remains were found near Dewitt in eastern Iowa.

Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses criticism he and Dr. Deborah Birx have faced for not speaking out against President Trump more during his administration.

When the coronavirus pandemic began, the challenge for Pfizer and BioNTech wasn't just developing a Covid-19 vaccine -- they also had to make it, and by the hundreds of millions.

New details emerged Wednesday about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pandemic memoir, including how he enlisted government staffers to help with the book -- for which he was offered more than $4 million, according to a new...

The state Supreme Court tossed out a man's conviction on a third-degree sexual conduct charge because the woman he was accused of assaulting was "voluntarily intoxicated" at the time.

Firefighters continued to make progress on containing wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Gov. Kristi Noem declared a state of emergency.      

President Biden feels a burning sense of competition, his aides say, to prove that democratic capitalism can work.