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The Biden administration will try to convince the nation's highest court next week to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

A flight from Indianapolis declared an emergency and landed "in response to passenger behavior," a Republic Airways spokesman said.

Headteachers call for more resources to speed up vaccinations of 12- to 15-year-olds Delays to the Covid-19 vaccination programme for 12- to 15-year-olds could push immunisations into the Christmas period as local health...

The mayoral candidate Annissa Essaibi George, the daughter of Polish and Tunisian immigrants, speaks with the accent of working-class Boston. And she's having some fun with it.

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell's warning to President Joe Biden came after Republican lawmakers accused him of caving Thursday on the debt limit.      

Former President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to "take all necessary and appropriate steps" to shield his presidential records from the House committee probing the Capitol riot -- setting up a potential court battle.

World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the first-ever and only malaria vaccine last week. This is indeed a major scientific breakthrough and will save lives - but is not a magic bullet. We need to scale up rollo...

At five o'clock in the morning, the esteemed 86-year-old astrophysicist Jim Peebles was woken suddenly by the telephone ringing.

Grace, 15, who uses a wheelchair after having Covid last year, was at a centre to receive a jab.

Ousted Joliet police Chief Dawn Malec was given the option to resign from city employment entirely or face firing after being removed from the top job Wednesday -- a move she said she won't make.

David Staveley and an accomplice attempted to defraud the government out of more than half a million dollars, the DOJ said.      

Wildlife expert Chris Packham has joined more than 100 children to personally deliver a petition to Buckingham Palace calling on the Royal Family to rewild their estates.

Chinese president says island's 'independence separatism' is a 'danger to national rejuvenation' following a week of tension China's president, Xi Jinping, has vowed to realise "reunification" with Taiwan, without mentio...

Florida's Covid-19 death rate is over 200 per day, but thanks to its governor's shady accounting hardly anyone is noticing.

The ashes of Carmen Torres were mistakenly given to the wrong family, who then spread them. Her family now says they can't be at peace because of the mistake.

Pillar of Shame to be taken down amid China-imposed crackdown, with its Danish sculptor 'shocked' at plan to 'desecrate' memorial The University of Hong Kong has ordered the removal of a statue commemorating protesters k...

As diplomats from both countries began negotiating a new security agreement on Friday, the focus was on stopping criminal activity while the border crisis was conspicuously sidestepped.

Officials say senior Taliban members and U.S. representatives are to hold talks about containing extremist groups in Afghanistan and easing the evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans from the country

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday.

Conservative MPs have joined industry leaders in calling for ministers to intervene on gas costs.

A phone service to help protect women as they walk home is reportedly being backed by Home Secretary Priti Patel.

The Senate Republican leader from Kentucky apparently can take it only from Donald Trump.