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A Dutch city has agreed to spend weeks taking down a historic bridge so Jeff Bezos' new gigantic super-yacht can reach the open seas this summer.

COVID-19 temporarily reduces male fertility by 18 percent while getting vaccinated against the virus has no effect on conception, a new study found.

For better or worse, your loyal scrivener isn't exactly one to resist viewing Boston sports through a prism of nostalgia even on typical days. Perhaps you've noticed. I'd blabber in […] The post Boston sports fans have...

With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics fast approaching, the world's first self-driving high-speed train is already in action, transporting athletes and officials between the two main cities hosting the games on the histo...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine on a trip intended to strengthen Russia's ties with China

Massachusetts professor Karen Read pleaded not guilty to running over her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, and leaving him for dead in a snowbank after the two were barhopping.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) told the world exactly how he feels about Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), calling him "one of the worst human beings" who should be "ashamed" of things he's done. Kinzinger blasted Hawley on Wednes...

President Joe Biden said Thursday morning a U.S. special operations raid in Syria killed the leader of ISIS.

An apparent argument aboard a Greyhound bus turned deadly late Wednesday.

A University of Missouri student was found in cardiac arrest after being forced to drink a bottle of vodka during a "pledge father reveal" party.

The number of coronavirus deaths is now starting to plateau on the continent.

Isaiah Carvalho Jr. said he still lives in fear even though his estranged wife, Valerie Cincinelli, was sentenced to four years in prison as part of her plea deal.

Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania say that 10 years after treating two leukemia patients with an experimental gene therapy, both men were still in remission. The doctors wrote about the cases in a study published...

San Francisco Chief of Police William Scott slams San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin's office after an investigator said she felt forced to keep information from police.

New Zealand's government on Thursday said it will end its quarantine requirements for incoming travelers and reopen its borders, a change welcomed by thousands of citizens abroad who have endured long waits to return hom...

GoFundMe paused the fundraising page for the Freedom Convoy 2022 after it surpassed $10 million Wednesday.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti claimed he held his breath when he posed for a maskless photo with NBA legend Magic Johnson at a football game, defying COVID-19 restrictions.

Anti-Asian hate has risen amid the pandemic and follows a long history of discriminatory policies against San Francisco's Chinese community.

The space station will continue to operate into 2030 before it is removed from orbit and put on a path to the South Pacific, NASA said Monday.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the scheme included the production of a graphic propaganda video that would show staged explosions and use corpses and actors depicting grieving mourners.

Anderson Cooper talks to a magazine writer about his provocative idea for improving life in such stressful times. Watch Anderson Cooper Full Circle on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6pm E.T.