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FILE – Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine an update on the ongoing Federal response to COVID-19, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]

The Saturday night Powerball prize rose to an estimated $580 million, giving players a chance at willing the 10th largest jackpot in the game’s history. The prize has a cash value of $278.2 million. The game has had 33 drawings in a row without a winner. Lottery ticket forms are […]

WASHINGTON — Weapons shortages across Europe could force hard choices for Ukraine’s allies as they balance their support for Ukraine against the risk that Russia could target them next. For months, the United States and other NATO members have sent billions of dollars worth of weapons and equipment into Ukraine […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Inside the Minneapolis Police Academy’s sprawling campus on the city’s north side, six people sat soberly and listened to a handful of officers and city officials make their pitch about joining an understaffed department that is synonymous with the murder of George Floyd. Officers would live in a […]

HARTFORD, Conn. — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats from Jones’ lies about the 2012 Newtown […]

Xi Jinping will stroll across the red-carpeted dais inside Beijing’s gargantuan Great Hall of the People on Sunday, having firmly secured a norm-busting third term as leader of the Chinese Communist Party, cementing his power atop a more confident — and more defiant — China. Chinese President Xi Jinping is […]

LONDON — In Romania, protesters blew horns and banged drums to voice their dismay over the rising cost of living. People across France took to the streets to demand pay increases that keep pace with inflation. Czech demonstrators rallied against government handling of the energy crisis. British railway staff and […]

Many pediatric hospitals across the country are experiencing a surge in patients, and one of the main reasons, experts say, is an increase in cases of the respiratory virus known as RSV. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms, but it can become serious, especially for infants. […]

ATHERTON, Calif. — Three decades after a car was reported stolen in Northern California, police are digging the missing convertible out of the yard of a $15 million mansion built by a man with a history of arrests for murder, attempted murder and insurance fraud. The convertible Mercedes Benz, filled […]

A set of 16-year-old twins are in the hospital after they escaped handcuffs from their Texas home and were rescued by a nurse in another neighborhood, according to law enforcement officials. The twins, a boy and a girl, escaped Monday evening, and told police they were allegedly being abused in […]