A "Members Only" sign outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 18, 2020. /Getty Editor's note:Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst
01:40 A dinosaur skeleton more than 150 million years old and valued at around $1.18 million is up for auction in Paris. The Allosaurus is described as the "grandfather" of the Tyranno
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday rolled out a sweeping rewrite of its approach to its dual role of achieving maximum employment and stable prices, putting new weight on bolstering the country's l
Photo taken on Aug. 19, 2020 at the Windy Hill Open Space Preserve of San Mateo County shows a helicopter flying over the dense smoke of wildfires in San Francisco Bay
A new ensemble forecast published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has projected up to 200,000 total COVID-19 deaths in the United States b
From Colorado westward, dozens of wildfires have created hazy skies, as firefighters scrambled throughout the region to contain the blazes. The Pine Gulch Fire, locate
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he doesn't want to delay the November election hours after raising the possibility on Twitter. "Do I want to see a da
With coronavirus cases spiking nationwide, corporate America pushed political leaders toward mandating mask wearing this week, while vocal conservatives protested thei
President Donald Trump on Tuesday came under growing pressure to respond to allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan, with De
The western state of Utah mandated wearing masks for the first time this weekend, as a host of remote western areas in the United States responded aggressively toward
File photo of a grizzly bear at few miles from the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. /AP Montana's three entrances to Yellowstone National Park will reopen to visitors Monday, as th
Amazon customers in nearly a dozen more U.S. states are now able to use their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits to purchase groceries online, the retailer announced on Thursday
Shoppers enter and leave the J.C. Penney department store in North Riverside, Illinois, U.S., November 17, 2017. /Reuters J.C. Penney Co Inc (JCP.N) filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday w
Some tourists sites in the United States have reopened or are preparing to reopen under certain rules.Parks, beaches and hiking trails in Los Angeles county have been open since May 8 as California e
03:02 "Unfortunately, I think that estimate is low."That's how epidemiologist Dr. Devra Davis described a revised U.S. death toll forecast released by the Institute for Health Metrics
People wait in line at a New York State Department of Health COVID-19 antibody testing center at Steve's 9th Street Market in Brooklyn, New York, the United States, on April 25, 2020. (Photo by Mic
People wearing protective masks past coronavirus-related murals that have been painted on closed businesses in Austin, Texas, Friday, April 17, 2020. Austin remains under stay-at-home orders d