The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that starting April 11 people applying for U.S. passports will be able to select "X" to mark their gender in a move desi
Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, died Wednesday from cancer at age 84, according to her family.Albright was nominated for secret
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Russian forces are "broadening their target sets" after rockets hit a Ukrainian military base near the Polish border overnight.
Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, posted an open letter addressed to the world's media on Tuesday, detailing what she described as the "mass murder of Ukrainia
As states roll back masking requirements for students, a new study shows that masks helped cut Covid-19 infections in public K-12 schools that required them in the fall
They labored together in the shadows of legal giants on the nation's highest court, seeing firsthand what it takes to be a justice. Now, a group of two-dozen former law
A drive through central Kyiv leaves no room for doubt. This is a city preparing for a major Russian attack.Rows of concrete panels arranged in maze-like formations. Ant
Days after GOP Reps. Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared at an event organized by a white nationalist, Republican party leaders are condemning them for atten
What can be done to prevent Africa from becoming the world's biggest dumping ground for plastics? That's one of the big questions facing United Nations members next wee
The stage is set for a meeting between Russia and Ukraine Monday on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River.Is this a diplomatic breakthrough or a polit
The stage is set for a meeting between Russia and Ukraine Monday on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River.Is this a diplomatic breakthrough or a polit
The coronavirus mutant widely known as "stealth Omicron" is now causing more than a third of new Omicron cases around the world, but scientists still don't know how it
The coronavirus mutant widely known as "stealth Omicron" is now causing more than a third of new Omicron cases around the world, but scientists still don't know how it
The morning after Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Ukraine had no right to exist as an independent state, many in the country's capital, Kyiv, appeared g
Sixteen-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa stunned Magnus Carlsen on Sunday, beating the world No. 1 during the Airthings Masters.Praggnanandhaa, nicknamed Pragg, belie
Remington Arms agreed Tuesday to settle liability claims from the families of five adults and four children killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, acco
Scientists and governments met Monday to finalize a major UN report on how global warming disrupts people's lives, their natural environment and the Earth itself.The Un