Republican Caitlyn Jenner said Friday she will run for governor of California, injecting a jolt of celebrity into an emerging campaign that threatens to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office.
With the U.S. pause of Johnson & Johnsonβs COVID-19 vaccine stretched into a second week, authorities are weighing whether to resume the shots the way European regulators decided to β with warnings of a βvery rareβ risk.
A final farewell for Daunte Wright was held Thursday night. Wright's death - one of the latest in a string of police killings of black men.
SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit Friday using a recycled rocket and capsule, the third crew flight in less than a year for Elon Muskβs rapidly expanding company.
First held in 1970, Earth Day is an annual global celebration of our planet and how to protect it.
Simon Property Group officials say as part of their ongoing sustainability efforts they are encouraging customers who purchase items online to make returns in-person in order to cut their carbon emissions related to online returns.
President Joe Biden convened leaders of the worldβs most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United States.
A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a Black man while serving a search warrant Wednesday, authorities said, spurring an outcry from community members who demanded law enforcement accountability and the immediate release of body camera footage.
Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad daylight during a confrontation.
The White House is trying to overcome diminishing demand for COVID-19 shots by offering businesses a tax incentive to give employees paid leave to get vaccinated. The move comes as the United States is set to meet President Joe Bidenβs goal of administering 200 million coronavirus doses in his first 100 days in office.
People around the world are reacting to the guilty verdict for ex-officer Derek Chauvin. The conviction, many people are pointing out, represents accountability but it does not bring George Floyd back.
You'll want a literal "heads-up" for this one! The April Lyrids meteor shower peaks tonight, Wednesday, April 21 into the morning of the 22nd. While the peak is tonight, the annual meteor shower typically lasts from April 16 to April 25. At its peak, observers can usually see anywhere between 5-20 streaks per hour.
Former Minneapolis Police Officer was found guilty in the death of George Floyd.
Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of second degree unintentional murder, guilty of third degree murder, and guilty of 2nd degree manslaughter.Β His bond has been revoked.Β His sentencing will be announced at a later date.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will give his βState of the Stateβ speech to a joint session of the General Assembly next week.
Vice President Kamala Harris took a detour while visiting North Carolina on Monday to sit at the same lunch counter where four Black college students known as the Greensboro Four conducted a peaceful sit-in 61 years ago that became defining moment in the civil rights movement.
Hester Ford died Saturday at the age of 116.
Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93.
Officer Derek Chauvin βhad to knowβ he was squeezing the life out of George Floyd as the Black man cried out over and over that he couldnβt breathe and finally fell silent, a prosecutor told jurors Monday as closing arguments began at Chauvinβs murder trial.
NASAβs experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the planetβs thin air on Monday, achieving the first powered flight on another planet.
