Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rockβs greatest rhythms sections and used his βday jobβ to support his enduring love of jazz, has died, according to his publicist. He was 80.
President Joe Biden has decided not to extend his Aug. 31 deadline for completing the U.S.-led evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies from Afghanistan, an administration official said Tuesday.
Walmart says it will start commercializing its delivery service, using contract workers, autonomous vehicles and even drones to deliver other retailersβ products directly to their customersβ homes as fast as just a few hours.
The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizerβs COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet.
More than 225 searchers have been deployed in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Fred in Haywood County.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife, Jacqueline, 77, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement Saturday.
The Cleveland County man who claimed to have bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol has surrendered to law enforcement, ending an hourslong standoff on Thursday.Β He has been charged with two felonies.
President Joe Biden is pledging to Americans still trapped in Afghanistan: βWe will get you home.β
Harvey Sutton, or βLittle Man,β as he is known on the Appalachian Trail, wonβt have long to bask in the glory of hiking its full length. After all, he starts kindergarten Friday.
Facing a torrent of criticism, President Joe Biden plans to speak Friday about the chaotic evacuation of Americans and allies from Afghanistan as the U.S. struggles with obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to airport pandemonium and cumbersome red tape.
Producer Mike Richards stepped down as host of βJeopardy!β after a report about past misogynistic comments surfaced this week.
A bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a proposal by the Boy Scouts of America to enter into an agreement that includes an $850 million fund to compensate tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as youngsters by Scout leaders and others.
Time was running out for Mohammad Khalid Wardak, a high-profile Afghan national police officer who spent years working alongside the American military.
Educated young women, former U.S. military translators and other Afghans most at-risk from the Taliban appealed to the Biden administration to get them on evacuation flights as the United States struggled to bring order to the continuing chaos at the Kabul airport.
For the first time all season, we could have two hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin at the same time.
R&B star R. Kelly is a predator who lured girls, boys and young women with his fame and dominated them physically, sexually and psychologically, a prosecutor said Wednesday, while a defense lawyer warned jurors theyβll have to sift through lies from accusers with agendas to find the truth.
The Biden administration will move to require that nursing home staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding.
Gap Inc.βs low-price division Old Navy is overhauling its approach to how it designs and markets to plus-size women, a demographic that many analysts say has been underserved.
U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccinesβ effectiveness is falling.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a statement released from his office.Β Β
