Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nationβs second-highest office.
The U.S. Capitol is fortified and on high alert. Right now 21,000 troops are in our nation's capitol, screened by FBI to prevent against any insider threats. FEMA has reportedly hired a company called American Medical Response Inc. to provide emergency services for Wednesday. The value of the contract, is $10M.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany on Sunday, the prison service said.
Anyone flying to the U.S. will soon need to show proof of a negative test for COVID-19, health officials announced Tuesday.
In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres.
As the coronavirus spread throughout the U.S., bigotry toward Asian Americans was not far behind, fueled by the news that COVID-19 first appeared in China.
Trucks waiting to get out of Britain backed up for miles and people were left stranded at airports Monday as dozens of countries around the world slapped tough travel restrictions on the U.K. because of a new and seemingly more contagious strain of the coronavirus in England.
A growing list of European Union nations moved to ban flights from the U.K. on Sunday and others were considering similar action, in a bid to block a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern England from spreading to the continent.
Amazon has unveiled it's self-driving taxi cab, Zoox, it reaches speeds up to 75 mph and is currently being tested on private roads.
Joe Biden has cleared the 270-electoral-vote mark to formalize his presidential victory with Californiaβs 55 votes.
Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60.
K-pop band BTS on Friday released their highly anticipated new album, which they described as a βletter of hope.β
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective, giving public health officials hope they may soon have access to a vaccine that is cheaper and easier to distribute than some of its rivals.
Officials with NASA say the U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite was launched into orbit on November 21st at 12:17 p.m. to help broaden our understanding of the sea.
For the second time this month, thereβs promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavirus surges in the U.S. and around the world.
Pfizer says an early peek at its vaccine data suggests the shots may be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, indicating the company is on track later this month to file an emergency use application with U.S. regulators.
What happens on election day will to some degree determine how much more hot and nasty the worldβs climate will likely get, experts say.
In much of Europe, city squares and streets, be they wide, elegant boulevards like in Paris or cobblestoned alleys in Rome, serve as animated evening extensions of living rooms, places to gather and be seen, areas to laugh, chat and drink with friends.
Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary βFrancesco,β which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival.
A major earthquake registering 7.4 on the Richter Scale has occurred in Alaska.
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