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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday refused to block a plan by Indiana University to require students and employees to get vaccinated against COVID19.

Elisa Xolalpa has had three daughters and found a job she enjoys since a former boyfriend tried to destroy her life by tossing acid on her when she was 18. Two decades later, she is still seeking justice.

British ministers are drawing up plans to cut thousands of civil service jobs as part of a threeyear review of government spending, The Times newspaper reported.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that the country is not ready yet to fully reopen, but border settings can be eased in a phased manner from early next year.

A senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies committed fraud because of what she said during a meeting with a bank official, and what she did not say, a Canadian government lawyer told an extradition hearing Wednesday.

Central American asylumseekers being expelled by the United States and flown deep into Mexico for deportation to their homelands drew concerns from the U.N. refugee agency Wednesday about the treatment of vulnerable migrants needing humanitarian protectio...

A Taiwanese man was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison after admitting to defrauding a program designed to keep small businesses financially afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.

Heat and humidity broiled parts of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and other midwestern states Wednesday while storms accompanied by heavy rain bowled over trees and flooded roads.

Hochul, who is set to take the reins of power in 13 days, gave her first public remarks a day after Cuomo's announcement that he would step down rather than face a likely impeachment trial.

Lakhs of people have fled their homes in northern Afghanistan to escape battles as government forces try to fend off rapidly advancing Taliban forces.

The former president of the Detroit City Council has been granted parole about five years after his conviction for having sex with a teenage boy when he previously worked as a TV journalist.

Forest fires in Algeria killed 42 people on Tuesday, including 25 soldiers deployed to help put out the blaze, the government said, as thick clouds of smoke covered much of the mountainous Kabylie region east of the capital.

Wilmington? No, the beach. Make that Camp David, actually. Or maybe just the White House after all?

One of Jeffrey Epsteins longtime accusers sued Prince Andrew on Monday, saying he sexually assaulted her when she was 17.

Tropical storm watches were issued for various Caribbean islands Monday evening for what soon could become the sixth named tropical storm of this years Atlantic hurricane season.

Nicaragua has recalled its ambassadors to Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Costa Rica for "consultations," the Nicaraguan government said on Monday.