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In a rustic Virginia district that bounced its Republican congressman after he officiated a samesex wedding, the battle to replace him pits a selfdescribed biblical conservative backed by President Donald Trump against a Black doctor who worked in Barack...

Several coronavirus clusters have emerged in Australia's two most populous states, officials said on Wednesday, prompting the biggest, New South Wales (NSW), to delay easing some restrictions.

The state of Texas on Tuesday lost its bid before a U.S. appeals court to reinstate a law that would have effectively banned the most common abortion procedure used by doctors for terminating secondtrimester pregnancies.

The US Justice Department on Tuesday accused Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, author of a tell-all book about first lady Melania Trump, of breaking their nondisclosure agreement and asked a court to set aside profits from the book in a government trust.

More than ever, we need strong international cooperation - especially on vaccine development and distribution. Faster progress on medical solutions could speed up the recovery; it could add almost USD nine trillion to global income by 2025.

A woman suspected of killing a pregnant woman and removing the baby from the victim's womb appeared in an Oklahoma courtroom Tuesday and waived extradition to Texas.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to put on hold an appeals court ruling that Trump's accountant must immediately turn over tax records to a New York state prosecutor, setting up a decision from the high court that could come befor...

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett invoked Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at her Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday in refusing to discuss her view of gay rights and the Constitution.

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis attended in person the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday, one day after his doctor told him he could end his selfquarantine for COVID19.

The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett (all times local):

Poland's ruling party leader is threatening to veto the European Union's economic recovery plan and longterm budget if the bloc decides to link funding to respect for rule of law,

Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden, hospitalized last week after contracting COVID19, says he is feeling better and hopes to go home soon.

A woman who was eight months pregnant has died after being shot in Chicago and doctors delivered her baby, who was hospitalized in critical condition early Tuesday, authorities said.

Germany's foreign minister headed Tuesday to Greece and Cyprus, pledging full solidarity with them in their dispute with Turkey over sea boundaries and drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean.

More than a year after the overthrow of Sudanese strongman Omar alBashir, amid the promise of new leadership, Sudanese film director Hajooj Kuka was arrested during a theater workshop by the security forces that had served alBashir for years. He was tried...

Ireland's chief medical officer said he has not seen anywhere near enough evidence to suggest COVID19 cases have stabilised sufficiently in Dublin, a bellwether in deciding if nationwide restrictions are strong enough.