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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Southern Baptist Convention have come out strongly against the Equality Act.
The Federal Reserve reported Friday that consumer borrowing fell by $1.3 billion in January, the first setback since a $9 billion decline in August.
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday appointed a former federal prosecutor and an employment lawyer to investigate allegations that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed female aides.
The National Women's Hall of Fame inducts a new class every other year in Seneca Falls, the site of the first women's rights convention.
The Biden administration on Monday reversed a policy imposed under former President Donald Trump that drastically weakened the government’s power to enforce a century-old law that protects most U.S. bird species.
Attorneys for the five children of Chicago resident Daniel Prude have announced a federal lawsuit against the city of Rochester, New York, alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations.
Officials say a person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the last required dose of vaccine.
Buckingham Palace has not responded to the interview, broadcast in the U.S. on Sunday night, which has made headlines and sparked debate around the world.
The stock, which has become the focus of federal regulators after online traders challenged more institutional investors and sent shares gyrating wildly, jumped almost 50% in midday trading.
Pope Francis said the idea of a trip “cooks over time in my conscience,” and that the pandemic was the issue that weighed most heavily on him.
First lady Jill Biden says nearly two dozen women the State Department is honoring for their courage made an “intentional decision” to persist and demand justice despite their fear.
Colleges around the U.S. are scaling back spring break or canceling it entirely to discourage partying that could spread the virus and raise infection rates back on campus.
The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief as the fallout from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol continues.
Investigators are reviewing body camera and social media images to identify those responsible.
Oprah Winfrey's interview with Meghan and Harry has produced several revelations, from Meghan saying she experienced suicidal thoughts, Harry saying he felt ‘trapped’ in royal life and the couple revealing the sex of their second child.
Carla Wallenda was the daughter of Karl Wallenda and began appearing in the family's act at an early age. She began topping the family's seven-person pyramid at age 15.
Equatorial Guinea's state television says a series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 15 people and wounded hundreds of others.
A key moderate Democrat says he may be open to changing Senate rules that could allow for more party-line votes to push through the White House’s agenda.
Cuomo’s workplace conduct has been under intense scrutiny in recent days as several women have publicly told of feeling sexually harassed, or at least made to feel demeaned and uncomfortable by the Democrat.
The Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee marks the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday — the day on March 7, 1965, that civil rights marchers were brutally beaten by law enforcement officers on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge.
The Islamic State's brutal three-year rule of much of northern and western Iraq, and the grueling campaign against it, left a vast swath of destruction. Reconstruction efforts have stalled amid a years-long financial crisis.
Taylor Swift, BTS, Cardi B and Billie Eilish are set to perform at next week’s Grammy Awards.
A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps to promote voting access, a move that comes as congressional Democrats press for a sweeping voting and elections bill to counter efforts to restrict voting access.
Video of the February incident has been made public at a time when the Rochester Police Department is under intense scrutiny over its interactions with Black residents.
Health experts say mask mandates help slow the spread of COVID-19, but some believe they are a restriction of their freedoms.
Dozens of people gathered in front of the Minnesota governor’s mansion on Saturday to demand accountability for police officers, days before a former Minneapolis officer is scheduled to go on trial in the death of George Floyd.
The defense is scheduled to make its closing arguments beginning March 18, before the court decides the verdict and sentence.
A spokeswoman for Gorman didn’t immediately return an email Saturday seeking additional comment.
Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric have delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during an historic meeting.
Senate Democrats came out with their version of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.
Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s top public health official, said the state is acting now because the rates of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are declining while the number of people receiving the vaccine is increasing.
Officials in some of the affected cities worry that the change could have adverse implications for federal funding and economic development.
The surge is underscoring how treacherous the virus is and it is leading to new restrictions across the continent.
A vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a popular restaurant in Somalia's capital on Friday night.
A member of the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team has died at a treatment center for mental illness.
The study was released just as some states are rescinding mask mandates and restaurant limits.
The hack of a company that manages ticket-processing and frequent-flier data for major global airlines — including Star Alliance and OneWorld members — has compromised the personal data of an unspecified number of travelers.
Pharmaceutical companies that took taxpayer money from the U.S. or Europe to develop inoculations at unprecedented speed say they are negotiating contracts and exclusive licensing deals with producers on a case-by-case basis because they need to protect their intellectual property and ensure safety.
A man found Tiger Woods unconscious in a mangled SUV after the golf star crashed the vehicle in Southern California, authorities said in court documents obtained Friday.
NASA’s Kate Rubins and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi installed mounting brackets and struts for the improved solar wings due to arrive in June. They also tightened some sticky bolts that hampered Sunday’s spacewalk and left some duties undone.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the blade found “multiple fatigue fracture origins” on the inside surface of the hollow fan blade.
Riser was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder and was being held Friday on $5 million bond.
Prosecutors have pursued the misdemeanor case against Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri despite international condemnation from free press advocates who say she was just doing her job.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will finally get the chance to tell the story behind their departure from royal duties directly to the public on Sunday, when their two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey is broadcast.
Police on Friday identified the victims as Roseann McCulley, 34, her 13-year-old son Kayden Johnson and her 6-year-old daughter Kaylee Brooks.
Still, Biden faces more skepticism from Americans on the economy, which has been battered by the pandemic.
"Coming 2 America," originally planned to hit theaters last year, was sold due to the pandemic by Paramount Pictures to Amazon, where it will begin streaming Friday.
Maia Chaka enters the NFL after working in the Pac-12 and Conference USA.
The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times report that the true number of people who had died in nursing homes in New York was altered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aides in a state Health Department report in July.
A British judge has ordered the Mail on Sunday to publish a front-page statement highlighting the Duchess of Sussex’s legal victory over the newspaper.