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Brazil, which has in recent weeks become the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, saw over 37,000 new cases.

The U.N. atomic watchdog on Friday flagged a new breach by Iran of its nuclear deal with major powers on the day those powers met to revive the agreement, a report by the agency seen by Reuters showed, likely raising tensions with Western powers.

A second lieutenant in the U.S. Army is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop during which the officers drew their guns, pointed them at him and used a slang term to suggest he was facing execution.

Gov. Tony Evers ordered workers Friday to remove all concrete slabs hanging over the entrances and exists of the University of Wisconsin System headquarters building after slab somehow broke off and crashed to the sidewalk outside the building's main door...

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Nine Texans have sued state Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming he blocked them on Twitter for criticizing him or his policies in comments responding to his tweets.

The clampdown on the school, founded in 2015 by Ma to train China’s next generation of entrepreneurs, comes as his business empire faces government scrutiny.

An unusual press note by the 7th Fleet says the move is in line with “international law” and asserts “navigational rights and freedoms”, though experts call it "unnecessary".

Three weeks after his Italian-based team lost the Americas Cup match on New Zealands Hauraki Gulf, Australian-born Jimmy Spithill has arrived on Bermudas Great Sound to lead the reconfigured American team in the SailGP global league.

California will authorize $536 million toward forest management projects and efforts to reduce wildfires before the worst of the fire season strikes later this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders said Thursday.

Transgender females in West Virginia would be banned from competing in female sports in middle and high schools and colleges under a bill that narrowly won state Senate approval Thursday.

A California man who fled to Mexico after being charged in a widespread credit card scam involving artsandcrafts retailer Michaels has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, federal prosecutors in New Jersey announced Thursday.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday vaccines should for now on only be given to the elderly and appealed to regional governments and individuals not to flout his guidelines.

A powerful Kansas lawmaker accused of drunken driving had a blood alcohol level that was twice the legal limit and taunted the Highway Patrol officer who arrested him last month for allegedly speeding the wrong way on an interstate, according to documents...

A South Florida doctor who died about two weeks after he got Pfizers COVID19 vaccine died in a manner that has been categorized as natural, an official with the medical examiners office said Wednesday.

Israel carried out a missile attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus and its southern suburbs early Thursday, Syrias state media reported with no immediate word on any casualties.