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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told sailors on the USS Nimitz Thursday that he hopes to avoid long ship deployments like the more than 10 months they just spent at sea. But as he made his first aircraft carrier visit as Pentagon chief, he acknowledged the...

Sergio Perez is determined to overdeliver this season as the Mexican, finally a race winner, steps into one of the hottest of seats as Max Verstappen's Red Bull team mate.

An Iranian lawyer Wednesday said charges against his imprisoned French client "paradoxical, confirming he has been jail for nine months.

A Houstonarea woman whose mother and three children were killed last week during the state's widespread power outages says she hopes to use money from a fundraising campaign to increase awareness about fire safety.

Police officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing will not face criminal charges, according to a grand jury decision announced Tuesday.

After jumping out to a quick start in its vaccination campaign, Israel announced Tuesday that it has decided to share a small surplus of its coronavirus vaccines with several friendly countries.

The Senate voted 927 Tuesday to confirm Tom Vilsack as Agriculture secretary, his second run at the Cabinet post.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made the comments on Monday while responding to a question on a statement made by Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the China-US ties.

New York City police will stay out of many mental health crisis calls and social workers will respond instead in parts of northern Manhattan starting this spring, an official told lawmakers Monday.

A boat capsized Monday in a lake near Egypts Mediterranean city of Alexandria, leaving at least five people dead, an official said.

The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a measure banning nearly all abortions in the state, despite objections to the ban not including exceptions for rape or incest.

Lee Daniels didnt want to touch the story of Billie Holiday. Lady Sings the Blues already existed after all. The 1972 film with Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams showed him Black romance and a Harlem like hed never seen on screen before. It was the film t...

The Supreme Court tried Monday to inject some mystery into its second consideration of a longrunning dispute between Georgia and Florida over water that flows from the Atlanta suburbs to the Gulf of Mexico.

Qiu Ziming published two posts that suggested a commander survived as he was the highest-ranking officer there.

A Rochester man identified as a member of the Proud Boys who allegedly smashed a window at the Capitol on Jan. 6 to allow rioters inside is considering a guilty plea, according to a recent court filing.

The U.S. Air Force said Sunday that a flying instructor and a student pilot from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force were killed when a trainer jet crashed in Alabama.