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Suspected Islamist militants killed 13 people during raids on two villages in eastern Congo, the army and a village chief said, the latest in a spate of attacks the United Nations says may constitute war crimes.

Moments before he was sentenced, DeAngelo stood and apologised to those present in the converted university auditorium, filled to capacity under social distancing measures.

A fire that tore through celebrity chef Rachel Ray's upstate New York home started in a fireplace chimney, state officials said Friday.

California's lightningsparked wildfires more than doubled in size into some of the largest in state history on Friday, with one blaze advancing to within a mile of the University of California Santa Cruz.

Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Friday the government is appealing a court ruling that struck down the Safe Third Country Agreement on refugees between Canada and the United States.

Nearly a fifth of 11,000 people enrolled so far in a 30,000volunteer U.S. trial testing a COVID19 vaccine from Pfizer and German partner BioNTech are Black or Latino, groups among the hardest hit by the coronavirus virus pandemic, a top Pfizer executiv...

The research suggests that large-scale manual contact tracing alongside other public health control measures — such as physical distancing and closure of indoor spaces such as pubs — is likely to be required in conjunction with automated approaches.

The study showed that COVID-19 patients infected with a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 had better clinical outcomes, including a lower proportion developing low blood oxygen or requiring intensive care.

The chief doctor said Navalny is non-transportable and his condition is unstable.

Biden touted Kamala Harris' diverse family, her parents are Jamaican and Indian, heritage and her perseverance to "overcome every obstacle she has ever faced."

South Dakota health officials warned Thursday that a number of people who attended the 10day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this month, including some who came from out of state, have come down with COVID19.

The Venice Film Festival, the first major inperson cinema showcase of the COVID19 era, is requiring participants to wear face masks during screenings and take a coronavirus test if they are arriving from outside Europe.

Germany and France offered on Thursday to provide medical care on their soil for Russian opposition leader Alexander Navalny, who is gravely ill after aides said he was poisoned.

It's mostly quiet in the Alabama farming community of Thorsby aside from trucks and trains that rumble through bound for someplace larger. Remembering directions to the town's football stadium isn't hard; there aren't that many roads to take or turns to m...

A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for Manhattan's top prosecutor to get President Donald Trumps tax returns, rejecting a lastditch attempt by his lawyers to block a subpoena issued to his accounting firm.

A proposed $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and residents of the impoverished, majorityBlack city of Flint who were harmed by leadtainted water is a step toward making amends for a disaster that upended life in the city, Gov. Gretchen Whitm...