Arizona carried out its first execution since 2014 on Wednesday, putting to death a prisoner convicted of killing a student more than four decades ago, state prison officials said.
A bill that would make abortion legal throughout the United States was headed toward defeat in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, amid heavy Republican opposition.
Democrats in the U.S. Senate plan were pushing ahead with plans to force a vote on Wednesday on legislation codifying women's rights to abortion nationwide, a protest gesture almost certain to fail ahead of an expected Supreme Court decision to end those protections.
A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday approved a bill that seeks to invalidate a U.S.
A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday will consider a bill that seeks to invalidate a U.S.
Russian diplomat Sergiy Andreev was feeling unwelcome on the streets of Warsaw even before protesters doused him with red liquid thrown in his face at short range this week.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's plans to offer economic aid in return for denuclearisation could face an early challenge amid signs of an imminent North Korean nuclear test - and such proposals have been rebuffed before, analysts say.
The U.S. stock market is off to brutal start in 2022.
In response to rising prices and high inflation, several states will be sending out stimulus checks and rebates to residents.
Flows of Russian gas to Europe through a transit point in Ukraine dried up on Wednesday, while Kyiv reported battlefield gains over invading Russian forces that could signal a shift in the war's momentum.
Ukrainian forces reported battlefield gains on Wednesday in a counterattack that could signal a shift in the momentum of the war, while Kyiv shut gas flows on a route through Russian-held territory, raising the spectre of an energy crisis in Europe.
Ukraine prepared to suspend the flow of some Russian gas to Europe through a key transit point on Wednesday, as it claimed battlefield gains over invading Russian forces, including the recapture of four villages around the second city of Kharkiv.
A contingent of six U.S. senators led by Democrats on Tuesday chastised U.S.
The rate of U.S. gun deaths surged 35% in 2020 to the highest point since 1994, with especially deadly levels for young Black men, the U.S.
The United States' largest active wildfire bore down on New Mexico mountain villages on Tuesday, triggering evacuations in another county as firefighters saw no way to stop the blaze.
Elon Musk wants to officially unban Donald Trump from Twitter, how do other Twitter users feel about that?
A former chief financial officer of a New Jersey biotechnology company has been indicted for insider trading after allegedly giving his girlfriend nonpublic information about clinical trial results for a new breast cancer drug.
Tesla Inc is open to buying a mining company if producing its own supply of electric vehicle (EV) metals would speed up worldwide adoption of clean energy technologies, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Tuesday.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the failure and inaction of U.S.
A British man has been criminally charged in New York with stealing money from investors' accounts by hacking into email servers and computers belonging to U.S.
State Democratic Attorney Generals are promising to wage a heated battle to protect access to abortion for women in their state and those who seek care from states that plan to ban the practice.
A murder suspect who escaped from an Alabama jail with the help of a female corrections officer was heavily armed and prepared for a shootout as authorities moved in to apprehend the couple in Indiana, a local sheriff said on Tuesday.
Billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday he would reverse Twitter's ban on former U.S.
Less firms are requiring potential hires to show they are vaccinated against COVID-19 as they race to fill gaps in their workforces.
Chef Mario Batali was acquitted on Tuesday of sexually assaulting a woman at a Boston bar in 2017 while posing with her for fan "selfie" photos, with the judge doubting the credibility of the accuser in the latest #MeToo era trial involving a U.S.
Chef Mario Batali was acquitted on Tuesday of sexually assaulting a woman at a Boston bar in 2017 while posing with her for fan "selfie" photos in the latest of a handful of #MeToo era trials involving U.S.
A lawyer for Mario Batali urged a judge on Tuesday to acquit the celebrity chef of a charge that he sexually assaulted a woman while posing with her for "selfie" photographs in 2017 at a Boston bar, accusing her of fabricating the incident.
Ukraine said on Tuesday it would suspend the flow of gas through a transit point which it said delivers almost a third of the fuel piped from Russia to Europe through Ukraine, blaming Moscow for the move and saying it would move the flows elsewhere.
Ukraine said on Tuesday it would suspend the flow of gas through a transit point which it said delivers almost a third of the fuel piped from Russia to Europe through Ukraine, blaming Moscow for the move and saying it would move the flows elsewhere.
Ukraine's gas system operator GTSOU said on Tuesday it would declare force majeure on the transportation of Russian gas through the Sokhranivka entry point, with flows stopping on May 11.
