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U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday struggled over whether to let Republican state officials defend an immigration rule crafted by former President Donald Trump's administration to bar permanent residency for immigrants deemed likely to need government benefits.

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a former Chinese diplomat and head of U.S.

The trial of a former Goldman Sachs banker accused of helping loot Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund will be paused due to late disclosure of some evidence by prosecutors to the defense, the judge in the case ruled on Wednesday.

The next Mega Millions numbers will be drawn on Friday, Feb. 25.

The CDC report that came out Wednesday reveals that racial and age disparities in maternal deaths among U.S. populations was significantly higher in 2020 than in 2019.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not made all its data on COVID-19 public due to fears of misinterpretation, the New York Times reports. 

The trial of a white former Kentucky police officer charged with wanton endangerment during the 2020 shooting death of Breonna Taylor began on Wednesday, casting a spotlight on another case in the United States that sparked a summer of protests against racial injustice two years ago.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Tuesday that mask and vaccine mandates will be lifted in the city Monday, in line with the rest of Illinois.

Cuba, a close ally of Russia, has sharply criticized the United States for imposing "the progressive expansion of NATO towards the borders of the Russian Federation" and called for a diplomatic solution to preserve international peace.

A jury was due to begin deliberating on Wednesday on whether three former Minneapolis police officers deprived George Floyd of his constitutional rights by failing to come to the aid of the handcuffed Black man pinned beneath a colleague's knee.

A jury began deliberating on Wednesday on whether three former Minneapolis police officers deprived George Floyd of his constitutional rights by failing to come to the aid of the handcuffed Black man pinned beneath a colleague's knee.

Taking a cue from demonstrations that paralyzed Canada's capital city, Ottawa, for weeks, U.S.

A group of American truckers began a cross-country drive from California to Washington on Wednesday to protest coronavirus restrictions, taking a cue from demonstrations that paralyzed Canada's capital city, Ottawa, for weeks.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he believes Russia will invade Ukraine within hours after separatists on Wednesday asked for Russian help to repel "aggression" and as explosions rocked the breakaway eastern city of Donetsk.

Separatists in Ukraine asked for Russian help to repel "aggression" on Wednesday and Kyiv announced compulsory military service and a state of emergency as the West slapped more sanctions on Moscow in a bid to stop an all-out invasion.

There were five deputies present at the scene during the shooting.

Indonesia's peatlands, California's forests, and, now, vast swathes of Argentine wetland have all been ravaged by extreme wildfires, heralding a fiery future and the dire need to prevent it.

The number of breakthrough COVID-19 deaths in the state represents less than 1% of all fully vaccinated individuals.

Two major storms that are expected to affect most the U.S. over the next week have caught the attention of meteorologists.

Almost all parents and pregnant women in China, Vietnam and the UK are exposed to "aggressive" formula milk marketing campaigns that breach global rules set up after scandals more than 40 years ago, according to a new report.

A U.S. judge signaled on Tuesday he may not let Donald Trump countersue E.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he had canceled a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov planned for Thursday after Moscow's recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine as independent entities.

Republicans are lining up to urge President Joe Biden to take a strong stand against Russia's Vladimir Putin as fears intensify that a wider invasion of Ukraine remains over the horizon.

A college student's life completely changed forever after eating leftover Chinese food that made him so sick he had to get his legs and fingers amputated.

For months, local prosecutors took no action after three white men jumped in their trucks and chased Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black jogger, through their Georgia neighborhood before shooting him to death.

A man who was arrested in Amsterdam after holding a person hostage at gunpoint for several hours in an Apple flagship store on Tuesday night had explosives on his body, Amsterdam police said on Wednesday.

Two major winter storms will dump heavy snow and blow fierce winds in the Midwest, New England and Southwestern United States on Tuesday and into the next couple of days, wreaking havoc on road travel while improving ski conditions in parts of Colorado.

This U.S. state is the only one that has not yet lifted its indoor face mask mandate despite having over 75% of its residents vaccinated.

COVID cases and related deaths are dropping dramatically across the country as the spread of the virus, specifically the Omicron variant, dies out.