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The CDC said Thursday that even though COVID-19 cases are dropping across the country, community spread remains high.

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still warning Americans against traveling to nearly 140 destinations regardless of their vaccination status, some people are getting the itch to travel again. But is it safe?

Hong Kong on Friday postponed an election for a new leader until May to battle a raging COVID outbreak, but unlike previous years, there's still no front-runner for the job, adding to uncertainty about the city's future as Beijing imposes its rule.

Wall Street ended lower on Friday after escalating tensions in Ukraine and U.S.

The unidentified child had underlying health conditions, health officials said.

Whether you like red or white, grab a glass of your favorite vino, and celebrate this day with all the other wine lovers.

Democrats are in jeopardy of losing their long-time firewall against new voting restrictions in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin should Republicans who support such curbs win competitive governors' races in those states in November.

Thousands of Texas voters' mail-in ballots for midterm primary elections have been rejected for failing to comply with new Republican-backed identification requirements passed in the wake of former President Donald Trump's false claims of widespread fraud, county officials said.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's plan to relax the strictest COVID-19 border controls among wealthy nations has pleased nobody, with businesses and student groups worried it might not be enough while online critics blast his change of tack.

An Atlantic storm battered Britain and Ireland on Friday with record winds of up to 122 miles per hour, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people, forcing planes to abort landings, and shredding the roof of London's O2 arena.

An Atlantic storm battered England and Ireland on Friday with winds of up to 100 miles per hour, prompting warnings from Britain's weather office that Storm Eunice could cause significant disruption, tear off roofs and hammer London.

Two people are trapped on a ferry that was engulfed in a blaze as it sailed from Greece to Italy early on Friday, the coastguard said, after scores of others passengers and crew members were rescued.

Eleven passengers were missing after a blaze engulfed a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy early on Friday while an operation was under way to try to rescue two people trapped in the ship's garage, the Greek coastguard said.

California Governor Gavin Newsom presented a plan on Thursday to confront COVID-19 beyond its pandemic phase

The number of deaths represents less than 1% of all fully vaccinated people in the state.

A grand jury in Austin, Texas, has indicted several police officers for using excessive force during racial justice protests in 2020, authorities said on Thursday.

The COVID-positive child had been placed on ECMO for more than a week.

The U.S. government aims to open a new center in Northern Virginia to receive additional Afghan evacuees, according to four sources familiar with the matter, although even before any official announcement the local sheriff in the area raised concerns about the plan.

U.S. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday endorsed a primary challenger to Republican Representative Liz Cheney, a prominent critic of former President Donald Trump.

There have so far been four complaints of Cronobacter sakazakii and Salmonella infections in connection with the products.

Donald Trump's new social media platform promises to promote "open, free and honest global conversations without discrimination against ideology."

The erroneous website sold a variety of pro-Trump merchandise, including camouflage caps and flags.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday that it would take up to three months to stabilise a worsening COVID-19 pandemic that has overwhelmed health facilities and forced the postponement of an upcoming leadership election.

Dallas Cowboy's executive was accused of entering the cheerleaders dressing room and taking photos of them unchanging. A confidential settlement shows that the team paid $2.4 million to the cheerleaders.

The ruling is the latest legal blow to the 75-year-old as he fights numerous cases that threaten to complicate any bid for another run at the White House in 2024.

Misinformation about science is increasingly prevalent and a significant public health threat that the U.S.

The full U.S. Congress will be invited to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on March 1, a year after the invitation list to his address to Congress was radically cut back to 200 due to the pandemic, officials said on Thursday.

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday ordered a new review of a decision not to block United Airlines from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers.

A powerful winter storm was barreling through the eastern half of the United States on Thursday, bringing a variety of weather threats to the area that included heavy snow, damaging thunderstorms and the potential of isolated tornadoes.