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The head of the Louisiana State Police said Friday he wants to know why 67% of his agencys uses of force in recent years have been directed at Black people, and would welcome a U.S. Justice Department pattern and practice probe into potential racial profi...

President Joe Bidens sweeping new vaccine requirements have Republican governors threatening lawsuits. His unapologetic response: Have at it.

A federal judge on Thursday threw out all charges against a University of Tennessee professor accused of hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving research grants from NASA.

The US Food and Drug Administration also warned in July of an "increased risk" of developing the neurological syndrome with Johnson & Johnson's dose

Two days after flooding claimed at least 14 lives north of Mexico's capital, the streets of Tula remained submerged Thursday as full reservoirs upstream continued releasing more water.

Afghan staff of the United Nations are being increasingly subjected to harassment and intimidation since the Taliban came to power last month, the U.N. special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said on Thursday.

A second defendant has been convicted of sabotaging railroad tracks near the U.S.Canada border in Washington state just before a train carrying crude oil was due to pass through apparently part of a campaign to protest construction of a pipeline across B...

She was an unsuspecting radio station intern in 2003 when she pursued what she thought would be a careermaking interview with a R&B superstar R. Kelly.

Six Black farmworkers in Mississippi say in a new lawsuit that their former employer brought white laborers from South Africa to do the same jobs they were doing, and that the farm has been violating federal law by paying the white immigrants more for the...

Florida's new antiriot law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as a way to quell violent protests is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Beards aren't just cool and trendy they might also be an evolutionary development to help protect a man's delicate facial bones from a punch to the face.

Two Afghan journalists were beaten in police custody this week after covering a protest by women in Kabul where they were detained by the Taliban, their editor said.

The meeting will review the evolving situation in Afghanistan to address common challenges and realise emerging opportunities to ensure regional stability and prosperity.

The 9/11 museum in New York City is backing off uncommon restrictions on researchers after complaints that the institution was stifling scholarship.

Mexico's Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for advocates of women's health and human rights, just as parts of the United States enact tougher laws against the practice.

After the fiscal splurge on the COVID-19 pandemic, Johnson is now addressing Britain's creaking social care system, whose costs will soar as the population ages.