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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced plans to implement checkpoints across the city to enforce restrictions on travelers from dozens of states experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases....

K-pop star Taemin shared footage from his "2 Kids: Never Gonna Dance Again: Prologue" music video shoot....

Authorities in Beirut have increased the death count from the devastating explosions on Tuesday to at least 135, while one official said Wednesday it could cost Lebanon's capital about $5 billion to recover....

CHICAGO (AP) — The suspected driver of a car from which a 10-year-old girl was shot and killed as she watched television in her grandmother's Chicago home has been charged with first-degree......

Although scientists often worry most about the loss of the world's predators, a comprehensive new study finds that plant-eating herbivores are the animals most at risk of extinction.About......

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday declared racism a public health crisis, citing the disproportionate toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on the state's minority communities....

CHICAGO (AP) — Energy utility ComEd pleaded not guilty to bribery at an arraignment Wednesday despite previously admitting wrongdoing in an influence-peddling scheme that threatens to ensnare......

"A Saint from Texas," Edmund White (Bloomsbury Publishing)There is a lot to appreciate in Edmund White's "A Saint from Texas:" the artful prose, the vivid storytelling, the darkly whimsical......

A pair of long lost twin brothers were reunited in Vietnam after being adopted by different families 43 years earlier....

The U.S. Supreme Court's approval rating has reached its highest mark in a decade, improving to 58%, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednesday....

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to host Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey at the White House on Wednesday, as he points to the state as a model for the nation for addressing "embers" of the......

"Insecure" star Issa Rae will produce "Seen & Heard," a documentary celebrating Black TV and voices in entertainment....

Top Democrats in the U.S. Congress and White House officials added a new thread to negotiations on a new round of coronavirus relief on Wednesday, with a briefing on how the budget-strapped Postal Service was coping with election-related demands....

Eleven years after the sudden death of actress Natasha Richardson, her husband Liam Neeson and their son have found renewed healing in their first film together, "Made in Italy."'...

LAGOS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Two naked women lie in bed, stroking each other's hair and talking about coming out to their parents in Nigeria, where they could be jailed for 14 years for having a lesbian relationship.'...

Walid Assi was cooking at a Beirut pizza joint on Tuesday night when a huge blast wave pushed him down. The ground beneath him shook. He saw a flash of white. The roof caved in.'...

The red, white and cedar green of the Lebanese flag were lit up over a Tel Aviv square on Wednesday in a rare show of Israeli solidarity with Beirut as it reels from a devastating explosion.'...

Aug 5 (OPTA) - Results and fixtures for the J-League Cup on Wednesday (start times are JST) Group Stage -------------------------------------------------------- Shimizu S-Pulse (0) 0 Nagoya Grampus (1) 3 Kashima Antlers (0) 2 Kawasaki Frontale (1) 3 Cerez...

Aug 5 (OPTA) - Summaries for the J-League Cup on Wednesday (start times are JST) Group Stage ................................................................. Shimizu S-Pulse (0) 0 Yellow card: Jnior Dutra 46, Kanai 60, Okui 72 Subs used: Kawai 46 (Suzuki...

Top U.S. infectious disease official Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday that he doesn't think the United States will have to go back into...

U.S. Open singles winners will receive $850,000 less prize money this year, the United States Tennis Association said on Wednesday, with first-round prize money increasing....

Aug 5 (OPTA) - Standings for the A-League on Thursday P W D L F A Pts 1 Sydney 23 16 3 4 46 21 51 2 Melbourne City 24 13 4 7 44 34 43 3 Wellington 25 12 5 8 38 30 41 4 Brisbane 25 11 6 8 28 27 39 5 Perth 24 10 7 7 43 30 37 6 Adelaide Utd 24 11 1 12 41 46 ...

Walid Assi was cooking at a Beirut pizza joint on Tuesday night when a huge blast wave pushed him down. The ground beneath him shook. He saw a flash of white. The roof caved in....

The red, white and cedar green of the Lebanese flag were lit up over a Tel Aviv square on Wednesday in a rare show of Israeli solidarity with Beirut as it reels from a devastating explosion....

U.S. Open singles winners will receive $850,000 less prize money this year, the United States Tennis Association said on Wednesday, with first-round prize money increasing....

U.S. Open singles winners will receive $850,000 less prize money this year, the United States Tennis Association said on Wednesday, with first-round prize money increasing.'...

In one of the most anticipated sporting events since the COVID-19 pandemic sent sports into a deep freeze in March, the PGA Championship comes to San Francisco this week with several top players out to make history....

In one of the most anticipated sporting events since the COVID-19 pandemic sent sports into a deep freeze in March, the PGA Championship comes to San Francisco this week with several top players out to make history.'...