President Donald Trump on Monday voiced support for suspension of the federal gas tax as the White House looks for ways to ease a surge in gas prices set off by the war with Iran. A repeal of the tax – which amounts to 18.4 cents a gallon of r...
An epidemiologist from the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that the suspected hantavirus cluster aboard a cruise ship is not the beginning of another COVID-19 pandemic. Eight cases are currently being reported by the WHO, including fiv...
Investigators say the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner wrote a manifesto before the attack, outlining his intent to target members of the Trump administration. Officials say Cole Allen, 31, sent the document to...
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and other dignitaries are safe after ashooting incidentoutside the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Saturday night at the Washington, D.C., Hilton hotel. The incident took p...
What does bilingualism do to the brain? And are there benefits to being bilingual? Turns out there are lots of upsides....
Kirk murder suspect makes first court appearance as Utah attorney seeks death penalty...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Plastic soy sauce bottles shaped like fish are tiny, cute and beloved by many sushi eaters. But in the state of South Australia, the decorative containers swam into a growing net of outlawed plastics. Officials enacted an ...
Undercover in Myanmar: BBC finds earthquake chaos and trauma in secretive military regime...
An Army veteran who was "hell-bent" on killing as many people as possible drove a rented pickup truck around a parked police car serving as a barricade and plowed through a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, leav...
An urgent manhunt is underway for a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson....
The scariest part of Halloween may be the amount of waste left after the spooky celebrations. Store-bought costumes are often worn once, before ending up in a landfill. Candy is also commonly thrown out due to preference or dietary restrictions and ...
Ashlyn Gosa, a senior atApalachee High School in Georgia, was in class when she said she heard multiple rounds go off outside her door. \\\"Everyone in my class knew exactly what it was and everyone immediately dropped to the ground,\\\" t...
Chemical substances and technical devices were found at the house of a 19-year-old Austrian suspected of planning an attack on upcoming Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna, Austria, the public security director at Austria’s Ministry of Interior, Fr...
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For many, ice cream, pizza and Italy go hand in hand. Now the northern city of Milan has plans to ban the sale of these famous Italian foods late at night. The city’s council is considering the move because of complaints about noise from local ...
Rescue efforts continue in Japan after at least 64 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the country on New Year's Day. Homes collapsed, buildings caught fire and roads were extensively damaged, hindering the work of rescue services...
What does bilingualism do to the brain? And are there benefits to being bilingual? Turns out there are lots of upsides....
The BBC's Sound of 2024 list, which tips music's most exciting new stars, suggests dance and Afrobeats will dominate the next 12 months. The 10 nominees include chart-topping drum and bass artist Kenya Grace and South Korean hou...
Ex-BBC and New York Times boss Sir Mark Thompson has been appointed to lead CNN following a series of crises and falling ratings at the US news network. Sir Mark replaces Chris Licht, who struggled to stabilise CNN in his 13 months a...