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New research suggests that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two highly contagious variants of the coronavirus that erupted in Britain and South Africa. Those variants ...

BEIJING - The former chairman of the main Chinese state bank behind Beijing's initiative to build railways and ports across dozens of Asian countries has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption...

EDMONTON - A series of commemorative events stretching over two days has begun to mark the one-year anniversary of the downing of Flight PS752. At 9:42 pm EST - the exact moment the Ukrainian Internat...

O'FALLON, Mo. - Helen Viola Jackson's 1936 marriage to James Bolin was unusual to say the least: He was 93 and in declining health, and she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl. Bolin was also a Civil War vet...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - In a potential blow to the #MeToo movement in China, two former journalists were convicted of defaming a third journalist by publishing an account accusing him of sexual misconduct. A...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A West Virginia lawmaker who filmed himself and supporters of President Donald Trump storming into the U.S. Capitol is facing bipartisan calls for his resignation as federal prosec...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol is my second home. I have been covering the occupants of the building for an absurdly long period of time, the last 15 years spent mostly at a workspace just steps from t...

NEW YORK - A large Washington, D.C.-based law firm is asking other lawyers to join in a call for President Donald Trump's cabinet to oust him after rioting supporters of the president attacked and occ...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia sweltered through its fourth-hottest year on record last year despite the recent return of the usually cooling La Nina climate pattern, the nation's weather bureau said...

Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle a Justice Department investigation and admit that employees misled regulators about the safety of its 737 Max aircraft, which suffered two deadly crashes shortly...