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At least 7,000 people have lost their lives at the border since 1998, as per a 2021 report by The Guardian.

After surviving World War Two and the fall of the Soviet Union, among other seismic events, Zinaida Makishaiva now has her chickens to thank for getting through her most recent ordeal - the brief but brutal occupation of her town by Russian troops.

Shanghai is converting residential buildings into quarantine centres to house a mounting number of COVID-19 cases, but the move is sparking anger and protest from neighbours worried they are being put at increased risk of infection.

Commercial truck traffic from the Mexican state of Chihuahua to Texas will return to normal immediately after both sides reached an agreement on border security, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Thursday.

The family of an African refugee killed by a Michigan police officer during a traffic stop demanded on Thursday that authorities dismiss the officer from the force and file criminal charges against him, a day after a video of the fatal shooting was released.

A jury on Thursday convicted an Ohio man who claimed he was following former President Donald Trump's orders when he looted items from U.S.

Tesla is recalling 594,717 vehicles due to its “Boombox” for the second time.

White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy is planning to step down, according to two sources familiar with the deliberations, likely ending a tenure marked by ambitious emissions targets but failure in securing major U.S.

A consortium led by U.S. radio station industry veteran Jeff Warshaw has offered to acquire Cumulus Media Inc for close to $1.2 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

A 9-year-old girl was shot when she was caught the middle of gun shots from a shop-owner going after shoplifters at a Southern California mall.

Abortion providers including Planned Parenthood on Thursday sued to block a sweeping new Kentucky law that forces them to stop offering the procedure until they can meet certain requirements, saying it amounted to an unconstitutional ban on abortions.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has initiated a probe into oil companies over allegations that they are engaged in price gouging tactics at a time of higher energy prices nationwide.

A dolphin died at a Texas beach after being harassed by beachgoers. The Texas Marine Mammal Network reminds people to leave stranded marine life alone and call for help immediately.

Rent prices are rising at an unreasonable pace but a cooldown for the market is still a long way off.

The threat of Russia potentially using tactical or low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine cannot be taken lightly, but the CIA has not seen a lot of practical evidence reinforcing that concern, CIA Director William Burns said on Thursday.

With a stable of businesses ranging from electric cars to private rocket ships, iconoclastic billionaire Elon Musk has become the richest person in the world by building a fortune firmly planted in 21st century technology.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a restriction the U.S.

A federal appeals court said Devin Nunes, the former California congressman and an ally of former U.S.

The infamous New York City subway shooter was caught in Manhattan on Wednesday, but the clues he left leading up to his arrest were enigmatic. 

The Wednesday night jackpot was worth an estimated $303.6 million.

Elon Musk's takeover bid for Twitter has prompted speculation that he would restore Donald Trump's account if he succeeds in purchasing the social-media platform.

The U.S. economy could be headed for another recession as record inflation and rising interest rates will take their toll on consumer spending.

Some of the estimated 1,000 seafarers trapped in Ukraine have escaped, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and industry officials told Reuters, while voicing concern for those remaining trapped onboard ships or unaccounted for.

An elderly couple died in their home as they tried to evacuate a wildfire in Ruidoso, New Mexico, that has destroyed hundreds of houses and forced thousands to flee the mountain town, local officials said.

Ex-wives and ex-husbands can choose to let go of their bitter feelings about the end of their marriage on National Ex-Spouse Day.

Dion Marsh was arrested after he went on a violent crime spree that lasted for almost 10 hours.

The pregnant woman's sister said she had to hold on to her children and wound up getting "thrown into the trees."

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the man charged with this week's mass shooting in a New York subway to remain in custody and undergo a psychiatric exam as he awaits trial for one of the most violent attacks on the city's mass transit system.

A U.S. federal judge on Thursday ordered the man accused of this week's mass shooting in a New York City subway car to remain in custody, after prosecutors said his "terrifying" attack disrupted in the city in a way not seen in two decades.