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President Joe Biden plans to announce his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday at the White House, according to two people familiar with the process.

While many people developed mild symptoms from the Omicron variant some will experience lasting complications after contracting the virus, according to studies.

An investigation revealed Nelson Replogle had made a Bitcoin transaction with an approximate value of $17,853 in exchange for killing his wife.

Wall Street's main indexes rallied for a second straight session on Friday as investors hunted for bargains at the end of a volatile week sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with sentiment also lifted by Moscow's willingness for talks.

U.S. stocks ended up sharply for a second day on Friday, with the Dow registering its biggest daily percentage gain since November 2020 as the market rebounded from the sharp selloff leading up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating former President Donald Trump's removal of classified documents from the White House has expanded its probe of the Republican's handling of records, according to a letter made public on Friday.

Ukrainians in the United States are making donations, sending money to relatives and mulling how they could get family out of a war zone, as they call on President Joe Biden and the wider world to do more to thwart Russia's invasion.

With marine heat waves helping to wipe out some of Alaska's storied salmon runs in recent years, officials have resorted to sending emergency food shipments to affected communities while scientists warn that the industry's days of traditional harvests may be numbered.

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians, mostly women and children, crossed into Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia on Friday as Russian missiles pounded the capital Kyiv and men of fighting age were told to remain.

People fleeing war in Ukraine poured into Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia on Friday as Russian missiles pounded the capital Kyiv, with many waiting for hours at congested border crossings.

As Ukrainian refugees throng border crossings to flee the Russian invasion, war veteran Dmytro Dovzhenko is headed in the opposite direction from Poland to rejoin his military unit.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement activities have dropped sharply since 2018, as criminal fines and civil penalties paid by polluters dropped to new lows, a Washington watchdog group said Friday in a report.

Anthony Spivey, a former police chief from North Carolina, was arrested Thursday from his aunt's apartment.

The teacher has since resigned from her position and would no longer be returning to the classroom.

The European Union is planning a third round of sanctions against Moscow, an EU official said on Friday, minutes after Ukraine's president pleaded with the bloc for faster and more forceful steps to punish Russia for its invasion of his country.

Missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with the international community to do more, saying sanctions announced so far were not enough.

Russian missiles pounded Kyiv, families cowered in shelters and authorities told people to prepare petrol bombs to defend Ukraine's capital on Friday, as the mayor said "saboteurs" had entered the city and were fighting in the outskirts.

Russian missiles pounded Kyiv on Friday, families cowered in shelters and authorities told residents to prepare Molotov cocktails to defend Ukraine's capital from an assault that the mayor said had already begun with saboteurs in the city.

Russian missiles pounded Kyiv on Friday, families cowered in shelters and authorities told residents to prepare Molotov cocktails to defend Ukraine's capital from an assault that the mayor said had already begun with saboteurs in the city.

The Russian and Ukrainian governments on Friday signalled an openness to negotiations even as authorities in Kyiv urged citizens to help defend the capital from advancing Russian forces in the worst European security crisis in decades.

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Ukraine's military on Friday to overthrow their political leaders and negotiate peace, while authorities in Kyiv urged citizens to help defend the capital as Russian forces advanced.

The Russian and Ukrainian governments on Friday signalled an openness to negotiations even as authorities in Kyiv urged citizens to help defend the capital from advancing Russian forces in the worst European security crisis in decades.

A group of Amazon.com Inc workers seeking to form a union in New York filed a charge with U.S.

Kyle Rittenhouse has plans to hold anyone accountable that has spread misinformation about him revolving his Kenosha trial.

Members of the U.S. Congress said on Thursday they could approve hundreds of millions of dollars in additional military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine starting as soon as next week, to boost the government in Kyiv after Russia invaded.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it was seeking public comment on how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) affect smaller pharmacies and consumers, after commissioners could not agree this month on whether to approve a study of the plans.

A study found that vaping can contribute to the development of gum disease just as much as smoking cigarettes can.

From bustling Tokyo to the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea, from Novosibirsk in Siberia to the equatorial city of Quito, from congested Cairo to the desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, people everywhere comprise a single family.

Justices on Texas's high court on Thursday sharply questioned whether clinics can challenge a law that banned most abortions in the state because it is enforced by private individuals, just two months after the U.S.