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A U.S. appeals court on Thursday ordered a new review of a decision not to block United Airlines from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers.

A powerful winter storm was barreling through the eastern half of the United States on Thursday, bringing a variety of weather threats to the area that included heavy snow, damaging thunderstorms and the potential of isolated tornadoes.

The Department of Education has forgiven more than $415 million in student debt from 16,000 student borrowers who were defrauded by for-profit universities.

A Colorado elections clerk was sued on Thursday after he copied data from voting machines with the help of two men with ties to groups supporting the false conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen from former Republican President Donald Trump.

Loretta Lynch has a long history of service to the U.S. and law enforcement. Now, she represents the NFL in a class-action lawsuit brought by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores who alleges unfair and discriminatory hiring practices by multiple teams in the league.

Prominent civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton said on Thursday that Amir Locke was killed for being Black in America, telling mourners at a church in Minneapolis Thursday that "enough is enough." .

Hundreds of people are expected to gather on Thursday to mourn Amir Locke, a Black man killed by law enforcement in a Minneapolis apartment during a no-knock raid, the latest in a series of killings to spark outrage over police treatment of racial minorities.

The family of a Black teenager who was pinned to the ground and arrested by New Jersey police following a fight with a white teenager at a local mall has retained the attorney in the George Floyd wrongful death case, Benjamin Crump, to represent them.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken laid out at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday how Washington believes Russia could seek to invade Ukraine, warning that Moscow was preparing to attack its neighbor in the "coming days." .

The execution of Gilbert Ray Postelle, 35, will take place through a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

Tesla Inc and its Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday accused the U.S.

Gilbert Gonzalo Gil of Escondido died Monday at Vista Detention Facility in San Diego.

This day can be celebrated by donating books, food or clothes to local communities or those who are in need of some kind of help. 

Experts believe immunity from the Omicron variant will help shorten illnesses and reduce the next wave of the virus should one arise.

U.S. stocks slid on Thursday, with the S&P 500 marking its biggest daily percentage drop in two weeks, as investors shifted to defensive sectors and safe havens such as bonds and gold as geopolitical tensions between Washington and Russia over Ukraine flared.

The infant's mother has also been arrested on charges of child endangerment for allegedly allowing the unauthorized practitioner to treat the child.

The incident is now being investigated by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.

"It was excruciating, it was hard to watch," the grieving mother said while she urged people to wear masks and take precautions to protect the vulnerable in the community.

She also created a fake father to send an email to authorities about needing to take bed rest.

Police warned protesters occupying central Ottawa on Thursday of "imminent" action to clear them from the capital and end a crisis that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned was threatening public safety.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin was set to oversee exercises by strategic nuclear missile forces on Saturday as Western leaders gathered in Munich, fearful that he could order troops massed on Ukraine's border to invade at any time.

Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine said on Friday they planned to evacuate their breakaway region's residents to Russia, a stunning turn in a conflict the West believes Moscow could use to justify an invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels reported increased shelling in eastern Ukraine for a second straight day on Friday, an escalation that Washington and other Western allies say could form part of a Russian pretext to invade.

Russian-backed separatists announced the sudden surprise evacuation of their breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine on Friday, a shock turn in a conflict the West believes Moscow plans to use to justify an all-out invasion of its neighbour.

Shelling in Ukraine on Thursday renewed Western fears of an imminent Russian invasion as U.S.

Russia's Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine within days, U.S.

The 32-year-old man from Portland, Oregon, was restrained at the back of the aircraft until the flight landed.

It is unclear how many of the breakthrough deaths occurred in people with pre-existing medical conditions.