A U.S. jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin in her defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked her to a mass shooting, after the presiding judge said he would dismiss the case regardless of the verdict.
The U.S Department of Education announced that it was pausing the seizure of filers’ tax returns to pay off any delinquent student debt, a move that will surely be a relief to the nearly 9 million people currently behind on debt repayments.
The United States is expected to experience as much sea level rise from climate change over the next 30 years as occurred in the previous century, according to a Tuesday report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Sea levels around the United States will rise up to a foot over the next 30 years due to climate change, as much as they have risen in the previous century, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) projected in a report on Tuesday.
Vaccinating pregnant women against the coronavirus may help prevent COVID-19 hospitalizations in infants after they are born, especially if the expecting mothers got the shots later in their pregnancy, U.S.
In a historic victory, the families of victims of the 2013 Sandy Hook massacre reached a legal settlement with rifle manufacturer Remington on Tuesday after a nearly 10-year saga of legal battles.
Tou Thao, one of the three former Minneapolis police officers on trial charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights, said he was inspired to join the police force while growing up in a poor refugee family as he took the stand in his own defense on Tuesday.
Tou Thao, one of the three former Minneapolis police officers on trial charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights, told a jury officers were trained to use a knee near a person's neck as a means of restraint as he took the stand in his own defense on Tuesday.
Tou Thao, one of three former Minneapolis police officers on trial for violating George Floyd's civil rights, told a jury on Tuesday he did not realize Floyd was dying as an officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes.
Canada will ease entry for fully vaccinated international travelers starting on Feb.
Vehicles on U.S. roads will now be allowed to use advanced headlights known as "adaptive driving beams" that could help prevent nighttime crashes, the U.S.
Britain's Prince Andrew has settled a lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, sparing him potential additional lurid accusations in a case that already caused his fall from grace.
Raging inflation in the United States took center-stage in the Senate on Tuesday, as Democrats focused on legislative efforts to ease the problem and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on the matter.
The number of deals resolving U.S. government investigations into corporate misconduct declined sharply last year as President Joe Biden's administration took over the reins, U.S.
Remington Arms will pay $73 million to the families of five children and four adults killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the families said on Tuesday, marking the first time a gunmaker has agreed to a major settlement over a mass shooting in the United States.
Remington Arms will pay $73 million to the families of five adults and four children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the families said on Tuesday, the first time a gunmaker has been held liable for a mass shooting in the United States.
The uphill battle against inflation for the U.S economy has only grown steeper after the price of wholesale goods more than doubled in the last month and soared by 9.7% for the last year.
Hungary and Poland are turning increasingly authoritarian, a European rights group said on Tuesday, a day before the European Union's top court rules on whether to cut funding to member states flouting democratic rights and freedoms.
Catholic groups on Tuesday accused Italy's Church of an "institutional failure" to confront clergy sexual abuse, and demanded an independent national inquiry mirroring ones conducted in France and Germany.
Russian teenager Kamila Valieva dominated the Olympic ice on Tuesday night, fighting back tears as she completed a skate that put her at the top of the short programme standings with a doping cloud hanging over her.
Alexandra Chandler, a fully vaccinated elementary school teacher, succumbed to death after battling with COVID-19 for almost a month.
The cameras in the city stopped recording and were only monitoring live traffic conditions after law enforcement officials faced several civil litigations.
The U.S. Justice Department is completing a review of an enforcement initiative aimed at combating Chinese espionage and intellectual property theft, an examination that former officials and critics expect will result in a shift away from its controversial targeting of academic researchers.
If Democrats are to keep control of the U.S. Congress in this year's midterm elections, moderates in highly competitive districts, such as Representative Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, must hold on to their seats.
A surprising and unusual ruling against Sarah Palin in her defamation case against the New York Times has narrowed the former Alaska governor's route to victory but the high-profile suit is far from over, legal experts said.
One in four U.S. Democrats say their party did not take full advantage of its grip on the White House and Congress last year, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, in a troubling sign for their voters' enthusiasm in this year's congressional elections.
Ottawa's police chief resigned on Tuesday after criticism that he did not do enough to stop COVID-19 protests that have paralyzed Canada's capital city and forced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to invoke emergency powers.
Defying an emergency order to disperse, protesters in trucks and other vehicles vowed on Tuesday to stand their ground outside the Canadian parliament until the government lifts vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions.
Plans for a key U.S. Senate panel vote to move forward on President Joe Biden's nominees to the Federal Reserve, including Jerome Powell as chair and Sarah Bloom Raskin as the central bank's Wall Street regulator, were thrown into doubt on Tuesday as Republicans appeared set to boycott the proceeding.
A key U.S. Senate panel is set on Tuesday to vote on President Joe Biden's slate of nominees to lead the Federal Reserve, including the renomination of Jerome Powell as chair and Sarah Bloom Raskin as the central bank's Wall Street regulator.
