See NASA's massive SLS moon rocket fire up (and shut down early)
Security forces in Washington, DC, and state capitols across the country are on high alert Sunday as the country nears President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.
National Guard sleeping in the Capitol an echo of Civil War
To most Americans, the sight of armed National Guard troops sleeping in the Capitol Rotunda this past week was shocking and disturbing. To me, it was an echo of the far-distant past. "Don't despond," Maj. Bowman Bigelow Breed wrote to his anxious...
Kremlin critic Navalny detained in Moscow upon return to Russia
Prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained on Sunday upon returning to Moscow from Berlin, where he was recovering from an almost-fatal poisoning that Navalny and his supporters say had been ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin.Russian...
Biden will appeal for unity as US braces for violence by Trump supporters
Joe Biden will deliver a message of national unity when he assumes the presidency on Wednesday, seeking to begin healing a country fractured by the acrimony of Donald Trump's administration and ongoing threats of violence by his supporters. The preview...
GitHub reverses course, cites 'significant errors of judgement' in firing of Jewish employee
The company sparked an uproar when it fired a Jewish employee who suggested that there were "Nazis" among the US capitol rioters.
All US federal prisons on temporary lockdown ahead of Biden inauguration
Federal prisons across the United States have been placed under temporary lockdown ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.
'This is not justice': Justice Sonia Sotomayor offers fierce dissent in death penalty case
Gottlieb: Demand could complicate Biden's 100-day vaccine distribution plan
Biden's incoming chief of staff says the administration is prepared to tackle the 'huge mess' it's inheriting in COVID-19 vaccine rollout
A snowboarder survived an avalanche and caught the heart-racing experience on tape
FILE - This Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks in Washington, at a rally in support of President Donald Trump. In December, Paxton filed legal papers attempting to overturn the results of the presidential election based on unfounded claims of election fraud in four states that supported President Donald Trump in 2016 but elected Joe Biden president in 2020. The Republican attorneys general for 17 other states made legal filings supporting his effort, which was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)