More than 16.5 million coronavirus infections have been confirmed in the United States since February. At least 72.8 million cases have been reported worldwide. Sign up for our coronavirus newsletter | Mapping the spread of the coronavirus: Across... >>>

Ann Reinking, the Broadway star who played Roxie Hart in the musical "Chicago," has died, her manager Lee Gross confirmed to CNN in an email late Monday. She was 71. © 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection Ann Reinking in "All That Jazz" in 1979.... >>>

© AFP PHOTO DESIREY MINKOH Chadian herders (archives). In Chad, we have witnessed a generalization of the conflict between farmers and herders for two months. There are dozens of deaths in several provinces. Serious accusations are made against the >>>

"Do masks really work? Why is it still a problem? If masks really work, why is this still a problem? Because the masks don't do anything," the man said."Guess what? They told us 15 days ... then they told us 30 days. Do masks really work? Why is >>>

Gulf Breeze, Florida business owner Michael Esmond is keeping the lights on this holiday for some Florida residents whose utility bills are past due.Esmond performed a similar act of generosity in 2019 when he donated $4,600, which paid the utility... >>>

Law enforcement officials in Kentucky are investigating a possible anti-Semitic assault, after witnesses claim someone grabbed a Jewish man and dragged him with their car at a menorah lighting ceremony. © WKYT Detectives with the Lexington Police... >>>

The global food corporation Cargill said 16 employees were evacuated from its Avery Island salt mine following the roof collapse on Monday morning.The global food corporation Cargill told USA TODAY in a statement that 16 other employees were... >>>

A complaint filed with the city of Franklin, Tenn., said that masks and gloves would "scare those in attendance.”The complaint, which was filed Dec. 12 with the city of Franklin, Tenn. — where Ramsey’s company, Ramsey Solutions, is based — was... >>>

Lawyers for Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao argue in court papers that prosecutors have been slow to hand over key evidence. In separate court filings, attorneys for Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao argued that the delays, and their concerns with the trial... >>>

"To be able to take this step feels like a piece of what we all need to do to make our world safe again," said one health care worker.The Food and Drug Administration cleared the way for Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine to be used for emergency use Friday... >>>

Spotted owls could go extinct without more federal protection. But they’re not going to get it, Trump officials say But the owls won’t get... >>>

Ashley Lucas, 34, was last seen in West Palm Beach, Florida, when West Palm Beach Police admitted her to a mental health facility on September 24, 2020. A few days after her release, she did not contact her friends or family, which caused them to... >>>

© Supplied by Le Point Vaccine, United States, covid-19 The United States remains the most bereaved country in the world. More than 300,000 people died of Covid-19 there, according to a statement Monday, December 14 of the count from Johns Hopkins... >>>

© Ding Lei / XINHUA-REA Cotton field in the autonomous province of Xinjiang, in Changji, in October 2020. After the existence of internment camps, the strategy of separation of families, campaigns to sterilize women, Liberation continues its work... >>>

The union members are concerned with “dangerously low staffing levels” and lack of adequate PPE that have put them at risk for infection.The Hospital Corporation of America on Monday received a 10-day notice of the intent to strike by about 2,450... >>>