The former Minneapolis police officer on trial for the murder of George Floyd was heard for the first time defending the actions of the police, telling a bystander they had to control Floyd because he...

Seven pro-democracy advocates were convicted Thursday for organizing and participating in an unlawful assembly during massive anti-government protests in 2019, as Hong Kong continues its crackdown on ...

A child was among four people killed Wednesday in a shooting at a Southern California office building that left a fifth victim and the gunman critically wounded, police said.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday outlined a $2.3 trillion US plan to re-engineer the nation's infrastructure over the next eight years in what he billed as "a once in a generation investment in Ameri...

A man was arrested on hate-crime and assault charges after a Filipino American woman was attacked near New York City's Times Square, police said early Wednesday.

A Canadian warship sailed through sensitive waters near China this week amid heightened tensions between the two countries.

A college science professor and an aerospace data analyst were named on Tuesday to round out a four-member crew for a SpaceX launch into orbit that's planned for later this year and billed as the firs...

In a study of 2,260 U.S. volunteers ages 12 to 15, preliminary data showed there were no cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated adolescents compared to 18 cases among those given a placebo, Pfizer r...

Amid what Canada's top doctor has deemed a "challenging" stage of the pandemic, some of the country's most populous provinces were taking differing approaches Wednesday to battling the coronavirus cas...

The famous pink cherry blossoms of Kyoto reached full bloom this year on March 26, the earliest date in the 12 centuries since records began, according to a Japanese university.

A Minneapolis firefighter who saw George Floyd being pinned to the ground by police officers testified at the Derek Chauvin murder trial that she felt "totally distressed" that she was prevented from...

Canada's vaccine advisory committee on Monday recommended suspending the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in Canadians under 55 because of safety concerns. Here's what's happening with ...

Canada, the United States and 12 other countries expressed concerns Tuesday that the released World Health Organization report on the origins of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was delayed ...

G. Gordon Liddy, a brash former FBI agent who helped orchestrate the 1972 Watergate break-in, a crime that began the unravelling of Richard Nixon's presidency, died on Tuesday, the Washington Post rep...

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent conservative in Congress and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he is being investigated by the Justice Department over a former relati...

The absence of traffic in one of Rome's busiest squares during the pandemic meant there was simply no need for traffic control. Now Romans hope the return of the city's iconic traffic "conductors" is ...

The suicide crisis among Indian farmers is deeply felt in the poorest districts in Punjab, which is often referred to as the country’s breadbasket, because of its rich soil and rice fields. Nearly e...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said his government is considering additional restrictions to combat a surge in COVID-19 cases, and urged people not to gather over the upcoming long weekend. ...

"We've heard people from our community reaching out to us, asking us to please do something, please protect them," says Senator Michelle Au. "And instead, they decided to pass a law that loosens gun r...

It appears that SpaceX just can't stick the landing. The launch of the latest Starship, which CEO Elon Musk hopes will take humans to the moon or Mars in the near future, once again ended in another e...