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A Republican congressman from Louisiana said Sunday that he was sick with COVID-19 for the second time as a surge of new infections hits parts of the U.S. with low vaccination rates. Referring to the disease as the “biological attack weaponized virus” from China, Rep. Clay Higgins said on Facebook that the latest infection is “far more challenging”...

Trucks carrying water and food are streaming into a city in central China after flooding killed at least 63 people, while soldiers repaired flood barriers

A shortage of jet fuel, coupled with supply chain issues and an urgent demand from firefighting aircraft, continues to cause problems at airports around the West

Tunisia’s president has fired the prime minister and frozen parliament’s activities after violent demonstrations over the country’s pandemic and economic situation.

Follow your favorite sports and athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and see all of day three’s top moments in pictures.

Police and bystanders freed a baby stuck under a car in Yonkers, New York, after an allegedly intoxicated driver drove through a storefront and trapped the infant.

Armed kidnappers in Nigeria have released 28 of the more than 120 students who were abducted at the beginning of July from the Bethel Baptist High School in the northern town of Damishi.

Croatian police say 10 people have been killed and at least 44 others injured when a bus swerved off a highway and crashed.

Barring a dramatic change of direction, Texas and Oklahoma are moving toward taking the Red River Rivalry to the Southeastern Conference in a seismic shift that will have repercussions across college sports

Lawmakers racing to seal a bipartisan infrastructure deal early this coming week are hitting a major roadblock over how much money should go to public transit.

Pope Francis has celebrated grandparents and the elderly. It came on the Roman Catholic Church’s first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.

Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died

Skateboarding made its Olympic debut Saturday night with the men’s street event. The action will continue on Sunday night with the women’s street competition. The newest Olympic sport is full of spills and thrills, with some falls drawing even more grimaces than others. Skateboarding’s debut at the Olympics drew many eyes, but som...