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Jennifer Bridges, a registered nurse in Houston, is steadfast in her belief that it's wrong for her employer to force hospital workers like her to get vaccinated against COVID19 or say goodbye to their jobs. But that's a losing legal argument so far.

Scientists said two jabs of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine stopped the need for in-patient treatment in 96 percent of cases.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Chung EuiYong reaffirmed a commitment between their countries and Japan to work closely toward the "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," the State Department said.

Romelu Lukaku delivered a heartfelt message to Denmark player Christian Eriksen after scoring the first of his two goals in a 30 win over Russia on Saturday at the European Championship.

Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku paid tribute to his club teammate Christian Eriksen who collapsed on the pitch on Saturday, calling out "Chris, Chris I love you" to a television camera after scoring in the European Championship against Russia.

The demonstrators, who included families with children, banged on drums while others sang John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance."

Putin described Biden as a "career man" who spent his life in politics after the "colorful" Trump.

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Highwire star Nik Wallenda is scheduled to help open a college's new health clinic next week by walking a wire over the college's Buffalo campus.

The number of unaccompanied children and families entering the U.S. illegally on the Mexican border dropped sharply in May but remained unusually high, authorities said Wednesday.

The longest serving death row inmate in the U.S. was resentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after prosecutors in Texas concluded the 71yearold man is ineligible for execution and incompetent for retrial due to his long history of mental illness.

After a wildly unpredictable women's singles at the French Open, four Grand Slam semifinal debutants will line up on Thursday with a golden opportunity knocking.

Colombia reduced the area occupied by coca across the country by 7% in 2020, although potential output of cocaine rose 8% to 1,228 metric tons a year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Wednesday.

Syrian air defences on Tuesday intercepted an Israeli missile strike over the capital Damascus, state media reported, while military defectors said the missiles may have targeted Iranianbacked militias.

As a student as Wesleyan, LinManuel Miranda began writing what would become In the Heights, the musical that would launch him as a playwright and performer and that would lead, two decades later, to Jon M. Chus upcoming lavish bigscreen adaptation. He was...

U.S. President Joe Biden's IndoPacific policy coordinator said on Tuesday the situation inside militaryruled Myanmar was deeply concerning and continuing to get worse and the United States was looking at all possible scenarios there.