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The Senate Judiciary Committee had been expected to vote Thursday on whether to advance Todd Blanche's nomination. But resistance from two Republican senators threw his confirmation into doubt.

A man was convicted of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel "The Satanic Verses."

Time was running out to find survivors, as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto area on Japan 's southern main island of Kyushu, where the magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Tuesday.

The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how scientists have weighed in.

The rate of global waste production is increasing rapidly, and the fast fashion industry is playing a role in its growth. Could a rise in secondhand shopping offer a solution to overproduction?

Federal subsidies that have helped defray insurers' Medicare drug costs will disappear at the end of the year. Millions of beneficiaries could face higher premiums in 2027.

Republicans threatened repercussions after Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment rather than answer questions during a contentious Senate hearing on Covid-19.

Nutrition advocates and public health experts are mystified by the decision to eliminate the landmark nutrition education program SNAP-Ed.

The United Nations Security Council will begin straw polls Thursday to whittle down the field of candidates for the next U.N. secretary-general. Seven candidates are running to replace António Guterres.

Multiple large wildfires continue burning in Colorado. Big, seasonal "monsoon" rains are helping, but it's been so dry for so long that they're having less impact than in previous years.