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The nation looks to the Food and Drug Administration this week as it considers authorizing emergency use of the vaccine developed by Pfizer.

Multiple eyewitness said the gunfire came from near the headquarters of Russia's FSB spy agency, a short distance from the Kremlin.

The fastest woman in the world was temporarily blocked from the platform after posting videos of her races. The company says it was an accident.

The Thanksgiving Text will follow the true story of an unlikely friendship between a grandmother and an unintended text message recipient that began in 2016.

A massive waterspout off the coast of Destin, Fla., Tuesday captured the attention of many. Several conditions are necessary to create one of these tornado-like phenomena.

The FBI is investigating an alleged gunman’s motive after the attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. And, GOP leaders gather today for the RNC.

City leaders say the increase is needed to pay for more than $69 million in unfunded lakes and stormwater projects.

In extensive and personal comments about the Florida teen's death and the trial that just concluded with a not guilty verdict for the man who fired the fatal shot, the president urged Americans to consider why African-Americans have reacted so strongly.

At 30 years and 266 days and counting, Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo, has broken the century-old world record for oldest dog ever, according to Guinness World Records.

Two hundred years ago, Great Britain outlawed the African slave trade throughout its massive empire. Events are being held all month to mark the bicentennial. Adam Hochschild, author of Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves, offers his insights.

Football is a way of life in Jackson, Mississippi. So are boil water notices. The latest water crisis has not stopped fans from filling the stands to support a local college team.

Nancy McKinley mixes screwball humor with social criticism in a collection of interlocking stories about two women who work at a mall in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

In Do Not Sell At Any Price, Amanda Petrusich details the extreme measures collectors take in pursuit of rare 78s. "You can still find quite a few of them around at junk shops," she says.

True Grit author Charles Portis is the cult writer for people who hate cult writers. He hasn't published a book since 1991, and reviewer John Powers says the short pieces collected in Escape Velocity have been treasured for decades, passed around like samizdat by Portis fans.

Tupelo Hassman's debut novel stars Rory, a resilient, if ragged, life force raised in a Reno trailer park who adopts a tattered copy of The Girl Scout Handbook as her Bible. Rory endures sexual abuse, the death of loved ones, and everyday invisibility — all without playing for our sympathy.

A new biography reveals that young Thoreau took quite a few detours on his path to Walden. A gossipy young man who loved eating popcorn, ice skating and listening to his music box, schoolmates and neighbors found him standoffish and regarded his fascination with plants and Indian relics as downright odd.

Ahmad Saeedi was shot shortly after predicting on TV that he would likely be assassinated. He accuses his would-be killers of being part of a "fifth column" embedded in the framework of the state.

Despite outrage over gene editing in China that affected the birth of twins, research is underway in the U.S. to assess the safety and effectiveness of CRISPR tools to edit genes in human embryos.

Some skeptics applaud the hotline to prevent mass shootings but raise doubts about its effectiveness. The hotline creator says it's worth the effort to stop such violent acts.

Following campaigns in other states, Wisconsin primary voters who feel Biden has been too supportive of Israeli military actions in Gaza are using a choice on their ballots to voice their discontent.

A 1968 federal law allows debt collectors not only to garnish wages but to take from a debtor's bank account. Consumer advocates say the outdated law is overly punitive and out of touch with reality.

During a hearing at the Broward County Courthouse on Tuesday, victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School poured out their grief and anger — at the confessed gunman and the judicial system.

Despite inflation, consumers in Florida will be spending more this holiday shopping season, according to Anca Voicu, professor of economics at Rollins College.

When Randy Goldberg and David Heath learned that socks were the single most requested item at homeless shelters, they decided to do something about it.

In the decades since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, many Americans have tried to use the model of protest to achieve their political goals. But do protests work?