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The Republican National Convention heads to Baltimore, where Vice President Pence will give his keynote. Some of the party's biggest stars in Congress are expected to speak, too.

The British broadcast regulator has canceled the broadcast license for CGTN, the Chinese government's international English language news channel.

In his new book, the New York Times columnist explores how the U.S. fell from industrial, political and academic glory after the Cold War. "Just when we needed to be lacing up our shoes and running faster, we put our feet up," he says.

Authorities in Turkey are seeing massive student protests over the appointment of a ruling party official to run a prestigious university. More than 160 people have been detained by police.

In the last few weeks, Canadians have reported that their butter is harder to spread than before. Food expert Dr. Sylvain Charlebois offers a potential reason why.

In Thursday's draft for the NBA All-Star Game, the last two picks were the two players from the Utah Jazz. It's not the only indignity Jazz fans have endured in their time supporting the franchise.

The money will be donated to help defuse racism against the Asian American community. Xiao Zhen Xie's grandson wrote, "She insists on making this decision saying this issue is bigger than Her."

Jeb Bush's debate performance raised more questions than answers about his candidacy. Bush still has some advantages, notably money, but he needs to start showing some strength in New Hampshire.

Despite the progress in vaccinating Americans, there's concern about the threat posed by COVID-19 variants. The White House is urging not to "let down our guard."

We've got fantastic judges for this year's summer reader poll! Alexandra Petri, Aparna Nancherla, Guy Branum and Samantha Irby will take your votes and curate a final list of 100 side-splitting reads.

The country music icon, who is 75, shares a video of herself getting vaccinated in which she riffs off her hit song "Jolene" and urges those eligible to get their shots, too.

Among other things, the bill would bar social media companies from blocking political candidates from their platforms.

The Event Horizon Telescope project, which produced the world's first image of a black hole in 2019 in the M87 galaxy, unveiled a new view of its magnetic fields as captured by polarized light.

Deshaun Watson, quarterback of the Houston Texans, faces more than a dozen lawsuits that accuse him of sexual misconduct or assault. The NFL is investigating. Watson's attorney denies the allegations.

Pressure is building for President Biden to keep a campaign promise and announce this weekend that the U.S. views the massacres of Amenians a century ago by the Ottoman Empire as genocide.

Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King talks about President Biden's reversal of the Trump-era ban on transgender troops, and what she hopes for the next steps.

One of India's most flamboyant tycoons, liquor baron Vijay Mallya, appears to have gone to Britain while investigators look into his delinquent loans.

Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II says his office wants the footage related to the killing of the 42-year-old Black man to be made public. The local NAACP is demanding Wooten's resignation.

The 13-pound Chihuahua, who hates men, children and other animals, was also described as "a chucky doll in a dog's body." Now, he has found a home with a 36-year-old single woman in Connecticut.

Body camera footage released of a northern California man who died after officers pinned him to the ground for five minutes has sparked outrage. His family wants the officers involved prosecuted.

Data on nitrates and phosphate will be important when determining the spill’s effect on Tampa Bay.

Biden will unveil on Thursday a series of initial steps his administration is taking to address gun violence. The Justice Department will pursue regulations for ghost guns and stabilizing braces.

NASA's Juno spacecraft traveled to 645 miles above the surface of the solar system's largest moon, Ganymede, on Monday.

Queen Elizabeth II has now met with 13 U.S. presidents, going back to meeting Harry Truman when she was a princess.