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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent transgender athletes from competing in girls high school sports in Connecticut.

The Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan on Sunday celebrated its new state holiday honoring the native Alabay dog breed.

Floyd, 46, was killed as he lay face down and handcuffed, saying repeatedly "I can't breathe.

The worlds largest firefighting plane has been shut down just as Western states prepare for a wildfire season that fire officials fear could be worse than the average year.

Israelis have been incensed by videos on social media showing Palestinian youth striking or otherwise assaulting religious Jews in the city.

History Colorado has debuted an online archive this week of 1,300 pages of original Ku Klux Klan membership records from 1924 through 1926, previously on public display at the History Colorado Center in downtown Denver.

Leaders of a North Carolina city where a Black man was shot and killed by deputies serving search and drugrelated warrants planned Friday to vote on a resolution urging a court to release body camera video of the shooting.

The UK government this month agreed to offer most people under 30 an alternative to the AstraZeneca coronavirus jab if possible, due to concerns over blood clots.

At least 31 indigenous people were wounded in southeast Colombia on Thursday after an illegal armed group opened fire on them while they destroyed crops of coca, the chief ingredient in cocaine, an organization representing the community said.

Andrew Brown Jr.s easy smile, which belied hardship, loss and troubles with the law, was memorable for his dimples, his relatives said. He was quick to crack a joke at the family gatherings he tried not to miss after losing both of his parents. He encoura...

The Bank of England published on Thursday a series of communications showing Britain's former prime minister, David Cameron making repeated efforts for a nowbankrupt financial firm to access a statebacked coronavirus financial support scheme.

A Michigan agency delivered a split decision Wednesday in a highstakes battle over a pipeline that carries oil beneath a channel that connects two of the Great Lakes.

Iran has installed extra advanced centrifuges at its underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and plans to add even more, a report by the U.N. atomic watchdog on Wednesday showed, deepening Iran's breaches of its nuclear deal with major powers.

Federal officials and environmental groups have begun to plant more than 60,000 fragments of nurseryraised coral at reefs located off the Florida Keys.

The jury deliberating in the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd 's death, is a racially diverse group that pledged before testimony began that they could set aside any preconceptions and decide the case bas...

A judge upheld a 20year prison sentence for a white former police officer in the killing of an unarmed Black man in South Carolina on Monday, saying the officer's lawyer did not do a poor job.