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A viral picture online appeared to show the English actress completely submerged in a massive tank of water.
A Turkish court sentenced hundreds of military and civilian personnel to life prison sentences Thursday, proclaiming them guilty of involvement in the 2016 failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.
The 2020 presidential race is turning into the zombie election that Trump just won’t let die.
As coronavirus cases surge again nationwide the Supreme Court barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus.
The tiny Saw-whet owl was named Rockefeller after it was found by a worker setting up the holiday tree Nov. 16 at Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center.
The pandemic, which shut down theaters in March, may have upended most traditions this holiday season, but the annual New York City parade will march on.
President Donald Trump baselessly claimed anew that he had won the election and uttered repeated falsehoods when he called into an event held by Pennsylvania Republicans to investigate unproven allegations of voter fraud.
A statement describing the error came days after the company described the shots as “highly effective.”
The intent of the boxes was for park guests to drop postcards off.
President Donald Trump has pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn, taking direct aim in the final days of his administration at a Russia investigation that he has long insisted was motivated by political bias.
A months-old document exploring one possible response to the COVID-19 pandemic was misrepresented on social media.
Many were tired of more than eight months of social distancing and determined to spend time with loved ones.
The clickbait never sleeps.
A routine review of content labeled satire.
Whoever that person on the viral call may be, you should know Canadian medical organizations have released statements refuting his comments.
Merriam-Webster's definition of "monolith" is a "single great stone often in the form of an obelisk or column."
Merriam-Webster's definition of "monolith" is a "single great stone often in the form of an obelisk or column."
Whoever that person on the viral call may be, you should know Canadian medical organizations have released statements refuting his comments.
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Reports that a group of Saudi scientists had made an unusual declaration about the biological classification of women originated as satire.
