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The United States will keep existing COVID-19 travel restrictions on international travel in place for now because of concerns about the surging infection rate due to the delta variant

Health care employers should mandate vaccinations for all of their workers, a coalition of leading medical groups said Monday, as cases of COVID-19 continue to spike across the nation.

President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi are set to announce that they’ve come to an agreement to end the U.S. military’s combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year.

High-level face-to-face talks between U.S. and Chinese diplomats on Monday highlighted sharp differences between the sides, although the tone appeared somewhat less contentious than at their last meeting.

Building officials make recommendations to bring properties up to code and owners argue against them, typically asking for more time to comply.

Senators are running into new problems as they race to seal a bipartisan infrastructure deal

A Republican congressman from Louisiana said Sunday that he was sick with COVID-19 for the second time as a surge of new infections hits parts of the U.S. with low vaccination rates. Referring to the disease as the “biological attack weaponized virus” from China, Rep. Clay Higgins said on Facebook that the latest infection is “far more challenging”...

Trucks carrying water and food are streaming into a city in central China after flooding killed at least 63 people, while soldiers repaired flood barriers

A shortage of jet fuel, coupled with supply chain issues and an urgent demand from firefighting aircraft, continues to cause problems at airports around the West

Tunisia’s president has fired the prime minister and frozen parliament’s activities after violent demonstrations over the country’s pandemic and economic situation.

Follow your favorite sports and athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and see all of day three’s top moments in pictures.

Police and bystanders freed a baby stuck under a car in Yonkers, New York, after an allegedly intoxicated driver drove through a storefront and trapped the infant.

Armed kidnappers in Nigeria have released 28 of the more than 120 students who were abducted at the beginning of July from the Bethel Baptist High School in the northern town of Damishi.