Clinical trials for Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine have been put on hold, drug maker AstraZeneca said Tuesday. "Our standard review process was triggered and we voluntarily paused vaccination to allow review of safety data by an…

Wind-whipped wildfires roared through southeast Washington state, virtually wiping out one entire small town, reducing its City Hall and fire department to rubble, authorities said Tuesday. Three fires between Colfax and Malden, in Whitman County,…

Rochester’s police chief and deputy chief resigned Tuesday amid outrage over the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man with mental health issues who died after being put in a “spit hood” and restrained by…

August was full of sales from Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale to Amazon’s Big Summer Sale and early Labor Day sales. Although September doesn’t bring quite as many to the table, there are still a handful of…

As many as 34 million people sick from a respiratory virus. 490,000 hospitalizations. 34,000 deaths. Are we talking about the coronavirus? Nope. “Just” the flu. And it’s lurking just around the corner. In the United…

Bulked-up, mutant “mighty mice” held onto their muscle during a monthlong stay at the International Space Station, returning to Earth with ripped bodybuilder physiques, scientists reported Monday. The findings hold promise for preventing muscle and…

Four months ago, Abolaji Odunjo made a fundamental change to his business selling mobile phones in a bustling street market in Lagos: He started paying his suppliers in bitcoin. Odunjo sources handsets and accessories from…

Professional sports teams and voting advocates want to make casting ballots this fall a slam dunk by turning stadiums and arenas across the country into polling places. But with the hubbub over newly offered stadium…