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Many of the world's biggest oil companies announced Saturday that they would slash methane emissions from their wells and drilling by more than 80% by 2030, an ambitious plan that could help curb runaway global warming.

Sandra Day O'Connor gave up lifetime tenure on the Supreme Court -- a job she loved and one with extraordinary power -- to care for her husband of 52 years as he deteriorated from dementia. That decision, in 2005, began a poignant final chapter of her extraordinary life.

Under a sweltering July heat outside the Capitol, members of the House Freedom Caucus devoted a half-hour news conference to lambasting their Republican colleagues for supporting a bipartisan debt ceiling deal that they argued did nothing to curb spending or the deficit.

Brenda Johnson was confused at the notifications she started getting last month on a dormant Facebook page she created years ago. People were commenting on the page "Central MN Moose on the Loose" and posting photos of their sightings of a young bull moose one resident had named Rutt.

The federal indictment this week of an Indian citizen in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme targeting a Sikh separatist in New York threatens to damage ties between the United States and India just as the Biden administration has been courting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

An Illinois appeals court on Friday ruled that the sentence and conviction against Jussie Smollett should stand, turning another page in the years-old, infamous case.

Donald Trump can be held civilly liable for the actions of the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, an appeals court ruled Friday in a long-awaited decision that could clear the way for lawsuits seeking financial damages from the former president.

Felicity Huffman knows she took extreme and illegal measures to ensure her daughter's academic success. But the actor says that she "felt like I would be a bad mother if I didn't do it."

When Alaa Abu Sunaima was jailed in Israel last year, the Gaza Strip was in a period of relative calm. By the time he was released, it had been devastated by a relentless campaign of Israeli airstrikes and a ground invasion.

An investigation by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group gained further traction on Capitol Hill this week as additional members of Congress formally demanded answers from the Social Security Administration about billions of dollars it mistakenly paid to beneficiaries — and then ordered they repay.  

Israel and Hamas resumed their war in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning after a week-long truce ended with the two sides failing to agree on the release of more hostages held by the militant group.

The World Bank could have a fund to compensate vulnerable countries hit by extreme weather events up and running in as little as three months, according to a top executive.

Even before a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas expired early Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had pledged to fight "until the end." If Netanyahu makes good on his promises, the next phase of Israel's offensive is expected to target southern Gaza.

The House on Friday voted to expel Rep. George Santos from Congress – an action the chamber had taken only five times in U.S. history and not for more than 20 years – in response to an array of alleged crimes and ethical lapses that came to light after the freshman lawmaker was found to have fabricated key parts of his biography.

A Russian court on Friday extended the detention of an editor working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a broadcaster funded by the U.S. government, who was arrested in October on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent.