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A man has been shot dead by police after opening fire from the steps of New York City’s Cathedral Church of St John the Divine just after an outdoor choir performance.more

A vehicle plowed into a crowd of about 50 people at a protest on Friday afternoon in the middle of Manhattan, injuring multiple people, the New York City police department said.more

US President-elect Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine's Person of the Year in 2020. "The Biden-Harris ticket represents something historic," Time tweeted.more

7 out of 10 US residents now work remotely, and more than half of Americans working from home want to maintain this form of fulfilling their jobs after the pandemic, according to a Pew Research study published yesterday.more

A plane at New York City's JFK Airport was evacuated Sunday following a bomb threat, according to the the Port Authority Police Department. more

California certified the results of the presidential election yesterday. Thus, a total of 279 electors for Democrat Joe Biden have already been approved in the US states. This is just over the 270 threshold needed to win the race for the presidential seat.more

Both houses of Congress (the Senate and the House of Representatives) agreed on a joint text on the New Defense Budget Act (NDAA). The project changes, among others plans for the withdrawal of some US troops from Germany, which may have a negative impact on military cooperation with Poland.more

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to get their Covid-19 vaccines on camera to promote public confidence in the vaccine's safety once the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes one.more

The 'invincible' woman is believed to be the oldest person to survive two bouts of the deadly virus. When she was a baby, she lived through 1918 flu. Throughout her life she survived cancer, internal bleeding and sepsismore

Ottawa is extending a slew of travel restrictions and rules meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic into the new year as case counts continue their steady rise across the country.more

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was a record-smasher – and it's raising more concerns about climate change.more

The White House is considering lifting the US entry ban for most travelers arriving from the EU, UK and Brazil, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing sources in the US administration and the airline industry.more

The General Services Administration has declared president-elect Joe Biden the apparent winner of the US election, clearing the way for the formal transition from Donald Trump’s administration to begin after weeks of delay.more

The head of the United States government’s coronavirus vaccine effort has said that the first doses of the drug will “hopefully” be administered by mid-December. more

The United States officially pulled out of another arms control pact with Russia on Sunday, marking the end of a six-month notification process informing Moscow, U.S. officials told Fox News.more

The bird was discovered by a worker helping to erect the Norway Spruce in the centre of New York.more

Canada's border with the United States will remain closed until December 21, which is another month, said Canadian Public Security Minister Bill Blair.more

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed President Donald Trump's campaign election complaint, ruling that officials in Philadelphia did not breach state law by maintaining a distance of at least 4.5 meters between observers and vote counters.more

Jodi Doering, a nurse from South Dakota, says some of her coronavirus patients often don't want to believe that Covid-19 is real, even in their dying moments.more

President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the White House, but made clear he would not concede and would keep trying to overturn the election result.more

SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station on Sunday, NASA’s first full-fledged mission to send a crew into orbit on board a privately owned spacecraft.more

75-foot Norway spruce arrived Saturday at New York City's Rockefeller Center to serve as one of the world's most famous Christmas trees.more

Leaders from 15 countries have signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a pan-Asian trade agreement, after a decade of negotiations.more

Before Joe Biden is sworn in, the election results will be certified by individual states, the vote of the Electoral College and the approval of this result by Congress - reminds the NPR radio portal in the article "How the president-elect becomes president".more

Donald Trump is considering running in the 2024 presidential election if Joe Biden is officially declared as the 2020 winner, according to diverse US news outlets.more