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The U.S. government confirmed on Wednesday that a recent hacking campaign affected its networks and said the attack was "significant and ongoing."more

Bill Gates has an ominous prediction for 2021. The billionaire philanthropist has warned that there will likely be no respite from coronavirus globally, and that the first four to six months of next year could be the worst so far.more

A critical care nurse was the first person in New York and among the first people in the United States to get a shot of the coronavirus vaccine authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration.more

Joe Biden has said it is "time to turn the page" after his presidential election victory was confirmed by the US electoral college.more

Police arrested Alejandro Carlson, 41, after the man reportedly got onto the tarmac at McCarran International Airport, ran up to an Alaska Airlines airplane and somehow climbed up one of the wings, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. more

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