With Election Day around the corner, American parents may be considering paying for childcare to ease the voting process. But in some states, heading to the polls while your child is being cared for can be free of charge. In swing state North Caroli...
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump met for the first time Tuesday in their first presidential debate of the 2024 election, hosted by ABC News. The high-stakes, 90-minute debate was held at Ph...
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will need to navigate the pitfall-filled debate of their political lives on Tuesday as each tries to persuade millions of voters and viewers that they're the one best suited to be presid...
There is \\\\"no sign of life\\\\" at the crash scene of the helicopter that was carrying Iran's president, the head of Iran's Red Crescent, Hossein Kolivand, told state media early Monday morning. The Red Crescent confirmed early Monday ...
Ever since Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in 2020 to become president, there have been questions over whether he would seek a second term. Aged 78 when he took office in 2021, Biden was already comfortably the oldest president in US history. Now we'...
More states turning to 4-day school weeks to address teacher shortages...
Donald Trump is the first US president to be indicted in criminal proceedings, which also happened as he is seeking the Republican nomination in 2024 The specific charge is not known, but the grand jury investigation centered on a $130,0...
At least 19 states under alert as brutal temperatures grip Northeast...
US President Joe Biden has said Hurricane Ian could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida's history following devastation across the state....
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned he intends to make life difficult for people in France who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. "I really want to hassle them, and we will continue to do this - to the end,&q...
South Africa's president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was "deeply disappointed" by the action, which he descr...
The first in-person meeting of climate ministers in 18 months has seen some tentative progress, says the UK minister who will lead the Glasgow COP26 meeting. Alok Sharma said that the countries aligned more closely on climate iss...
A hit squad composed mostly of retired Colombian soldiers assassinated Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week, police say. The group included 26 Colombians and two Americans of Haitian origin, police chief L&eacut...
Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse has been killed and his wife injured in an attack on their home in the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. Unidentified gunmen stormed the property at 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT), interim PM Cl...
Texas will lift its mask requirement and allow businesses to reopen at full capacity next week, Governor Greg Abbott has announced. "It is now time to open Texas 100%," the Republican said on Tuesday. Texas is ...
US President Joe Biden is set to declare a major disaster for Texas, clearing the way for more federal funds to be spent on relief efforts. Power is returning in the state and temperatures are set to rise but some 13 million peop...
The European Union's medicines regulator has recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for use in the bloc's 27 states. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) authorised the drug for the EU's nearly 448 million inhabitants...
President-elect Joe Biden has received his first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, saying he was getting the jab to show Americans it is "safe to take". Mr Biden joins a growing number of political leaders getting th...
President-elect Joe Biden named Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, making her the first Black woman and first Indian American nominated to a major party ticket and the first female vice president-elect. Harris, a woman who has already co...
John Briggs of Black Hawk, Colo., drops off his ballot for the presidential election on Nov. 3, 2020, in Rollinsville, Colo. Protesters take to the streets as results of the presidential election remain uncertain on Nov. 4, 2020, i...