Betty White was America’s naughty sweetheart. With a wholesome smile and a dirty joke she charmed millions of viewers decade after decade, rising from $50-a-week to ageless superstar who advised her fans, “Don’t try to be young. Just open your…
From political figures to sports legends to entertainers, there were many noteworthy people who passed away in 2021. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died during the year.
Homes and buildings were damaged and trees were blown down as a line of intense thunderstorms rolled across several Southern states, authorities said.
He was known as a devoted family man who gushed about his daughter and a golfer who never bent the rules but for the past 50 years, he was a fugitive wanted in one of the largest bank robberies in Cleveland’s history.
Harry Reid, the former U.S. Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving member of Congress, died Tuesday.
A veteran who lost everything when a tornado touched down in Bowling Green, Kentucky earlier this month now has a car again.
A federal judge rejected defense attorneys' arguments that four alleged leaders of the far-right Proud Boys are charged with conduct that is protected by the First Amendment right to free speech.
Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster John Madden, whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday morning, the NFL said. He was 85.
Crews wrapping up the removal of a giant pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond found what appeared to be a second and long-sought-after time capsule.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the state's death toll from devastating tornadoes earlier this month has risen by one.
A gunman killed four people and injured an officer after opening fire in several locations around the Denver area, police said Monday.
U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine.
A Virginia family received a special Christmas gift this year. Habitat For Humanity built them a new 3D printed home.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said the nation should consider a vaccination mandate for domestic air travel, signaling a potential embrace of an idea the Biden administration has previously eschewed, as COVID-19 cases…
Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday, with major U.S. airlines each canceling dozens of flights.
Newly infected COVID-19 patients have two new treatment options that can be taken at home. But that convenience comes with a catch: The pills have to be taken as soon as possible once symptoms appear.
A Missouri woman has been charged with killing her boyfriend with a sword on Christmas Eve.
Ohio doctors were able to successfully remove a tumor off of an unborn baby's heart and it is only the second time in medical history the fetal surgery has been done.
BEIJING (AP) — Delta Air Lines said Monday that new pandemic-related cleaning requirements at a Shanghai airport were behind the turning back of a recent flight…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden brought some Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalized children who aren't well enough to go home for the holidays. It's longstanding tradition for first ladies to visit Children's National Hospital…
MIAMI (AP) — A COVID-19 outbreak took place on a South Florida-based cruise ship for the third time this week, as the number of coronavirus cases in Florida hit its highest level since the start of the pandemic. An undisclosed…
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass before an estimated 2,000 people in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday, going ahead with the service despite the resurgence in COVID-19 cases that has prompted a new vaccine mandate for Vatican…
NEW YORK (AP) — Revelers will still ring in the new year in New York's Times Square next week, there just won't be as many of them as usual under new restrictions announced Thursday as the city grapples with a…
