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Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Wednesday that starting Oct. 15, travelers arriving from out of state may bypass a 14day quarantine requirement if they test negative for COVID19.

A senior U.S. State Department official is due to arrive in Taiwan on Thursday afternoon to begin a threeday visit that has already drawn a warning from China.

New Zealand's economy shrank by a record 12.2% in the second quarter due to a strict coronavirus lockdown, but forecasts indicate activity is bouncing back.

From a mountaintop observatory near Los Angeles to the normally verdant Cascade range in the Pacific Northwest, crews on Wednesday battled monster wildfires that raged well into their second week as scientists tracked the smoke drifting across Europe.

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that it is impractical for Michigan to try to enforce coronavirus restrictions at President Donald Trump's reelection campaign rallies, while also pointing to people's constitutional rights.

Attorney Alan Dershowitz is suing CNN for $300 million, alleging it slandered and libeled him through its editing of a comment he made to the Senate while defending President Donald Trump during his impeachment trial, saying the revision made it falsely a...

Democrat Amy McGrath tried to turn Mitch McConnells Senate seniority into a liability Wednesday, accusing the Republican leader of helping to create an inept mess as Congress struggles to break an impasse on more coronavirus aid in a hyperpartisan environ...

President Donald Trump points to spiking crime and delivers stark statistics on murders and shootings as part of his law and order campaign emphasis that suggests cities are overrun with violence that only he can stop.

The State Department on Wednesday rejected Democrats' charges of improperly firing its independent inspector general and defended its weapons sales to Saudi Arabia.

The annual nationally televised arrival in the Netherlands of Saint Nicholas, known locally as Sinterklaas, will happen without public fanfare this year because of concerns about the coronavirus, the broadcaster that organizes the event announced Wednesda...

A 20yearold California man accused of charged with murdering an Italian police officer apologized in court Wednesday, saying he was filled with remorse and hoped one day the slain mans family would forgive him.

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Justin Silvera came off the fire lines in Northern California after a grueling 36 straight days battling wildfires and evacuating residents ahead of the flames. Before that, he and his crew had worked for 20 days, followed by a three-day break.

Twentynine police officers have been suspended in Germany for sharing pictures of Adolf Hitler and doctored depictions of refugees in gas chambers on their mobile phones, officials in the state of North RhineWestphalia (NRW) said on Wednesday.

Authorities in western Germany have suspended 29 police officers suspected of sharing farright propaganda in WhatsApp groups, at least two of which were active for several years, a top security official said Wednesday.

Afghanistan and Taliban peace talk negotiators held their first direct session on Tuesday in Doha, their spokesmen said, as the warring sides try to work out an agenda and schedule for how to negotiate a peace deal as the United States withdraws troops.