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It was just the third regulation loss of the season for the Panthers.

Burkina Faso's president has faced mounting anger over the failure to quell the jihadist violence that has engulfed the country

A Red Cross van takes air passengers from South Africa who have tested positive for Covid-19 drives to hotel quarantine

Jayden de Laura waived a version of Ol' Crimson before spiking the unmistakable flag into the turf field. After seven straight losses to its rivals, Washington State had a celebration to remember after the most lopsided Cougars' victory in the history of the rivalry matchup against Washington. Borghi rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns, and Washington State handed Washington a 40-13 defeat in the Apple Cup on Friday night.

The United States will restrict travel for non-U.S. citizens from South Africa and seven other countries starting on Monday as a new Covid variant emerges.

The U.S. will speak Friday with scientists from South Africa to "get the facts" on the emerging, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant detected there in a small number of samples, White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN's "New Day." Reviewing South Africa's research will help the U.S. better understand whether the novel B.1.1.529 variant can evade the antibody protection against the virus provided by vaccines and previous infection, Fauci said. Fauci emphasized that the U.S. is in "very active communication" with South African scientists, and is working to get the molecular makeup of the variant in order to conduct lab tests. B.1.1.529 contains even more mutations than the world's most dominant Covid strain, the highly transmissible delta variant. The new variant features roughly 50 mutations according to data presented by the South Africa Department of Health at a media briefing Friday.

Federal Reserve officials in discussions earlier this month said the central bank “would not hesitate” to take appropriate actions to address inflation pressures that posed risks to the economy.

The Chinese Communist Party has previously said that it does not engage in industrial espionage.

Expect more tough talk from the Federal Reserve as it may weigh winding down its bond program sooner-than-expected.

A new government report suggests U.S. abortions may be inching up after a long decline.

Video footage shows a police station in the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara partially burnt and vandalised, and smoke billowing from buildings after protesters attempted to storm the Pacific nation's parliament and forced the city into a curfew.

Ryan Grim, Robby Soave, and Kim Iversen discuss what they're grateful for this holiday season. About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social media: Website: Hill.TV Facebook: facebook.com/HillTVLive/ Instagram: @HillTVLive Twitter: @HillTVLive

Mario Cordero, executive director of the Port of Long Beach, cites "significant progress" at California ports.

Cameron Janes managed the development and operations of Amazon's growing footprint of brick-and-mortar retail, like its cashierless Go stores.

Pablo Manriquez, reporter for Latino Rebels, details the politics behind Democrats' scaled back immigration reform in the Build Back Better Act About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social media: Website: Hill.TV Facebook: facebook.com/HillTVLive/ Instagram: @HillTVLive Twitter: @HillTVLive

The Biden administration has invited Taiwan to its upcoming Summit for Democracy, prompting sharp criticism from China, which considers the self-ruled island as its territory.

Ryan Grim breaks down newly released information related to Jeffrey Epstein's incarceration. About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social media: Website: Hill.TV Facebook: facebook.com/HillTVLive/ Instagram: @HillTVLive Twitter: @HillTVLive

President Joe Biden is nominating Shalanda Young to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget.

The broader rule, for essential, nonresident travelers, will take effect in January and apply to all non-U.S. nationals, the AP says.

Reggie Van Lee, the group’s new chairman, has prioritized equity in grant-making, even when it ruffles feathers.

President Joe Biden plans to require essential nonresident travelers crossing U.S. land borders, such as truck drivers and emergency response officials, to be fully vaccinated beginning on Jan. 22.

When Jake Dickert stepped into the role of interim head coach at Washington State, it was the beginning of a six-week interview in the midst of chaos.

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, helped a local food kitchen prepare Thanksgiving meals for the needy before they leave town like millions of other Americans.

No kids under 12? Virus-tested tykes in custom-designed masks? Protocols vary. But please don’t breathe on the musicians.

A committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to five more individuals, including former President Donald Trump’s ally Roger Stone and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

The Jan. 6 investigators issued subpoenas for documents and testimony from Alex Jones, Roger Stone, Dustin Stockton, Jennifer Lawrence and Taylor Budowich.

Kevin Gough, a defense attorney for one of the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, motioned for a mistrial on Monday because of protesters, whom he described as a “mob,” displaying coffins with the defendants’ names on them. Judge Timothy Walmsley denied the motion.

The nation's busiest port complex will delay imposing fines on carriers for containers awaiting pickup citing significant improvements in the supply chain.

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Michael Cohen, who was former President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer until his 2018 arrest, said Monday that his three-year prison sentence — mostly spent in home confinement — was over as he took another swipe at his former boss and vowed to continue cooperating with law enforcement probes.

The Defense Logistics Agency coordinates the Pentagon's combat supply chain. In addition, DLA oversees the delivery of traditional holiday meals to U.S. troops.

A unanimous Supreme Court has rejected a claim that the Memphis, Tennessee, area has been taking water that belongs to Mississippi from an underground aquifer that sits beneath parts of both states.

A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday rejected a claim that the Memphis, Tennessee, area has been taking water that belongs to Mississippi from an underground aquifer that sits beneath parts of both states. The high court's first decision of the term came in a case argued in October, deflating expectations that the justices would resolve the issue of whether Texas' ban on most abortions could be challenged in federal court. Two cases on the Texas issue were argued Nov. 1 under an accelerated process that the court has previously used only rarely and in some of its most notable decisions, including the Bush v. Gore case that settled the 2000 presidential election.

Vice President Kamala Harris will announce the Biden administration is investing $1.5 billion from the coronavirus aid package to address the health care worker shortage in underserved communities.

More than 90% of federal workers have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Monday’s deadline set by President Joe Biden.

Walton County officials say the large “Trump Won” and “Let’s Go Brandon” banners on the balcony of the home of Marvin and Paige Peavy violate local sign ordinances.

"It's hard for African-Americans to reconcile what we witnessed in that trial," Derrick Johnson said.

Workers and families with private health insurance would reap savings on prescription drugs from a little-noticed provision in President Joe Biden's social agenda bill.

In a sharply divided nation, who gets to decide when it’s okay to use fatal force?

Holiday season could strain COVID-19 home test supplies as more Americans try to screen themselves before Thanksgiving and other family gatherings.

The militarization of space is heating up, and the destruction of an old Soviet satellite crossed a line.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is being used as a bargaining chip for an unpaid British debt to Iran.

Biden's Twitter account last year included Rittenhouse's image in a tweet that blasted then-President Donald Trump for refusing "to disavow white supremacists."

The Supreme Court could rule as soon as Monday on Texas’ ban on abortion after roughly six weeks.

The Pentagon plans to give cloud contracts to multiple providers, rather than giving out a single contract to Microsoft, a deal that was later scrapped.

The House has passed the largest expansion of the social safety net in decades, a $1.75 trillion bill that funds President Joe Biden's top priorities.

Virologist Michael Worobey was among those who pushed for consideration of a lab leak, but he says further analysis makes that origin theory "very difficult to explain."

Democrats have brushed aside monthslong divisions and are approaching House passage of their expansive social and environment bill.

The White House previously told businesses to proceed with the implementation of the requirements.

The goal was not to change the results of the election but to sow confusion and discord, officials said.

Boeing and Eli Lilly, two of the stocks owned by the Charitable Trust, have been on the move recently.

President Joe Biden says the United States is considering a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing over China's human rights abuses.

President Joe Biden is signing an executive order aimed at limiting turnover for federal service contract workers by offering them right of first refusal when a contract changes hands.

This year, American oenophiles woke up to a Beaujolais Nouveau market hampered by supply chain problems that have become all too common in today's economy.

Vice President Kamala Harris is pushing back against media reports of White House tensions between her office and the president’s.

Jobless claims have been steadily edging lower, toward their prepandemic level of around 220,000 a week.

The House passed the bill in October, and the Senate passed it Wednesday.

The Justice Department is giving $139 million to police departments across the U.S. as part of a grant program that would bring on more than 1,000 new officers.

Chinese coast guard ships blocked and used water cannons on two Philippine supply boats heading to a disputed shoal occupied by Filipino marines in the South China Sea, provoking an angry protest to China and a warning from the Philippine government that its vessels are covered under a mutual defense treaty with the United States, Manila’s top diplomat said Thursday. Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said no one was hurt in the incident in the disputed waters on Tuesday, but the two supply ships had to abort their mission to provide food supplies to Filipino forces occupying the Second Thomas Shoal, which lies off western Palawan province in the Philippines' internationally recognized exclusive economic zone.

SpaceX is aiming to launch its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship to orbit in January.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the U.S. government is unsure why Russian President Vladimir Putin is building up military forces near the border with eastern Ukraine.

US, Canada and Mexico's leaders meet Thursday in Washington, with plenty of differences to resolve.

Saule Omarova, President Joe Biden's pick to lead the OCC as one of the nation's top bank regulators, is set for a fiery nomination hearing.

A U.S.-sponsored show of alliance with Japan and South Korea has stumbled after American diplomats apparently couldn’t convince their Asian allies to share a news conference stage.

A U.S.-sponsored show of alliance with Japan and South Korea stumbled Wednesday when American diplomats couldn't convince their Asian allies to share a news conference stage. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman was due to hold the press conference at the State Department with her counterparts, Choi Jong Kun of South Korea and Mori Takeo of Japan. Instead, Sherman sat at a table alone, taking question from reporters from those countries.

A dispute between the Oklahoma governor and the Pentagon over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate is setting up the first critical test of the military’s authority to require National Guard troops to get the shot.

The White House says about 10% of eligible kids aged 5 to 11 have received a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine since its approval for their age group two weeks ago.

Report finds companies that have already experienced ransomware attacks fear they'll fall victim again during the holiday season, and many aren't prepared.

The board makes recommendations to the Election Assistance Commission, which certifies voting systems and advises election offices on compliance.

An inmate at the largest federal prison in the U.S. was stabbed in the eyeball by a fellow prisoner earlier this month.

President Joe Biden’s choice to lead enforcement of competition laws at the Justice Department has won Senate approval.

An attorney who advised former President Donald Trump in his fight to overturn the 2020 election is joining an advisory board to a federal elections agency.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress Tuesday that she believed she would run out of maneuvering room to avoid the nation’s first-ever default soon after Dec. 15.

Members of South Florida's congressional delegation react to President Biden's trillion dollar "Build Back Better" plan.

A book about a wealthy American family whose actions helped unleash the United States’ opioid epidemic has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize.

A federal judge has blocked the U.S. Treasury from enforcing a provision of the American Rescue Plan that prohibited states from using the pandemic relief funds to offset new tax cuts.

A second set of states has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers.

Members of congress from South Florida showed their support for the Cuban people in Washington, as many activists took to the streets on the island nation Monday.

Talking about climate change can be difficult, especially as misinformation constantly circulates. Here's how one expert says you can approach the conversation.

In a story published November 16, 2021, about a Louisiana man sentenced to life in prison as a juvenile, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 24 states and the District of Columbia have banned the use of life without parole sentences for juvenile offenders.

Conservative radio host Michael Koolidge seeks to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood.

The Pentagon on Monday accused Iran of “unsafe and unprofessional” conduct by a naval helicopter that it said flew within about 25 yards of a U.S. Navy ship and circled it three times in the Gulf of Oman. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the Iranian helicopter circled the USS Essex, an amphibious assault ship, three times and at one point flew as low as 10 feet off the surface of the water. The U.S. Navy periodically has reported what it characterizes as unsafe and unprofessional encounters with Iran naval forces in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

A coalition of organizations working to help people escape Taliban rule in Afghanistan appealed Monday for more assistance from the U.S. government and other nations as conditions deteriorate in the country.

The Chamber told CNBC that businesses should treat the vaccine and testing requirements as in force until a court definitively overturns them.

The 80-year-old Vermont senator wrote, "We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share." Musk retorted, "I keep forgetting that you're still alive."

The cause of the fire that destroyed a historic school building in Mineral Wells is now under investigation.

The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from Volkswagen that sought to stop state and local lawsuits related to the 2015 scandal in which the automaker was found to have rigged its vehicles to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests.

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, surrendered to federal authorities on Monday to face contempt charges after defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating January’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Bannon was taken into custody Monday morning and is expected to appear in court later in the afternoon. The 67-year-old was indicted on Friday on two counts of criminal contempt – one for refusing to appear for a congressional deposition and the other for refusing to provide documents in response to the committee’s subpoena.

Donald Trump’s opulent hotel near the White House that drew lobbyists and diplomats seeking favor with the ex-president is being sold to a Miami investment group.

"We now see very clear evidence of declining vaccine effectiveness over time," Gottlieb said on "Face the Nation."

President Joe Biden says his administration will help improve public safety and justice for Native American communities.

Garnet Hathaway scored his third goal in two games, Alex Ovechkin added two assists and the Washington Capitals spoiled Sidney Crosby’s return, routing the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-1.

Washington has fired football coach Jimmy Lake, less than two years after he was chosen to succeed Chris Petersen.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are set to host the first tribal nations summit since 2016.

As President Joe Biden gets set to sign a $1 trillion infrastructure package, many eyes are turning to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion social spending bill includes a provision that, if it becomes law, would mark the first time the federal government has offered targeted support to local news organizations.

The recent guilty plea by the shooter in the 2018 Parkland school slayings drew some renewed attention to the anti-gun March for Our Lives student movement.

A federal court has declined to lift its stay on the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more workers.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki has resumed daily press briefings after she was diagnosed with COVID-19 in late October.

Ten House Democrats say they will introduce a House resolution to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar for tweeting a video that included altered animation showing him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword.