An influential federal advisory panel rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans, but it endorsed the extra shots for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease.

The Pentagon has retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that worsening COVID-19 infections may have slightly increased layoffs

Despite warnings the race would be close, California Gov. Gavin Newsom handily defeated efforts to kick him out of office

Fearful of former President Donald Trump’s actions in his final weeks in office, the top U.S. military officer twice assured his Chinese counterpart that the two nations would not go to war

Former “Saturday Night Live” comic Norm Macdonald is dead after a nine-year battle with cancer

Tropical Storm Nicholas slowed to a crawl over the Houston area after making landfall earlier as a hurricane, knocking out power to a half-million homes and businesses

As delta surged in early summer, those who were unvaccinated were 4.5 times more likely than the fully vaccinated to get infected, over 10 times more likely to be hospitalized and 11 times more likely to die, according to the CDC

A decade after the 9/11 attacks, Americans were reasonably positive about the state of their rights and liberties