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The president laid out an ambitious agenda in his address to Congress, but in a chamber largely empty due to COVID-19 restrictions, he was reminded of the thin majorities with which he has to work.

Germany's top court rejected some of the activists' arguments but agreed that the country's climate act violates their fundamental rights by not specifying emissions reduction targets after 2030.

The Pasquotank County, N.C., Sheriff's Office said three deputies who fired shots will stay on leave pending investigations but that it's "obvious" from videos that four deputies didn't shoot.

An experimental medicine seems to ease symptoms of Fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder that is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disabilities and autism.

Medina Spirit, the horse that won the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has failed a drug test. It's the latest drug test failure for trainer Bob Baffert's horses. He denies any wrongdoing.

Organizers say abolishing the 60-vote procedural hurdle is a way to follow through on electoral promises. But Republicans insist the maneuver isn't racist — and note its past use by Democrats.

One smart way of getting the vaccine to communities at high risk of COVID-19: Take it to places many patients already visit three times a week.

Given a lack of international coordination that has beset the current coronavirus pandemic, whether such a treaty could be reached or adhered to is an open question.

"I felt the need to call the police on the police," Donald Williams said of the 911 call he made after an ambulance took George Floyd away. He said Derek Chauvin used a "blood choke" on Floyd.

For the first time since Gallup began asking the question in 1937, fewer than half of U.S. adults interviewed said they belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque. That figure is down from 70% in 2000.