People magazine names Paul Rudd as 2021’s Sexiest Man Alive

Taking the stand, Rittenhouse says, ‘I didn’t do anything wrong. I defended myself’

The teenager is on trial on charges of killing two men and wounding a third during a night of protests last year in Kenosha, Wis.

Draft deal at U.N. climate talks calls for end to coal use

The early version of the document circulating at the negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, also impresses on countries the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions by about half by 2030.

U.S. consumer prices soared 6.2% in past year, most since 1990

Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.2% in October compared with a year earlier as surging costs for food, gas and housing left Americans grappling with the highest inflation rate since 1990.

American facing Jan. 6 riot charges seeks asylum, Belarus state TV says

The move could heighten tensions between the turbulent former Soviet nation and the United States.

Engineer largely blamed for Chernobyl disaster dies at 85

Viktor Bryukhanov realized immediately after the explosion that he would have to bear responsibility, "whether he was guilty or not."

Rapper’s rowdy past raises red flags in Astroworld lawsuits

Legal experts say Travis Scott’s past incitement of concertgoers offers a history that could make it easier to pursue negligence claims against companies that planned and managed the show in Houston.

General Electric to end its run as a conglomerate, split into 3 companies

The new public entities will be focused on aviation, health care and energy.

Oklahoma court overturns $465 million opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson

The Oklahoma Supreme Court weighed whether the company’s marketing and sale of opioids created a public nuisance.

New White House supply chain ‘action plan’ aims to ease tremendous backlog

The administration plans within the next 45 days to award $243 million in new port and marine infrastructure grants.