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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an iconic champion of women's rights, has died of cancer at the age of 87, the court has said.

President Donald Trump knew Covid-19 was deadlier than the flu before it hit the US but wanted to play down the crisis, according to a new book.

The US will withdraw more than a third of its troops from Iraq within weeks, its top Middle East commander has said.

The mayor of Rochester, New York, has promised to reform the police as protests continue over the death of a black man in police custody.

City scene of nightly unrest for more than 3 months since killing of George Floyd

The United States’ ambassador to Moscow has sent a message to Russia after the alleged poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

Protests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after police shot a black man many times while responding to what they said was a domestic incident.

Continuing claims decrease to lowest level since early April

As the pandemic continues to sweep the US, Canadians are getting more and more concerned about what American visitors could be bringing with them over the border.

Moderna’s deal with the U.S. only pays out in full if the drugmaker hits certain unspecific timing benchmarks for vaccine delivery. 

The president said an armed person was shot by Secret Service and has been taken to the hospital

More than 5 million people in the U.S. have been infected with the coronavirus, according to new data.

U.S. President Donald Trump issued executive orders on Thursday banning any U.S. transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, owner of the WeChat app, starting in 45 days.

Tropical Storm Isaias has brought tornadoes and heavy rains to the US east coast after making landfall in North Carolina as a hurricane.

The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government—one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race.

Donald Trump is deploying a “surge” of forces to one of America’s largest cities to crack down on what he calls a “rampage of violence”.

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said she is undergoing chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but will not be retiring.

The number of new Covid-19 cases in California hit a record on July 14, surpassing 10,000 – just days after its governor re-imposed lockdown orders. The Golden State's initial handling of the Covid-19 outbreak was successful, having suppressed coronavirus transmission with prompt confinement measures. But experts say this early victory bred hubris, leading the state to re-open too soon.

The US state of Florida has just broken a worrying new record, single-handedly surpassing almost every country in the world. Why was it hit so hard?

Rise is the biggest in any state since start of the pandemic as its daily average death toll continues to also rise