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District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine (left) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speak Monday about the launch of an antitrust investigation into Google outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

48 States Investigating Whether Google's Dominance Hurts Competition

The top legal officials of 48 states, led by Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, announced a major investigation into Google's dominance in search and advertising.

Mount Everest towers over the landscape miles northeast of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, last month.

Double Amputee Summits Everest Decades After Losing Feet In Failed Attempt

Severe frostbite claimed Xia Boyu's feet during his first failed attempt in 1975. Then, lymphoma claimed his legs beneath the knee. Still, Xia kept trying — and on Monday, he finally reached the top.

Peoria Public Schools Takes Hard Look at Racial Disparities in Discipline

Peoria Public Schools is taking steps to address its high rates of racially disproportionate discipline.The Illinois State Board of Education has flagged…

Actress Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli exit the Boston federal courthouse after a hearing on August 27.

New Charges Against Lori Loughlin And 10 Other Parents In Admissions Case

New federal charges were filed Tuesday against a total of 18 defendants accused of being part of a conspiracy to cheat their children into top colleges.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's Chosen Successor Steps Away, Adding To German Uncertainty

German Chancellor Angela Merkel had been hoping for a smooth transfer of power when she steps down next year. But now her chosen successor says she doesn't want the country's top job.

India, Eva, and Alex Drummond ride the chair lift up to Eva's graduation ceremony.

Ski Town Grads Ride The Chairlift To Collect Their Diplomas

"Out of all the different types of graduations different high schools are having, I think this is the coolest," says one senior at Kennett High School in North Conway, N.H.

Attendants refill teacups as Chen Quanguo (center), Communist Party secretary of China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, listens to a speaker during a group discussion meeting on the sidelines of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on March 12, 2019. The Politburo member is one of the subjects of new U.S. sanctions over human rights abuses in the region.

U.S. Sanctions Chinese Officials, Including Politburo Member, For Xinjiang Abuses

The Trump administration's penalties are meant to punish China for its treatment of Uighurs and Muslim minorities in the region, and target a Politburo member for the first time.

A masked Dr. Anthony Fauci joins President Trump as he delivers remarks about the coronavirus vaccine development Friday in the Rose Garden.

Trump Promises 'Warp Speed' Coronavirus Vaccine Effort With New Program

The president says he hopes the initiative will develop a treatment for COVID-19 by early next year, a timeline that experts have called optimistic.

First UnityPoint Frontline Health Workers Receive Their COVID-19 Shots

The first Central Illinois UnityPoint health workers have received their COVID-19 vaccinations.After several delays over the past two days, the first 565…

President-elect Joe Biden has picked Xavier Becerra, shown here in a 2018 file photo, as his nominee for health and human services secretary.

Biden Names Health Secretary, COVID Czar, Other Key Members To Health Team

President-elect Joe Biden has said that addressing the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority. Here are some of the people he is putting in charge of that big task.

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