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A homeless man has been arrested for beating a subway rider with an expandable baton in an unprovoked attack at Grand Central last week....

A motor scooter operator died Saturday after hitting the rear tires of a fuel truck on a New Jersey road, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said....

A 47-year-old motorcyclist has died a week after he was critically injured in a Nassau County crash....

Their horses' hooves kick up dust amid blaring country music as participants enter the arena to begin the Rupununi Ranchers Rodeo, a celebration of the cowboy lifestyle on Guyana's rugged Rupununi savannah...

A 66-year-old woman was dragged to the floor by a purse snatcher on a Staten Island bus last Monday, police said....

Two expelled Black Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats...

The nation's top health official says a court ruling threatening the availability of a main drug used in medication abortion was "not America."...

People working from home became younger, more diverse, better educated and more likely to move during the COVID-19 pandemic...

A man was arrested Saturday after he exposed himself in front of two women at a store in a Long Island mall that he had previously been barred from and chased them into a stock room, police said....

China is imposing sanctions against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other U.S.- and Asian-based organizations in retaliation for the closely watched meeting this week between the U.S. House speaker and Taiwan's president...

Authorities say a man was arrested after he fatally shot one person and wounded two others, including a highway patrol officer, at a park in Northern California Thursday...

Israel has conducted rare airstrikes in Lebanon and continued bombarding the Gaza Strip, an escalation that sparked fears of a broader conflict following violence over Jerusalem's most sensitive site...

Since 2018, over 75,000 victims have lost $28 million to IRS imposters over the phone, email, texts and more. Here's how the IRS actually contacts taxpayers and how you can spot imposters....

Tennessee's GOP-dominated House has expelled two of three Democratic members for their roles in a demonstration in favor of gun control following the Nashville school shooting...

The Prague Transport authority has announced that due to scheduled maintenance work over the Easter break sections of the Prague Metro' s A and C lines will be out of operation between Friday morning and Tuesday morning. A replacement bus service will...

Traffic police will be out in force to monitor adherence to traffic regulations over the Easter holidays, the head of the force Ji Zl, told the news site Novinky.cz. Many people leave the big cities and head for their country cottages for Easter and Easte...

Public trust in the government, Senate and local governments has seen a slight drop in February and March, according to the outcome of a survey conducted by the CVVM agency.The government received a 33 percent trust rating, down by one percent compared to...

Czech farmers have protested against imports of cheap grains from Ukraine which will make it difficult for them to sell their own produce. They also point to the fact that the duty-free wheat, corn and soya from Ukraine, which is being imported to a numbe...

The IRS is outlining how it plans to use an infusion of $80 billion for improved operations...

Ukrainian and Russian forces battled on April 6 in the eastern city of Bakhmut, while in the Kherson region Russian strikes injured seven people....

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy and a top Russian diplomat met on April 6 to discuss a Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested last week on espionage charges....

The ruble fell against the U.S. dollar in trading on April 6 to the value it held just before Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago....

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Beijing to talk sense into Russia over the war in Ukraine, telling his Chinese counterpart that Russia's aggression had dealt a blow to international stability....

An interagency review led by the National Security Council of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, saying President Joe Biden was "severely constrained by conditions creat...

A former high-ranking officer in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) appeared on April 6 in a court in Serbia to face money-laundering charges....

In recent years, Russia's space agency has lurched from crisis to scandal to embarrassment. Now a contract dispute with a Kazakh partner may hasten the demise of the famed Baikonur Cosmodrome....

The Lithuanian parliament on April 6 unanimously approved a resolution proposing an invitation to Ukraine to join NATO at the alliance's summit in July....

In the high horse country of Kyrgyzstan's Jumgal region, boys compete fiercely every day after school at kok-boru. The traditional sport involves capturing a goat's carcass, or "ulak," and maneuvering it on horseback into the opposing team...

Turkmenistan plans to demolish a historic 1,200-meter iron bridge and sell the metal used in its construction as raw material, sources close to the matter told RFE/RL....

A Ukrainian strike on New Year's Eve killed dozens of Russian soldiers from the Samara region in the city of Makiyivka. Three months later, Moscow still officially puts the death toll at 89. An RFE/RL open-source investigation has established that at ...

Pay more attention to teens, ethics, the planet, long COVID and more. NPR asks public health leaders what this U.N.-created agency should add to its docket in this anniversary year....

Prosecutors have requested a 25-year prison sentence for Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, his lawyer said, adding that the case against the Russian opposition activist on several charges including treason for comments critical of Russia's invasion ...

Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry has expelled four Iranian Embassy employees amid escalating tensions between the two neighbors....

Ihar Losik, a journalist with RFE/RL's Belarus Service who has been imprisoned since the summer of 2020 and has not been heard from in six weeks amid reports he attempted to commit suicide, has been returned to solitary confinement....

At the dolphinarium in the Black Sea port city of Constanta, Romanian and Ukrainian trainers have found common ground in their love for their mammals, who are now refugees from war....

A rights group has reiterated calls for the release of popular Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was arrested during Tehran's clampdown on nationwide anti-government protests in October, due to his deteriorating state of health....

Uzbek-born journalist and documentary filmmaker Shahida Yakub says she was prevented from entering Uzbekistan when she arrived in Tashkent for a private visit on April 3....

Fast-tracking Moldova's accession to the European Union could be possible, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on April 6, as Chisinau seeks to join the bloc amid fears it could be drawn into the conflict in neighboring Ukraine....

Long-time Mideast rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have taken another significant step toward reconciliation, formally restoring diplomatic ties, affirming the need for regional stability and agreeing to pursue economic cooperation...

Lithuania is seeking up to 120 million euros ($130 million) in compensation from Belarus, accusing its eastern neighbor of orchestrating the immigration of thousands of people, mainly from Africa and the Middle East....

Protesters took to the streets of the Shahr-e Ziba neighborhood west of the Iranian capital, Tehran, late on April 5 to mark the birthday of Hamid Reza Ruhi, who was killed in the brutal state crackdown on anti-government protests....

The capacity to burn coal for power went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that's the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report Wednesday found...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is going to the central Michigan community of Midland for a county GOP event before heading to speak at Hillsdale College...

Wall Street was subdued early on the last day of trading this week as investors awaited Thursday's weekly unemployment figures with the more significant government jobs report coming when markets are closed on the Good Friday holiday...

Russia deported 136 Kyrgyz nationals last week on charges of undermining the country's migration rules, while some 100 others are being held at a detention center pending possible deportation, Kyrgyz authorities said on April 5....

Irvin Cartagena, 39, allegedly sold fentanyl-laced drugs to an undercover NYPD officer on several occasions. Narcotics found in William's apartment were linked back to Cartagena, police say....

Ukraine's president has pushed for the formation of a coalition of Western powers to supply modern fighter aircraft to Kyiv and suggested that while his forces continue to control the battleground eastern city of Bakhmut, a withdrawal would be possibl...

Claims made by president of the Federated States of Micronesia...

Two countries agreed to restore ties last month...

The Czech government has removed Covid-19 from a list of contagious diseases whose culpable spread is punishable, following a proposal by the Ministry of Health. The change is necessary to end the current mandatory seven-day isolation after a positive tes...