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A ransomware gang believed to operate out of Russia says it hacked the National Rifle Association, the most powerful gunrights group in the United States.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that he expects to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of a climate summit in Glasgow, during which he would take up Turkeys ouster from the U.S.led F35 stealth fighter jet program.

The State Department said it had issued a first passport with "X" for gender and would make the option routinely available by early 2022 both for passports and birth certificates of Americans abroad.

Remembering the teachings of his mother, US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy said Diwali is is supposed to be a day about light conquering darkness.

After three days of walking along a scorching highway in southern Mexico, a couple thousand migrants decided to rest here Tuesday, receive medical attention for badly blistered feet, wash clothing in the river and doze in any shade they could find.

An 84yearold AmericanIranian man who has been detained in Iran for more than five years underwent surgery on Tuesday to clear a blockage in an artery to the brain that his family and supporters have described as lifethreatening.

Floridas surgeon general said conversations while wearing masks aren't productive and argued that he offered to meet elsewhere when a state senator didn't let him in her office without a mask, citing a serious health condition.

Sudan had been ruled by an uneasy alliance between the military and civilian groups since 2019, but on Monday, the military effectively took control.

Under the rules of the imperial family, Emperor Naruhito's 30-year-old niece Mako gave up her royal title as she wed Kei Komuro, who is the same age and works for a US law firm.

Oklahoma's Supreme Court on Monday blocked three antiabortion laws that were scheduled to take effect Nov. 1 that abortion rights supporters say would have devastated abortion access in the state.

Ohios top lawyer filed suit against the Biden administration on Monday seeking to restore a Trumpera ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics that President Joe Biden reversed earlier this month.

Cuban President Miguel DiazCanel warned the U.S. embassy in Havana against fomenting protests by dissidents on the Communistrun island, the latest flashpoint between the longtime rivals ahead of fresh rallies slated for Nov. 15.

Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but deaths nationally have been ticking up over the past few weeks, some rural hospitals are showing signs of strain, and cold weather is setting in.

Fuel shortages in Haiti are putting the lives of hundreds of women and children at risk as hospitals run low on supplies for electricity, United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Sunday.

A jury in Florida has convicted a Connecticut man of sex trafficking at the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami.

A U.N. Security Council mission that is visiting Mali this weekend to assess the security situation is urging the country's authorities to set elections for February to meet agreements reached with a West African regional bloc after a coup last year.