The chaotic breach of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump on Wednesday was met with swift condemnation by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, with some observers blaming the president for inciting the riot, and others suggesting he be impeached.
The Boston Celtics and Miami Heat knelt for the national anthem Wednesday night, saying they were playing "with a heavy heart" after a violent pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol and the decision earlier in the week by a Wisconsin prosecutor not to charge a police officer who shot Jacob Blake.
Protesters who back U.S. President Donald Trump massed outside statehouses from Georgia to New Mexico on Wednesday, leading to some evacuations as cheers rang out in reaction to the news that pro-Trump demonstrators had stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Two more Louisville, Ky., police officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor have been fired — a detective believed to have fired the fatal shot and another who sought the search warrant that led to last year's deadly raid, authorities announced Wednesday.
Almost as far as the eye can see, trash spreads out over Serbia's Potpecko Lake, lapping against the dam that crosses it, and there's concern that it's threatening a hydroelectric plant.
The Trump administration on Wednesday said its sale of oil and gas drilling leases in an Arctic wildlife refuge received 16 bids, 11 of which were from an Alaska state agency.
Congress convened Wednesday for an extraordinary joint session to confirm the electoral college vote won by Joe Biden, in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's relentless effort to overturn the election and cling to the White House.
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal Appeals Court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two people familiar with the selection process said Wednesday.
In order to safeguard the Tokyo Olympics, athletes must be given priority access to the coronavirus vaccine, says Canadian and prominent International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound.
Investors digested the prospect of an unexpected win of two Georgia Senate seats by the Democrats on Wednesday, completing an apparent so-called blue wave that could have major consequences on investors' fortunes.
China said Wednesday it was still negotiating with the World Health Organization on the dates and itinerary for a visit by international experts looking into the origins of COVID-19, after the head of the agency criticized Beijing for not finalizing permissions for the mission.
Dr. Dre says he will be "back home soon" after the music mogul received medical treatment at a Los Angeles hospital for a reported brain aneurysm.
A British judge on Wednesday denied bail to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who has been jailed in Britain since 2019 as he fights extradition to the United States.
Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the Democrats' reach.
Attempts to keep the economy open while fighting the coronavirus face new challenges from mutating COVID-19 variants, as the World Bank expresses concerns about financial stress for countries that failed to get on top of the pandemic early.
