The U.S. government executed convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, early on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court cleared the last hurdle for her execution by overturning a stay, according to a reporter serving as a media witness.
Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Tuesday it has suspended Donald Trump's channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week's assault on the U.S. Capitol by the president's supporters.
Ontario has declared a state of emergency due to a surge of COVID-19 cases and issued a stay-at-home order that takes effect Thursday at 12:01 a.m. ET, Premier Doug Ford announced on Tuesday.
The U.S. House of Representatives pressed swiftly Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack on Jan. 6, taking time only to try to persuade his vice-president to push him out first.
Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they're being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal.
India's top court on Tuesday temporarily put on hold the implementation of agricultural reform laws and ordered the creation of an independent committee of experts to negotiate with farmers who have been protesting against the legislation.
Climate change, insecticides, herbicides, light pollution, invasive species and changes in agriculture and land use are causing Earth to lose probably 1% to 2% of its insects each year, researchers say.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday took no responsibility for his part in fomenting the violence at the U.S. Capitol last week, despite his comments encouraging supporters to march on the Capitol and his praise for them while they were still carrying out the assault.
The federal government announced a suite of new regulations today meant to ensure that Canadian companies are not complicit in human rights abuses or the use of forced labour in China's Xinjiang province.
Pramila Jayapal, congresswoman from Washington, has said she has tested positive and criticized Republican members of Congress who declined to wear a mask when it was offered to them during last week's siege at the Capitol.
American casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who built lavish gambling palaces that made him one of the world's richest men and became a potent supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has died at age 87.
A judge has granted a stay in what was slated to be the U.S. government's first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decade. Judge Patrick Hanlon granted the stay late Monday, citing the need to determine Lisa Montgomery's mental competence.
Indonesian divers on Tuesday retrieved from the seabed the flight data recorder of a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board on the weekend, officials said.
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said on Monday night that he will not receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, saying "remaining true to the people, team and country I love outweigh the benefits of any individual award."
The FBI is warning of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington, D.C., in the days leading up to president-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, stoking fears of more bloodshed after last week's deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol.
Donald Trump is inching toward an ignominious new milestone. He is poised to become the only president impeached twice. Now Washington is debating a practical detail: What will this achieve?
