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A Mississippi town has canceled its annual Christmas parade because of an increase in shootings.

The Netherlands also recorded a "slight decline" in hospital admissions, but authorities insisted that Omicron was still "a cause for concern". 

Kobe Brown scored 27 points, Jarron Coleman hit a huge 3pointer and Missouri defeated Utah 8375 on Saturday.

Scotty Pippen Jr. scored 16 points, Quentin MilloraBrown grabbed 14 rebounds and Vanderbilt returned from a week off for exams to snap a threegame losing streak and roll past Austin Peay, 7751 on Saturday.

The Netherlands will go into a strict lockdown over the Christmas and New Year period to try to contain the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Saturday.

All the former hostages from a U.S.-based missionary group kidnapped in Haiti in October have been flown out of the country after a two-month ordeal, the leader of their Ohio-based missions organization said Friday, as he also extended an offer of forgive...

Illinois' governor signed legislation Friday to repeal a requirement that parents or guardians be notified when a minor is seeking an abortion, calling it an effort to safeguard reproductive rights that are being stripped and threatened elsewhere.

The U.S. Olympic team's airline partner will charter a flight from Los Angeles to Beijing to bring about half the American athletes to the Winter Olympics.

Ken Kragen, a top entertainment producer, manager and philanthropist who turned to such clients as Lionel Richie and Kenny Rogers in helping to organize the 1985 allstar charity single We Are the World, has died. He was 85.

Nearly 50 toxic waste sites around the U.S. will be cleaned up, and ongoing work at dozens of others will get a funding boost, as federal environmental officials announced Friday a $1 billion infusion to the Superfund program.

Francisco Lindors $341 million contract with the New York Mets was supposed to be a boon for other shortstops. Same for pitchers when aces Gerrit Cole and Max Scherzer signed megadeals.

NFL games rescheduled in 2020 and 2021 seasons due to COVID-19 outbreaks:

The Los Angeles Chargers will have safety Derwin James and running back Austin Ekeler in the lineup for Thursday night's game against the Kansas City Chiefs after both were listed as questionable on the injury report leading up to the game.

An electrical fault from an improperly disconnected battery in a used vehicle led to the fire aboard a cargo ship docked in Florida that resulted in $40 million worth of damage, officials said Thursday.

The Food and Drug Administration is loosening some restrictions on where women can obtain abortion pills, including a longstanding requirement that the medication be picked up in person.

Texas' Republican governor on Thursday told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that the state will not direct its National Guard members to comply with a Biden administration order requiring all members of the military to get vaccinated for COVID19, as GOP op...