U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that President Joe Biden's vaccine mandates affecting more than two-thirds of the workforce are within the federal government's authority.
Europe reported a 3% weekly increase in COVID-19 deaths, fueled by a spike in Great Britain, with all other continents recording fewer fatalities than the week before.
Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to bring heavy rain to Texas and Mexico after forming in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday.
Two drones targeted U.S. forces at Erbil International Airport in Iraq just before midnight on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Pope Francis called on Hungary to remain open to immigrants after meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
"The Happening" -- directed by Audrey Diwan -- won the Golden Lion for Best Feature at the Venice Film Festival Saturday.
Netflix chess drama, "The Queen's Gambit," and Disney+ sci-fi adventures, "WandaVision" and "The Mandalorian," each won multiple Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday.
Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Akihiko Hoshide of Japan conducted a six-hour and 54-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Sunday, installing a mount for a new solar array.
Two astronauts conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Sunday to prepare for more solar array upgrades.
Maura Tierney discusses her character on the Showtime drama "American Rust," a small town Pennsylvania woman whose son is accused of murder.
On Sept. 12, 1974, military officers deposed Emperor Haile Selassie from the Ethiopian throne he had occupied for more than half a century.
Actor/singer Jennifer Hudson turns 40 and rapper 2 Chainz turns 44, among the famous birthdays for Sept. 12.
Six Oregon workers argue in a federal lawsuit filed Friday that they should be exempt from the state's COVID-19 vaccination requirements because they have natural immunity after they became sick with the virus.
One of the women involved in the 2014 Slenderman stabbing will be released from a mental hospital after a judge approved her conditional release on Friday.
Emma Raducanu of Great Britain completed her historic run at the U.S. Open with a straight-sets win over Canada's Leylah Fernandez in Saturday's women's final in Flushing, N.Y., capturing her first Grand Slam title.
More than a dozen lowland gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have tested positive for COVID-19.
Beaches in the Miami area are underwater and other South Florida communities are bracing for floods as king tides make their seasonal return.