WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican opposition to impeaching President Donald Trump began crumbling at the party’s upper echelons on Tuesday as the No. 3 House GOP leader said she would vote to impeach Trump. “There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the [...]

Most consumers of drinking water in the United States know that chemicals are used in the treatment processes to ensure the water is safe to drink. But they might not know that the use of some of these chemicals, such as chlorine, can also lead to the formation of unregulated toxic byproducts.

Airlines directed to prevent a passenger from boarding an aircraft if they do not present documentation saying they've tested negative or recovered from COVID-19.

Nearly all air travellers will need to present a negative coronavirus test to enter the United States under expanded test testing requirements announced on Tuesday (Jan 12).

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House Democrats formally introduced an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for inciting a mob that attacked the United States Capitol last week in a bid to overturn the presidential election results, setting up a vote on impeachment today that they have the numbers to win.

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WASHINGTON • Nearly nine million Americans had been given their first Covid-19 vaccination dose as at Monday morning, the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said, as states scrambled to step up inoculations.

A team of physicists from the United States and Japan has experimentally observed a phenomenon called quantum oscillation in a two-dimensional topological insulator — monolayer tungsten ditelluride (WTe2). The team’s findings, published in the journal Nature, hint at the existence of an entirely new type of quantum particle — a ‘neutral fermion.’ The observation of [...]

Most consumers of drinking water in the United States know that chemicals are used in the treatment processes to ensure the water is safe to drink. But they might not know that the use of some of these chemicals, such as chlorine, can also lead to the formation of unregulated toxic byproducts.

WASHINGTON — Scrutiny increased on Monday on how President Donald Trump sought to foment anger at a rally of his supporters and then dispatched them to the Capitol shortly before they rioted last week, as House Democrats on Monday unveiled an article of impeachment accusing him of inciting an insurrection. Here is an overview of some of the broader forms of legal jeopardy the president may be facing. What criminal laws might apply? If a grand jury were to be persuaded that Trump intentionally incited his followers to violence, several statutes could come into play. For example, Section 373 of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a felony to induce or even to try to persuade someone to...

Emissions plunged more than 10 percent. If the trend can be sustained, it would put the United States within striking distance of one of its major goals under the Paris climate agreement.