Search results for

In top awards given annually to children's book writers and illustrators, Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi received the Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. And My Friend Rabbit, illustrated and written by Eric Rohmann, received the Caldecott Medal, for the most distinguished American picture book for children.

A COVID-19 booster study suggests Moderna or Pfizer works best. A House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol attack issues more subpoenas. The Biden administration aims to break up shipping logjams.

The annual Iditarod sled dog race came to a historic finish in Nome, Alaska, on Tuesday. For the first time all top-three finishers claim Alaska Native heritage.

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will seek a new five-year term in elections scheduled for Oct. 6, brushing aside opposition objections and concerns about his waning popularity. Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup, has signaled his intension to resign his post as army chief if re-elected.

It's a case of real life catching up with James Bond fiction: Britain's MI6 spy agency named its first-ever female chief. She used to be Q. Now she'll be C.

A week before Election Day, Vice President Harris used the backdrop to lay out the case for turning the page on the divisive and chaotic politics of her Republican opponent.

Aviation regulators have ordered urgent inspections of the Airbus A320 family of jets. The order follows a JetBlue plane's experience of an uncontrolled "pitch down" event last month.

The catchy song by Lin-Manuel Miranda from Disney's Encanto reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, only the second from a Disney animated film to reach those heights.