The threat of militia extremist groups increased last year and is expected to continue to be heightened throughout 2021, U.S. intelligence agencies reported.

Robert Aaron Long, 21, who was arrested within hours of the attacks at three massage businesses, has been charged with murder and assault.

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and Atlanta Police Department are investigating attacks at three spas. Authorities say many of the victims appear to be of Asian descent.

Several other countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland moved to suspend injections of the vaccine this week.

The March4Justice demonstrations in Australia on Monday were organized after a series of sexual assault allegations involving government officials.

Lingering effects of the storm are expected to cause dangerous conditions through early Monday as residents dig out from under the weekend's record-breaking levels of snow.

The two countries joined a number of other European nations that have temporarily suspended the shot after several people reportedly developed blood clots after receiving it.

More than two dozen students were taken from Federal College Of Forestry Mechanization, marking the fourth kidnapping of students in the country since December.

Commissioners in Stark County voted to reject a recommended purchase of Dominion voting machines. Former President Trump falsely accused the machines of switching votes for him to President Biden.

The law does not allow any exceptions in situations of rape or incest — only when it is necessary to save the life or preserve the health of the fetus or mother.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy says COVID-19 vaccines are now available to anyone age 16 and older who lives or works in the state.

A judge said that Chansley, one of the most recognizable people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, must remain in jail ahead of his trial because he remains a threat to the public.

The blocked shipment of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines was the first intervention by the EU since the bloc approved rules that could restrict vaccine exports to non-member nations.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas CEO Bill Magness was removed from his post Wednesday. He informed the organization he will not accept his $800,000 severance.

The Transportation Department's inspector general referred the findings to the Justice Department in December 2020. The DOJ declined to open its own investigation.

A San Diego judge said Kellen Winslow II preyed on especially vulnerable women, including a homeless woman and an unconscious teen.

Dutch police say the explosion went off outside of a coronavirus test center several miles north of Amsterdam. There were no injuries from the blast.

The face of the U.S. government's pandemic response donated his personal model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion to the Smithsonian Institution for a future exhibit.

The water outages in Jackson, Miss., began Feb. 15 as a winter storm swept across the state. An untold number of residents are still without clean water weeks later.

The kidnapping of the 279 girls from their school last Friday is the latest in a string of similar incidents.