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President Joe Biden has presented the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award for valor in combat, to three soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. Two were recognized posthumously. Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee is a Special Forces soldier who fought off Taliban insurgents after an attack in Afghanistan in 2013. Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz was an Army Ranger who died after stepping between Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and a U.S. helicopter evacuating wounded in 2018. Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe died as a result of burns he suffered while rescuing fellow soldiers from a burning vehicle in Iraq in 2005

Virginia Seitz, who led the influential Justice Department office that offers legal advice on surveillance, drones and other issues, resigned after 2 1/2 years on the job.

A data analyst listened to decades of Billboard's top tunes and discovered that a once-ubiquitous compositional tool, the key change, has all but disappeared from modern hits.

British Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach says the Kremlin's improved naval capabilities pose a risk to communications and Internet cables that would be an economic catastrophe if severed.

After seeing one too many advertisements about Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder, couch potato and commentator Mike Fisch daydreams about how chemicals can enhance his life, making him "better stronger, faster."

While not all of Street Fighter 6's experiments succeed, they lay the foundation for the series to grow and prove it's the premier fighting game of 2023.

French forces killed the leader of the West African ISIS affiliate in a drone strike in southern Mali in August. French authorities described Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi as "enemy No. 1" in the region.

The European Union is seeking China's assurances that it won't assist Russia in circumventing economic sanctions for invading Ukraine and cooperation on ending the war at today's virtual meeting.

With a billboard in Times Square and a night on Broadway, the year's top high school performers are ready for their big moment at the Jimmy Awards.

The upcoming hearings regarding the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol are reminiscent of another watershed political event: the 1973 Watergate hearings.