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Diwali, the Hindu celebration known as the "Festival of Lights," will be a public school holiday in New York City starting next year.

More Americans are getting their Covid-19 updated booster shots, new data show, but Biden administration officials caution the recent uptake is still not enough as the winter months and the threat of new outbreaks approach.

Boris Johnson appears to be on the verge of attempting a stunning political comeback.

With over 1 million deaths in the US from Covid-19, and close to 100 million cases of infection since the pandemic began, almost everyone in the nation has been touched by the disease in some way.

Canadian rescuers managed to successfully release an entangled humpback whale off the coast of Texada Island.

Liz Truss will resign as Britain's Prime Minister after a disastrous six-week tenure, she announced on Thursday, after losing the support of several key ministers and Conservative lawmakers.

A former US Capitol police officer on trial for allegedly telling a January 6, 2021, rioter to delete evidence related to the attack also told the rioter he thought some of the "agitators" that day were Antifa, according to prosecutors.

A standoffish penguin, a waving racoon and a farting zebra are among the images shortlisted for the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

Many more survivors of sexual assault are seeking emergency medical care, but still represent a fraction of all assaults reported to law enforcement.

As a new, deadly virus overtook the central city of Wuhan and spread throughout China in early 2020, the country's ruling Communist Party and its leader Xi Jinping were faced with a crisis on a scale not seen in decades.

Newly obtained police body camera video shows Tampa police officers arresting confused and stunned convicted felons for allegedly voting illegally in the 2020 election. CNN's Leyla Santiago spoke to one of the accused who is now fighting the charges in court.

There is no battle of the Brads in Gwyneth Paltrow's life.

• Devastation on Ukraine's eastern front as Russian mercenaries make gains

"The Prime Minister is not under a desk."

One in every three American adults say they have been personally affected by an extreme weather event in the past two years, according to Gallup. Public concern about the environment is near a two-decade high, according to a Gallup poll that found 44% of Americans worry "a great deal" about it. The polling organization says it's the seventh year in a row that public worry over the issue is at a high level.

CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour reacts to UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announcing her resignation following calls for her to step down. Her announcement makes her Britain's shortest-serving prime minister.