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The newly identified strain of the coronavirus, which could be more transmissible than the previously dominant delta variant, has global health officials worried about a possible new surge in cases.

Explorer Robert Kennicott disappeared one day in 1866. For more than a century, the cause of his death has been a mystery — but the Smithsonian has solved it.

Belmont Park is 100-years-old as it prepares for another running of the Belmont Stakes, the last leg of the Triple Crown.

After nearing a lockdown-induced bankruptcy, millions of people around the world now follow this Australian candy shop on social media.

As cooler temperatures approach, see the latest updates on the Syracuse trash issue and how farmers care for their pumpkins this drought season during harvest.

Hundreds marched to protest the death of Keith Lamont Scott. National Guard troops joined police and protesters on the streets, and the city established — but did not enforce — a midnight curfew.

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the CDC are urging people to get flu shots. Both groups say the flu is likely to come back after a two-year hiatus, and it could be a bad year.

The grants are aimed at artists still struggling to rebound from the COVID-19 shut down. The deadline to apply is Oct. 7.

The earthquakes, considered minor by geologists, started in December. No one knows what is causing them or how long they will continue.

Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, a senator's office said.