The ceremony kicked off in Fukushima Prefecture, a heavily symbolic choice a decade after the tsunami and nuclear disaster there.

The 40-year-old competed for France in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and at the Turin Games in 2006.

Epidemiologists and infectious disease experts have yet to settle on clear answers to explain the jumps in Michigan.

On Wednesday, Louisiana moved up the date for expanded eligibility to Monday, while Idaho changed it to April 5.

A large container ship, nearly a quarter-mile-long, has been stuck in Suez Canal since Tuesday evening, after powerful winds forced the ship aground on one of the canal’s banks. The canal is one of the world’s most vital shipping lanes.

Businesses across the United States and beyond are offering free stuff to people who have been vaccinated. The perks include movie popcorn, alcohol and even marijuana.

AstraZeneca stockpile is another chapter in E.U. struggles.

Two years of analyzing the polarized light from a galaxy’s giant black hole has given scientists a glimpse at how quasars might arise.

Universities and other institutions looking to protect themselves from Covid-19 may benefit from sharing their testing resources with the wider community, a new study suggests.

GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceutical company, said on Wednesday that it had fired Dr. Slaoui from his position as chairman of Galvani Bioelectronics.