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Hamas sent a heavy barrage of rockets deep into Israel on Thursday as Israel pounded Gaza with more airstrikes and called up 9,000 more reservists. (May 13)

Two New York City kids are among the first to receive their first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Thursday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave its final approval. The vaccine can be used in children as young as 12. (May 13)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi defended President Joe Biden's response to violence in the Middle East. She countered a reporter who questioned whether Israeli officials are taking a disproportionate response in their attacks on Palestinians.

President Joe Biden says his administration has not just spoke with Israeli leaders as fighting between Hamas and Israel escalates even amid truce efforts. Biden says "there has not been a significant overreaction" from Israel. (May 13)

President Biden warned gas station owners against taking advantage of consumers after a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline has led to gas shortages at many stations in the eastern United States.

Among the many stories of World War Two, Nazi Germany's Siege of Leningrad – the Soviet city now known as Russia's Saint Petersburg – stands among the most harrowing. It also helped shape the world we live in today, as Charles Maynes reports for VOA, from St.

For many Muslims in the U.S., this year's Eid is promising to be closer to normal than last year's. The holiday marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. (May 13)

About 10 weeks out from the Tokyo Olympic Games and opposition against the games being held continues to grow. Sponsors, athletes, and the medical community are expressing their concern to hold the Games amid Covid-19.

Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and Ralph Norman (R-SC) attempted to downplay the January 6th insurrection and the US Capitol during a Congressional hearing.

A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed a Black teenage girl after she allegedly attempted to cut two females with a knife, according to officials and body camera footage. The bodycam footage has been put in slow motion and blurred by the Columbus Division of Police.

Salvation Army mobile soup kitchen trucks are rolling through some of Detroit's poorest neighborhoods delivering food and COVID-19 vaccines (May 13)