Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang denied allegations made by actress Alyssa Milano that unnamed staffers of his campaign were engaged in sexual misconduct, saying the matter had been looked at promptly.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Trump administration plans to announce next week a withdrawal of a total of 4,000 US servicemen from Afghanistan in the wake of the resumption of the talks between Washington and Taliban, media reported, citing US officials.

The local sheriff's department reported its deputies were ignored by the coffeeshop's employees on Thursday night, which it described as another display of "Starbucks' anti-police culture that must end".

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Keivan Khosravi, the spokesman for Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said on Saturday that the recent successful prisoner swap between Tehran and Washington is not a start of "any new path".

The incident wasn’t the first time Biden has been asked to address the activities of his son in Ukraine. Last week in Iowa, the candidate appeared to fat-shame a man, calling him “a damn liar,” and saying “no one has ever said” that Hunter's appointment had anything to do with “selling access” to President Obama, as the man appeared to suggest.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pulled off a commanding victory for his Conservative Party on Thursday, paving the way for him to deliver on his Brexit pledge and push through a renegotiated withdrawal deal with Brussels by the end of January.

A bombshell new poll of registered Democrats recently suggested Hillary Clinton, who is not running, as their top choice for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination, amid rumours she may yet jump on the bandwagon.

Veteran NASA astronaut Michael Collins, who was part of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, has been actively engaging with his fan following on Twitter throughout the last few months, answering select questions submitted under the hashtag #AskMichaelCollins.

On 7 December, a Georgia man was videotaped slapping the butt of WSAV-TV reporter Alex Bozarjian on live TV as he ran by her.

On 13 December the US House Judiciary Committee voted to advance two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, effectively paving the way for a vote among all members of the House of Representatives next week.

Just when you thought 2019 had nothing else to offer and it was safe to go back in the water, powerful storms exposed an eyeful of phallic marine worms in Northern California, where untold thousands were spotted on a beach. Word has it that they are very chewy.

The Pentagon intends to modernise the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, the programme is estimated to cost $85 billion, according to reports.

Last month, Google announced that it would no longer allow political advertisers to target voters based on their political affiliation and would only permit political groups to target ads based on "general categories": age, gender, and general location.

Emergency services as well as police and fire departments were still up and running amid recent cyberattacks across Louisiana, according to the office of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell.

Melania Trump’s children-focused anti-cyberbullying campaign, Be Best, began trending on Twitter on Thursday after Donald Trump laid into Greta Thunberg in a scathing tweet, with many people calling on the First Lady to do something about it.

Hunter Biden’s new wife is expecting a child, his fifth, a new report said Friday, citing a close friend of Melissa.

Previously, one customer was allegedly mistreated while trying to apply for private client status despite transferring $100,000 to the bank account at one of the company's Arizona branches.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders retracted his endorsement of Democratic congressional candidate Cenk Uygur just one day after announcing it because of Uygur’s past stance on bestiality.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Proved reserves of US crude oil and condensates increased by record 12 percent last year while those of natural gas rose by 9 percent, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a statement on Friday.

Bloomberg’s campaign-to-date and planned spending on television, Facebook, and Google from November 25 through December 22 is $117.8 million, according to the ad-tracking firm Advertising Analytics, meaning the billionaire is spending $4.2 million per day.