General & World News
When it comes to country music, there’s a song for every moment: love songs, work songs, drinking songs, wedding songs, boot-stomping songs for dancing, and heart-melting songs for memories in-the-mak...
The Chinese regime’s military has called on the public to report procurement corruption within its Rocket Force as the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) purge continues after all previous command...
You never know when the weather can disrupt all your careful travel planning. That is exactly what happened on my first trip to Honolulu recently. Working around hotel and flight availability during s...
ARLINGTON, Va.—Three U.S. Marines received upgraded valor awards on Aug. 26, in recognition of their actions after a bomb blast at the security checkpoint they were manning at the Hamid Karzai Interna...
Cottage Cheese: Full-fat or low-fat both work well. I prefer small-curd cottage cheese because it blends more evenly into the batter, giving the pancakes a smoother, more uniform texture. Large-curd w...
You need more money, and you need it now. What are your choices? You have two: You can increase your income, or you can reduce your spending. There are several ways you can increase your income: Get a...
In a move that may send ripples through the tech industry for years to come, Meta Platforms reached a historic multibillion-dollar settlement with 47 U.S. states, territories, and the District of Colu...
When memory problems begin, one of the hardest questions for patients and families is whether they reflect normal aging or the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. For decades, confirming Alzheimer’s ...
VANCOUVER—Inside a packed theater at the VIFF Centre, an audience of local residents, arts patrons, and political leaders gathered on the evening of Aug. 23 for the premiere of “Unbroken: The Untold S...
Nvidia has reported its fiscal second-quarter revenue, with investors looking to the world’s most valuable company for signals about whether the massive buildout of artificial intelligence (AI) infras...
The number of cases of Ebola in Congo continues to rise, but the outbreak is now over in Uganda, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Aug. 26. Dr. Marie Roseline Belizaire, director of e...
As the 2026-2027 academic year gets underway, the Department of Education is reminding K-12 district leaders about laws that allow parents to view their child’s educational records and prohibit school...
A coalition of 16 state attorneys general is investigating the “Big Four” accounting firms, alleging that they may have pushed climate accounting on client companies. “The Big Four’s climate commitmen...
Trailblazing country artist Dolly Parton, who wrote hits such as “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You,” passed away on Aug. 25, 2026. She was 80. The singer was known as one of the genre’s authentic v...
The U.S. stock market drifted through a quiet day of trading after a report said inflation last month was a touch worse than economists expected. The S&P 500 edged down by less than 0.1 percent Wednes...
OpenAI banned a cluster of accounts on its popular chatbot ChatGPT with ties to a suspected Russian propaganda campaign, the company announced on Aug. 25. The accounts were associated with the Interna...
The police officer was busy writing a ticket on the shoulder of Texas State Highway 114 in Southlake, a city just outside Dallas, when a situation suddenly heated up. An oily haze of smoke caught his ...
With under four weeks until the first training camps of the 2026-27 NBA season open, a couple of free agent dominoes fell Wednesday as two players who were traded last season and were arguably the mos...
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Aug. 26 lifted a block she ordered against postal service rules that limit mail-in voting. She issued that block after the League of Women Voters challenged propose...
The backlash against data centers has shocked political and financial elites. It’s because it seems to stretch across the left-right divide. Indeed, it seems like the one thing most Americans can agre...