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Manicures have long been a part of regular hygiene in Ukraine. Now, amid war, they are also seen as a sign of resilience and defiance.

The Fourteenth Amendment. Of all the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 14th is a big one. It's shaped all of our lives, whether we re...

The State Fair of Texas is laying down a new rule before millions of visitors flock through the gates: No guns allowed. The state's attorney...

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The creator of the grocery store snack aisle staple died at 88. His family said in a statement that he had dementia. (Image credit: Lucy Pem...

Venezuela's autocratic leader is cracking down on dissent. Hundreds have been arrested and lawmakers are moving to shutdown social media sit...

Following a disputed election in Venezuela, autocratic president Nicolàs Maduro is cracking down on the opposition. Thousands have been arre...

Ukrainian forces attack a second border region in western Russia, where the governor declares a state of emergency. Ukraine also targets air...

Former President Donald Trump and his allies promise a historic deportation effort if he's reelected. But internal documents from his time i...

So often, telling the story of the Israel-Hamas war is reduced to a catalog of numbers.But this war is much more than all of that. It is the...

It's been over 10 months since the attacks on Israel that lead to the war in Gaza. We look at Gaza's humanitarian situation, how the war has...

The Grüne Gewölbe, or Green Vault, in Dresden said this week that the exhibit of historical items is reopening to the public in "almost all...

Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the U.S. territory...

Performers are on strike against major video game companies, and AI is the sticking point. Here’s how game development has evolved since ear...

Jeffrey Piccolo's wife died of an allergic reaction after eating at a Disney World restaurant. Disney says his claims must be arbitrated out...

Kishida's surprise resignation comes as he and his party, the governing Liberal Democratic Party, struggle to recover from a series of corru...

Ukraine is firing artillery and launching drone strikes on Russia's Belgorod region, according the the Russian governor of the territory, wh...

Missouri and Arizona are two of the latest states to get enough signatures to add abortion rights to ballots in the November elections for v...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who signed the Ten Commandments law, is the first Republican governor in the state in eight years and has gotten...

Lawmakers aligned with Venezuela's autocratic leader Nicolas Madurosay they will pass a bill regulating social media companies. Opponents sa...

The annual Florida Python Challenge invites participants to catch and kill invasive Burmese pythons, which feed on the state's native animal...

Wisconsin voters have rejected two proposals from the Republican-controlled legislature to restrict any governor's ability to spend federal...

The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take and could be lethal, according to a dru...

Palestinian American comedian Sammy Obeid talks to NPR's Leila Fadel about telling jokes concerning the Israel-Hamas war.

It was the worst plane crash in U.S. history at the time -- two passenger planes collided over the Grand Canyon. Now a historical marker rem...