Strauss’ “Blue Danube” is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the waltz king’s birth. The ...

In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America’s fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal ...

You’ve heard of twofers. Kenya Hutton is a “threefer.” His parents are immigrants, he’s a Black man and he’s gay — at a ...

One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away ...

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Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally ...

Voters in Venezuela are choosing lawmakers, governors and other officials Sunday in polling being held against a backdrop of ...

A truck driver died Tuesday when a tractor-trailer rig ran off the road and into a building in Death Valley National Park, officials said on Wednesday.

A second major power outage hit southeastern France early Sunday, this time in the city of Nice, after a suspected arson damaged an electrical facility. Police currently have ...

Tens of thousands of Poles took part in dueling patriotic marches in Warsaw on Sunday, led by the two men vying for the presidency in a June 1 runoff election which is ...

Lilo & Stich” teamed with Tom Cruise for a monster Memorial Day box office weekend. Disney’s live action version of “Lilo & Stich” earned a staggering $145.5 million in North ...

Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession of ...