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There is a deepening sense of fear as population loss accelerates in rural America. The decline of small-town life is expected to be a looming topic in the presidential election....

The World’s Ugliest Dog annual contest may not render the most flattering title to its victor, but don’t tell that to Wild Thang....

The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers’ plans to cut carbon emissions....

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said he floated the idea of having a “migrant league of fighters” to UFC President Dana White, again employing dehumanizing language to describe people who enter the US illegally....

The elective course was reviewed to see if it complied with Youngkin executive order banning ‘inherently divisive concepts’...

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Voters may want social care to be on the ballot at the UK general election, but no one seems to be listening....

The European Commission has delayed action on tobacco and nicotine, but countries say it should consider a ban on flavored vapes....

Idaho librarian June Meissner was closing up for the day at the downtown Boise Public Library when a man approached her asking for help....

More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabiaas the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, officials said Sunday....

The former president used his first rally in the city of brotherly love to tie violent crime with illegal immigration, despite the evidence against this...

A drought in Iran is causing the ground to subside, threatening Tehran and hundreds of other towns....

From the construction industry to the tourism sector, Greek employers cannot find the staff they need. The government’s solution: longer working hours. A new law enables employers to implement a six-day work week...

The Russian president said Friday that his country will continue to develop its nuclear arsenal, days after signing a new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un....

A woman in Texas has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child after trying to drown a 3-year-old child at an apartment complex pool and making racial statements, according to police....

Police said 34 new Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged. The owner parked the exotic cars in a parking lot in Fort Lauderdale....

A dangerous heat wave is bringing sweltering temperatures to much of the US this weekend, including over parts of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, a tropical system could develop this weekend through the southwest Gulf of Mexico.

Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers....

On Tuesday, a Virginia appeals court fully absolved Marvin Grimm Jr. of the 1975 crime, saying that new evidence had dismantled the state’s original case against him....

If the Supreme Court ultimately takes the case and overturns the pillar, this could have a widespread impact on out-of-pocket health care costs, including costs for the HIV-prevention pill, known as PrEP....

New Jersey Transit and Amtrak rail service was severely disrupted this week, leaving some commuters stranded for hours on the hottest days of the year....

Jacob Riis Beach hosts the day of body positivity and fun, in the city at the heart of the fat acceptance movement...

Joseph Komrosky, who decried critical race theory and called Harvey Milk a pedophile, was recalled by 51% of Temecula voters...

After a year of funding uncertainty in Congress, agencies are struggling to recruit and retain firefighters....

The men made millions of dollars streaming stolen copyrighted content to tens of thousands of paid subscribers, the Justice Department said....

Your favorite clothes, cookware, and even dental floss may contain toxic chemicals that are harmful to human health. Now, a new Colorado law is aiming to make those products safer....

Beijing ramps up pressure over ‘crime of secession’ while Taipei says China has no jurisdiction over Taiwan and urges its people not to be intimidated...

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Ukrainian energy facilities have come under a massive attack from Russia, in the latest onslaught targeting the country’s power grid, officials say....

Fireworks launched from a yacht in Greece sparked a forest fire on the island of Hydra on Friday, the local firefighting authority has said....

The country’s aging population and low fertility rate jeopardizes the solvency of Social Security and the Medicare program, according to a new study by Brookings...

Prices are soaring and the option to buy is receding for millions of tenants nailed by rising rents...

Vital drugs are either not authorized or are deemed too expensive, as cases rise....

The Continent’s housing crisis has gone from being a slow burn to a four-alarm fire — but some countries are handling it better than others....

Many prisoners clean toilets and prep food with no pay – as the state charges $50 a day for their incarceration...

State’s transport department given a 2045 deadline to fully decarbonize and achieve zero emissions under agreement...

Washington says Moscow’s influence over company poses significant risk, as Kaspersky argues its activities do not threaten US security...

Exclusive: if ex-president succeeds, prosecutors could be left with only a sliver of evidence for obstruction charge...

The Italian government has fined a car company $6.4m (£5m) for allegedly branding vehicles that were made in China as being produced in Italy....

Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to “stop using offensive language” against LGBTQ people....

The piercing scream, like a sound from a horror film, triggered taekwondo instructor Simon An to draw on his years of martial arts training....

A University of Southern California student will not face charges for the fatal stabbing of a homeless man he said was done in self-defense....

Walt Disney Co. continues to face fallout from its scuttled plans to move 2,000 California employees to a proposed Florida campus — a controversial decision the company reversed last year following the return of Chief Executive Bob Iger....

The US plans to stop open orders for Patriot interceptor missiles, the Financial Times reported....

Russian president delivered the warning after Seoul announced it would consider arming Kyiv....

A crowd of vigilantes in Pakistan killed and burned the body of a man whom they accused of desecrating the Quran. Police registered a case against the mob of hundreds....

France’s National Rally has sought to style itself a defender of women’s rights — partly by attacking its traditional bogeyman: immigration....

Millions of Americans are already shut out of buying a home, and the cost of buying one continues to rise....