China’s role in Latin America and the Caribbean has grown rapidly since the turn of the century, promising economic opportunity but also raising concerns over Beijing’s influence. China’s ...

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A new Miss America has been crowned: Abbie Stockard, a 22-year-old Auburn University nursing student and cheerleader who was named Miss Alabama last June ahead of her senior year. Stockard ...

Viral video shows a Jewish passenger on American Airlines tearing into a flight attendant and calling her “antisemitic” for wearing a watermelon pin, which has become a symbol for Palestinian ...

The nebulous timeline for the closure of Great America, one of the Bay Area’s biggest theme parks, may be coming into focus: In 2025, the park will close at the end of October, instead of its ...

According to recent data, norovirus cases have reached their highest levels since 2012 and RSV hospitalisations have increased by nearly 40% in just two weeks. As the US heads into its peak flu ...

Latin America has been seduced in recent years by China’s massive economic investment projects. The Communist state has a dangerous hold on telecommunications, the lithium and copper industries ...

It's almost time to crown the next Miss America. The 2025 pageant will take place in Orlando on Sunday, and a new Miss America reign will begin. Miss America will stream live on YouTube at 7 p.m ...

It's time to crown a new Miss America. On Sunday, Jan. 5, women from every U.S. state, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, will compete for the revered title of Miss America and its $ ...

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We’d already been methodically planning our departure for months, recognizing America’s trajectory. The weight of that moment ― the culmination of years of systematic observation and personal ...