A new National Park Service report backs President Donald Trump’s proposed arch, despite what it says are adverse effects on a host of Washington’s iconic landmarks, including the Washington Monument and Lincoln and Jefferson memorials
August 29, 2026
Tennessee intends to name Nashville International Airport after country music icon Dolly Parton, according to a statement on Friday, after the
August 29, 2026
California on Friday sued the Trump administration and an offshore wind developer over a deal that canceled a planned project off the state's Central Coast in exchange for a $120
August 29, 2026
Gov. Lee proposes renaming Nashville International Airport in honor of Dolly Parton
August 29, 2026
Jurors have been excused for the day after not yet reaching a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial
August 28, 2026
A push by fans to rename Nashville’s airport for Dolly Parton appears to be taking flight just days after the country music icon’s death
August 29, 2026
States can regulate prediction markets as gambling, federal appeals court rules
August 29, 2026
Nearly 200,000 people were forcibly returned to Haiti in the first eight months of this year, a U.N. official told an emergency meeting of the Security Council on
August 29, 2026
Woman dies after tree falls on camper during severe storms
August 29, 2026
Bus stop shooting reopens old wounds for families of slain students
August 29, 2026
Streams of Dolly Parton's music have skyrocketed since the country legend died on Tuesday
August 28, 2026
Brazil's central bank is studying measures to curb the rising debt burden of the country's consumers but plans first to
August 29, 2026
Negotiators from Boeing and its largest white-collar union plan to meet Monday to resume contract discussions, a spokesman for the Society of Professional
August 28, 2026
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August 28, 2026
A federal judge denied Donald Trump's attempt to move his already decided New York state hush money case to federal court, in a setback on Friday for the U.S.
August 28, 2026
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic has accused a U.N. court of “uncivilized behavior” for denying early release to former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic
August 28, 2026
The Trump administration on Friday appealed a court order requiring it to make payments for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel project after losing its
August 28, 2026
A federal judge on Friday declined to immediately block U.S.
August 28, 2026
(Corrects last paragraph to say it is the Navy's longest deployment, not the longest deployment for the USS Gerald R.
August 27, 2026
For better or worse, Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms reshaped the world
August 29, 2026
Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish health authorities for decades were split over whether the practice constituted genocide
August 28, 2026
Judge pauses US Postal Service plan to implement Trump’s new mail voting restrictions
August 28, 2026
Whether ad-libbing her way through a duet or joking about her glamorous image, Parton turned sexist assumptions into a source of power.
August 28, 2026
Community members push back on Flock camera system
August 28, 2026
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he has sent before about his economic outlook
August 28, 2026
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Friday that he still saw little sign that the surge in energy prices caused by the U.S.-Iran conflict was creating serious longer-term
August 28, 2026
Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Friday Russia was greatly concerned about the arrests of opposition figures in Armenia, and reiterated that Yerevan would not be able to
August 28, 2026
The European Central Bank should embrace blockchain technology to safeguard its role at the heart of the financial system, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel
August 28, 2026
The U.S. imposed Iran-related sanctions on an Egyptian bank on Friday, part of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's campaign to
August 28, 2026
An Israeli strike killed a Hamas operative and two of his accomplices in the West Bank on Friday, the military said, in a rare use of deadly air power in the
August 28, 2026
Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru signed a joint declaration on Friday to deepen cooperation on strategic minerals, aiming to boost development, coordination and
August 28, 2026
Nathan Cofnas, the U.S. academic who accused late Cambridge University professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, has been allowed to resume some of his work at
August 28, 2026
Canada recorded a sharply lower C$370 million ($266.57 million) budget deficit for the first three months of the 2026/27 fiscal year as government expenditures grew
August 28, 2026
Smartphones and social media have transformed journalism by producing a torrent of photos and videos of almost anything that happens where people are present, from holidays to
August 28, 2026
Nepal does not need foreign assistance for search-and-rescue operations following the devastating flash flood that swept through several towns on
August 28, 2026
The U.S. dollar saw strong gains on Friday, putting it on track for its biggest daily climb in 2-1/2 months after U.S.
August 28, 2026
The Cambodian government has claimed a milestone in its fight against the scam industry accused of stealing billions of dollars from victims around the world, with officials saying
August 28, 2026
A respected drug and mental health institute in the Netherlands is warning about potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped like U.S. President Donald Trump's head
August 28, 2026
President Donald Trump marks an awkward moment in his second White House term as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran reaches the six-month mark
August 28, 2026
Debate over Data Centers: Neighbors oppose proposed legislation
August 28, 2026
Rescuers are relying on helicopters to reach survivors stranded by flash floods along the Nepal-China border, where most major roads and bridges have been destroyed. The number of people listed as missing in both Nepal and China has risen dramatically to over 1,300 people.
August 27, 2026
Vietnam Veteran back the uniform he once thought was gone forever
August 28, 2026
Congo government figures show that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo
August 28, 2026
Walmart has settled a U.S. government lawsuit accusing the retailer of fueling a nationwide opioid epidemic by unlawfully dispensing prescriptions from its pharmacies, the
August 28, 2026
As top-selling weight-loss drugs help more U.S. men slim down, a growing number are seeking cosmetic treatments for sagging skin, hair loss and dental issues to
August 28, 2026
Volkswagen's supervisory board is meeting in a week's time to discuss its biggest ever turnaround plan that has pitted management against unions and the state of
August 28, 2026
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed the former commander of a now-dissolved Kurdish-led fighting force as a presidential adviser on Friday, reflecting a rapprochement between
August 28, 2026
India's industrial output growth slowed to 6.7% year-on-year in July, data showed on Friday, as mining activity contracted, with growth in manufacturing
August 28, 2026
Nepal is monitoring two lakes upstream of the flood zone where hundreds died on Wednesday, an official with Nepal's Disaster Management Authority said.
August 28, 2026
Seven protesters accused of daubing pro-Palestinian graffiti on U.S.
August 28, 2026
Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved, extrovert father over more than three decades on the throne
August 28, 2026
A narrow majority of Icelandic voters oppose reopening negotiations to join the EU, a new Gallup opinion poll showed on Friday, a shift from earlier polls, ahead of a
August 28, 2026
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August 28, 2026
Celine Dion has arrived in Paris for her first concerts since revealing her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis
August 28, 2026
Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of “The Odyssey” is a million-seller
August 28, 2026
Serbia says convicted war criminal Mladić to be buried with ‘highest honors’
August 28, 2026
The cheapest accommodation in Paris is disappearing: Here’s why
August 28, 2026
A team of historians, archaeologists and forensic anthropologists is trying to identify 15 German soldiers who were unceremoniously dumped in a ditch after trying to help the British capture Philadelphia.
August 28, 2026
Rural places have long built and expanded prisons to tap federal funds during hard times.
August 28, 2026
Russia's central bank will continue cutting its key rate, lowering it to 13.5% from 14% by the end of this year, Sberbank's chief economist Alexander
August 28, 2026
Police fired tear gas to disperse small-scale traders protesting against an import duty hike, a Reuters witness saw on Friday, while hundreds of businesses closed in
August 28, 2026
More than 90,000 people are estimated to be directly affected by the Himalayan landslide and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the Red Cross said on Friday, as aid
August 28, 2026
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S.
August 28, 2026
The families of South Korean workers missing after a catastrophic flash flood in Nepal urged authorities on Friday to secure helicopter access
August 28, 2026
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August 27, 2026
Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved father over more than three decades on the throne, has died aged 89, the royal palace said on
August 28, 2026
Commodity trader Radiant World is under scrutiny as counterparties have stopped doing business with it following news that authorities are investigating a report it provided
August 28, 2026
A beloved New Orleans hospital building where doctors and nurses heroically treated patients without electricity after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is poised for redevelopment
August 28, 2026
San Francisco jeweler loses hundreds of thousands in devastating burglary
August 28, 2026
Hungry goats help reveal past at historic African American cemetery in College Park
August 28, 2026
Bicycle shop in Marblehead, Massachusetts won't sell e-bikes to kids: "They're too fast"
August 28, 2026
Rooted in Philadelphia area, The Berenstain Bears has a "major media project in the works"
August 28, 2026
Security guard Ni-arfan Doloh was taking a routine photograph for his nightly report on Saturday when five masked men carrying rifles emerged
August 28, 2026
In the pre-dawn darkness on an island in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese troops earlier this month pulled long, gleaming 105mm shells from
August 28, 2026
US Treasury's Bessent faces G20 diplomacy test amid tariffs, Iran war, bond turmoil
Guinea-Bissau votes in a referendum to grant expanded presidential powers ahead of election
Malaysia PM unveils measures to tackle living costs, support local businesses
The battle to build a global defence bank
Orangutan rescued from fire zone in Indonesia's Borneo, battles respiratory illness
Pakistan will award nurse for saving the sole newborn survivor of a hospital nursery fire