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Pope Leo XIV leads first mass

3 months ago

Voices - Winning a bidding war on a home isn't always a win, research shows - Homebuyers who win bidding wars tend to experience a "winner's curse," systematically overpaying for their new homes, research by a real estate professor shows.

3 days ago

Wings, booze and heartbreak -- the hidden costs of being a sports fan

3 days ago

Will Russia implode after Ukraine?

4 days ago

The contested South China Sea shoal where nature, sovereignty collide

5 days ago

Conflict at the drugstore as pharmacists' and patients' values collide -- Lawmakers and courts have wrestled with this question for many years: Do pharmacists have the right and power to make moral decisions for their patients?

3 days ago

Prolonged shutdown could send U.S. economy over the edge -- The consequences of the current federal government shutdown hinge on how long it lasts. If it lasts long time, it could send the U.S. economy into a tailspin.

3 days ago

Chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall redefined what it meant to be human -- Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall.

5 days ago

Some straight talk advice for Pete Hegseth -- While Pete Hegseth prefers the title of secretary of war, he needs to be the secretary of defense in protecting and defending the nation against all enemies.

6 days ago

Trump administration slashes EPA's ability to protect air, water -- As Congress faces a midnight deadline to fund the government, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has put the EPA on the chopping block.

6 days ago

Asian-Pacific economic summit high-stakes barometer of global politics -- The U.N. General Assembly has concluded, and now the world turns its gaze to Gyeongju, where the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit will convene.

10 days ago

Even a brief government shutdown could have lasting effect -- An increasingly familiar prospect is drawing near in Washington is a possible government shutdown. And for federal workers, it couldn't come at a worse time.

10 days ago

How First Amendment protects Americans' speech -- and how it doesn't -- The First Amendment, which has been key element in recent news, protects speech across the political spectrum, even speech that Americans do not like.

12 days ago

Why now is the time for a One Korea policy -- It is time to adopt a One Korea Policy rooted in moral truth, strategic necessity and the shared values of the Republic of Korea and the United States.

12 days ago

Three disasters loom for the United States -- Whether or not the government shuts down in a week, the United States is confronted with a series of potentially explosive and very dangerous crises.

13 days ago

Trump's use of FBI to target enemies echoes J. Edgar Hoover era -- President Donald Trump's recent fury showed how much he expects top officials in federal law enforcement, including the FBI, to carry out his retribution.

16 days ago

Trump's Department of War move shows his flimsy grasp of history -- Trump's language about defense -- and the logic behind it -- demonstrates how little America's leaders have learned from predecessors' failures across 70 years.

18 days ago

Visa allocations essential for Korean workers in U.S. -- President Donald Trump wants investment preserved and expertise welcomed. For U.S. reindustrialization to succeed, Washington must shoulder the responsibility.

18 days ago

Fed rate cut tries to prevent recession without sending prices soaring -- The economy appears to be slowing but remains resilient. That's why the Fed is likely to move gradually. The risk is the window for a soft landing is closing.

19 days ago

U.S. defense in free fall -- The United States needs a serious, non-partisan and no-holds-barred evaluation of the state of the Department of Defense now and over the next decade.

19 days ago

This is who we are: America's 250-year history of political violence -- American politics has long personalized its violence. Time and again, history's advance has been imagined to depend on silencing or destroying a single figure.

20 days ago

Search-and-rescue operations underway in Western Alaska after storm

4 hours ago

Afghanistan-Pakistan cross border battle kills dozens of fighters

7 hours ago

Israel says all 20 living hostages return home from Gaza

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China vows retaliation if Trump follows through on 100% tariff

1 hour ago

Lions' Branch punches Chiefs' Smith-Schuster, triggers postgame fight

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