It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February.

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Several large U.S. companies deleted some or all DEI references from their most recent annual reports to investors, an NPR ...

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general ...

Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life ...

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The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass ...

This week calls for some throwback thinking. If you can recall how Roman numerals work, you'll get at least one question ...

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have ...

President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people's rights by focusing ...

The Library of Congress has given Mac Barnett the job of promoting books and reading to kids across the country. His plan is ...