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Affordable, familiar and reassuring are the features that make American chain restaurants a near-ubiquitous presence throughout the country; it is almost as if they are baked [...]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The White House plans to break up a key weather and climate research center in Colorado, a move experts say could jeopardize the accuracy of [...]

A Reddit post by an observant witness helped lead investigators to the gunman officials say was responsible for the killing of two students during the shooting at Brown [...]

The late, great Fela Kuti is known as the “Black President” for his role as both a musical and a political leader. Now he has become the first African artist to [...]

It’s feeding time for the animals on this property outside Nashville. An albino raccoon named Cricket reaches through the wires of its cage to grab an animal cracker [...]

America’s new top health diplomat is Bethany Kozma. The job she took on this week — leading the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Global Affairs — [...]

It’s easy to lose our critical thinking skills around the holidays. In a frenzy of last-minute gift shopping and travel bookings, we can be more anxious, more [...]

Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images By law, the Justice Department has until Friday to release files related to the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein. Under the Epstein Files [...]

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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; John Lamparski/Getty Images; Hulton Archive/Getty Images This week, the president delivered a speech that interrupted the Survivor finale. Rude! [...]