A blackout brought much of the Iberian Peninsula to a standstill Monday, stopping trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATMs for millions of people. Read More. |
Canadians were deciding Monday whether to extend the Liberal Party’s decade in power by picking new Prime Minister Mark Carney or hand control to Conservatives and their populist leader Pierre Poilievre. The election also was a referendum of sorts on someone who isn’t even Canadian: Donald Trump. Read More. |
Plans to protect against natural disasters and climate change have been upended nationwide because of the Trump administration's elimination of a federal grant program. Read More. |
The main cause of Gene Hackman's death was heart disease, but he was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease and likely had not eaten for a long time, according to a new autopsy report. Read More. |
As the Vatican switches gears from saying goodbye to Pope Francis to electing his successor, the status of a once-powerful Italian cardinal has been a constant question and source of gossip as preparations get under way for the May 7 conclave. Read More. |
The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces on April 30, 1975. But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical legacy. Read More. |
It’s not often that the 144th overall pick is the biggest story of the NFL draft. In a three-day spectacle of cringe that will live in football lore for a long time, University of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders fell from a potential top-five overall selection on Thursday to the fifth round on Read More. |
U.S. health officials are pushing to get artificial colors out of the nation's food supply and many businesses are rushing to convert their products from synthetic to natural colors. Read More. |
Abel Tesfaye has always known he wanted to pursue a career in cinema. He sees his meteoric rise to fame as one of today’s biggest pop superstars under the moniker The Weeknd as a detour to make that happen. Read More. |
