Stroke was the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, according to the CDC. But up to 80 percent of strokes may be preventable.

WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. retail sales rose last month at a healthy pace in the latest sign that consumer spending is driving the economy’s steady growth.Retail purchases rose 0.4% from September to October, the Commerce Department said Friday, a solid increase though less than the previous month’s robust 0.8% gain. Auto dealers, restaurants and electronics stores all repo...

Millions of people around the world invest in stocks, and the US is one of the largest markets. According to Statista, around 58% of Americans were invested in stocks in 2023 alone. Worldwide, the share is around 40%, with US securities enjoying a particularly high level of popularity. Strong sectors such as technology and health […]

President-elect Donald Trump's pick of Sen. Marco Rubio to become U.S. secretary of state is likely to jolt Latin America after decades of neglect from Washington

People relentlessly mocked Costco for its recent recall of 80,000 pounds of butter because it failed to list its main ingredient, milk, despite it being labeled cream and named…well, butter.   Behind this comical recall is none other than the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA), an administration thats more concerned with the mislabeling of butter ingredients, ...

What You Need to Know: The Akron-class airships, Akron and Macon, represented the pinnacle of rigid airship design and were the U.S. Navy's only flying aircraft carriers. Built by Goodyear-Zeppelin in the 1930s, these helium-filled airships carried aircraft for reconnaissance and had advanced features like internal engines for reduced drag.

WASHINGTON (AP) Americans ages 18 to 29 swung toward President-elect Donald Trump in this years election, but they came to his coalition with sharply different views and interests than older conservatives or most top Republican leaders. Trump won nearly half of voters in the age group, compared with about one-third in 2020, acc...

Only the smartest Americans most ideologically dedicated to the cause of shrinking government should consider polishing up their resums, DOGE says.

Immerse yourself in the richly diverse culture of America’s native peoples.

Mexican authorities warned the storm could cause "intense rains" over the resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula.

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What You Need to Know: In 1921, U.S. Army General Billy Mitchell led Project B, a revolutionary military exercise demonstrating the power of aerial warfare over naval forces. Using bombers, Mitchell's First Provisional Air Brigade sank the "unsinkable" German battleship Ostfriesland and other vessels, proving aircraft could destroy battleships.

Election victories for Donald Trump and other candidates whose campaigns demeaned transgender people reinforced a widespread backlash against trans rights. For America’s LGBTQ+-rights mo...

Spear points, hammer stones and picks lost to history under layers of leaves, roots and rocks it was the evidence Scott Ashcraft was looking for. The ancient tools were inadvertently unearthed in 2021 by a bulldozer fighting a wildfire along a steep slope in western North Carolina. Ashcraft, a career U.S. Forest Service archaeologist, knew these wooded mountainsides held more clu...

In an age of great-power competition, Washington needs the G-20.