Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at 88, the Vatican said. The pontiff's funeral is scheduled for Saturday, April 26, accordin...
President Donald Trump's severe tariffs against virtually all U.S. trading partners are set to take effect on Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. ET. Among his sweeping new trade moves is a hefty 104% tariff rate on China. Trump has described the tariffs as &...
Billionaire Elon Musk will visit the Pentagon on Friday and will attend a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff that will touch on China a U.S. official told ABC News. Trump and other top officials have lashed out at a federal judge as the adminis...
With spring will come warmer temperatures, flora in bloom -- and millions of screaming insects emerging from their resting place beneath the ground. Three species of cicada that only emerge once every 17 years are gearing up to spring to the surfac...
For the last 130 years, four generations of Ernest Lepore's family have baked the pastries – cream puffs, cannoli, sfogliatelle – that have come to define Manhattan's Little Italy neighborhood, withstanding wars, economic downturns and d...
President Donald Trump's administration is continuing its radical effort to cut much of the federal government and crackdown on immigration -- and is being met with dozens of legal challenges. More than 6,000 Internal Revenue Service wor...
President Donald Trump's administration, including Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, is continuing its sweeping effort to cut much of the federal government -- but it's being met with legal challenges. Trump is also making his seco...
President Donald Trump's second administration continues its swift recasting of the federal government, prompting pushback from Democrats and legal challenges. The administration is expected on Friday to reduce the USAID workforce from 14,000 to on...
As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its swift recasting of the federal government and American foreign policy, the president issued a stunning proposal, saying the U.S. would "take over" the Gaza Strip, "level...
Food expiration dates don’t mean what you think - Carolyn Beans...
At least 25 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Los Angeles area. Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles Cou...
At least five people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions. Thousands of firefighters are battling at least five major wildfires dotted around the Los Angeles ...
An Army veteran who was "hell-bent" on killing as many people as possible drove a rented pickup truck around a parked police car serving as a barricade and plowed through a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, leav...
Homebuyers eager to forget this year'shousing marketmayring in 2025with an extra dash of zeal. A rapid rise in home prices has coincided with stubbornly highmortgage rates, shutting out potential buyers with daunting co...
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A new piece of music believed to be by the Polish composer Frederic Chopin has been discovered. The unknown waltz was unearthed in the vault of the Morgan Library and Museum in New York. The rare manuscript - dated between 1830 and 1835 - was disco...
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Elisa Marshall and Benjamin Sormonte invested all of their life savings, plus more money from family and friends, to open a cafe called Maman in New York in 2014. Last year, Maman's 34 locations brought in nearly $50 million. \\\\"It was one of the ...
Sara Anne Willette and her family plan on moving to the countryside in the South as COVID-19 continues to impact the immunocompromised community. Charis Hill, who has been socially isolating for the last four years, has found comfort in thei...