United States

U.S. Postal Service data shows that more than 6,000 dog attacks were recorded in 2024.

In its annual Year in Hate and Extremism report, released Thursday, the SPLC said it counted 1,371 hate and extremist groups, a 5% decline.

U.S. News & World Report has released its annual list of the best places to live in the U.S., with Johns Creek, Georgia taking the top spot.

The Senate has confirmed real estate developer Charles Kushner, the father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France. Charles Kushner was pardoned by Trump in December 2020 after pleading guilty years earlier to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations. Prosecutors alleged that he hatched a scheme for revenge and intimidation after discovering his brother-in-law was cooperating with...

Netflix has thrown “Sesame Street” a safety net with a new streaming deal that offers the popular children’s staple a broad reach while keeping it on its long-standing home, PBS, at the same time, the companies announced Monday. Starting later this year, new episodes will run on Netflix, PBS and the PBS Kids app on the same day. No specific premiere...

Here’s what you should know about the benefits offered by the federal agency that administers Social Security.

The two sides agreed to cancel 91% in tariffs on each other’s goods and suspend another 24% in tariffs for 90 days.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost has been chosen by the conclave to be the next pope. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, took the…

White smoke poured from a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel Thursday, signifying that a new pope had been selected.

The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces.

Barely four months into President Donald Trump’s non-consecutive second term and the online store for the Trump Organization is already selling “Trump 2028” merchandise — suggesting or, at the very least capitalizing on the idea, that Trump will run a third term. A red, trucker-style hat, a red t-shirt and a set of two can coolers emblazoned with “Trump 2028”…

A federal judge in California on Thursday barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions, saying that portions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders were unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge William Orrick issued the injunction sought by San Francisco and more than a dozen other municipalities that limit cooperation with federal immigration...

Executive orders are signed directives from the president that instruct the government to take action. Here’s what you need to know.

A dozen states, led by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, sued the Trump administration over its global tariff policies.

If you waited until the last minute to file your taxes, here’s a friendly reminder: the deadline is Tuesday, April 15. While, most people meet their tax responsibilities by having their taxes deducted from their paychecks, pension payments, Social Security benefits or other governmental payments, others must pay-as-they-go, meaning that those who do not have their taxes withheld must make…

U.S. stocks careened, yet again, after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his tariffs higher on Monday. While the word “recession” has been thrown around lately, is one really looming? What exactly does a recession mean and what does it mean…for you? Here’s what you need to know: A recession as a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than...

An economic recession is defined as a significant and widespread decline in economic activity for multiple months.

In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones that oversee billions of dollars in funds for addiction services and community health centers across the country. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized the department he oversees as an inefficient “sprawling bureaucracy” in a video announcing the...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services manages government-funded health insurance programs, monitors infectious diseases, inspects foods and hospitals, and more.

Nordic countries continue to dominate the rankings while Afghanistan is once again the world’s unhappiest nation.