America is celebrating its 250th year, and Washington, D.C., is undergoing significant changes under President Donald Trump.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government is giving priority to strengthening the world's first laws that ban children younger than 16 from social media platforms.
St. Bernard dogs walk the same mountain paths their ancestors patrolled for hundreds of years at the Great St. Bernard Pass in the Swiss Alps.
In designing the uniforms for this year's World Cup, Nike and other apparel makers sought to channel national pride and maximize comfort.
Serena Williams keeps on commenting half-jokingly about how “it’s summer” and “the kids aren’t in school” as the reasoning for her tennis comeback at age 44.
Apple on Thursday announced an increase in prices for Macs and iPads, citing a memory chip shortage brought on by the artificial intelligence boom.
A series of Norman Rockwell sketches of scenes from the West Wing lobby is going on public display for the first time.
A viral sensation from this World Cup, Merlín the duck was at Mexico City's stadium before the national team's match against the Czech Republic.
As the world tries to curb human-caused climate change and not run dry of water, every online query is increasing our environmental footprint and exacerbating the problem.
The new Jeep Cherokee and the Subaru Forester Wilderness could be appealing if you’re interested in a high-mpg SUV that can help you get out into nature on the weekends.
Archaeologists say they have discovered a huge Viking Age textile production site in Denmark that dates back more than 1,000 years and underlines the sophistication of Viking society.
Pharrell Williams has sent Louis Vuitton’s dandy surfer over a giant wave at Paris Fashion Week.
Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons reimagine jeans-inspired basics in leather and technical fabrics for their latest collection.
Rumors that Taylor Swift was planning to marry at her Rhode Island home this weekend have drawn fans, photographers and curious visitors to the seaside village of Watch Hill after a large tent appeared near her estate.
A woman in South Africa found opportunity in a COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 when she used the suspension of her studies at an agricultural college to plant her own vineyard at her family home.
The World Cup has been delivering thrills on the pitch, but fans have flooded social media with complaints about tickets that never arrived, orders canceled at the last minute and hours spent trying to sort out problems between FIFA’s ticketing system and outside resale platforms.
The death of an Indian teenager in New York's Central Park has intensified calls to ban horse-drawn carriages.
The kits at the World Cup are mishmash of verve and color featuring elements of the competing nations' culture and history.
The New York Knicks celebrated their first NBA championship in 53 years with a ticker-tape parade through Manhattan’s “Canyon of Heroes,” drawing thousands of fans dressed in the team’s blue and orange.
Archaeologists say they have discovered a structure near Stonehenge that may have served as a “prototype” for the monument.
British television personality Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he has prostate cancer on the final fifth-season episodes of his farm reality show.
Plug-in hybrids may come in all shapes and sizes, but they all have one thing in common: They’re a great way to dip your toes into the electric vehicle pool without completely giving up the convenience of gasoline.
Franklin Roosevelt helped launch the modern system of presidential libraries in the late 1930s.
Some Argentina fans shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to follow the World Cup defending champions around the U.S. One group made a 20-hour drive to Tuesday’s opening match in Kansas City against Algeria, living on sandwiches, to save money.
Vozinha gasped and laughed in shock when shown the number of new Instagram followers he had gained after helping tiny Cape Verde hold off powerhouse Spain in his team’s World Cup debut.
The Knicks have ended their 53-year NBA championship drought, sparking citywide celebrations in New York.
Several of the skydivers who were killed when their plane crashed moments after taking off from a Missouri airfield were experienced jumpers.
As World Cup teams establish training bases across the United States, communities far from the tournament’s host cities are embracing the international spotlight.
The use of advanced sonar to catch fish has some anglers divided about the point of heading out onto the lake.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain will ban children under 16 from using social media apps like Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube from early next year.
Roaring crowds wearing stars and stripes came out to support the U.S. men's soccer team in their World Cup opener against Paraguay.
Steven Spielberg's new film “Disclosure Day” explores extraterrestrial life and its impact on religion.
Visa is embedding its payment network into ChatGPT, allowing the chatbot to shop and complete transactions for users.
In Brazil, home of soccer-mad fans and the five-time world champions, the only way to watch all 104 games of the World Cup will be through the streaming platform anchored by a digital influencer.
The current used market offers exceptional performance cars for under $25,000, ranging from refined turbocharged German coupes and raw V8-powered American icons to practical hot hatches and lightweight specialty cars.
The students in Bengie Santos' exercise class at the Greater Seattle Y say there's something special about their 72-year-old instructor.
Researchers commissioned by President Joe Biden's Democratic administration to investigate alcohol-related health harms have released their findings independently.
Humanoid robots struggling with tasks like grasping a cup have a new teacher — a person wearing an ultrasound wristband that captures the movement of muscles, tendons and ligaments beneath the skin.
Dubbed "Leonardo's Ferry," a cable-guided vessel offers commuters a peaceful five-minute ride across northern Italy's Adda River.
Vice President JD Vance has added a chicken coop, along with a dozen baby chicks, to his residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has been passionate about skateboarding since his teenage years in Montana.
The 2026 World Cup has drawn intense criticism from globe-trotting fans who over the years have helped define the tournament's festive atmosphere.
Former President Barack Obama’s influence in his presidential museum runs deep, from the Chicago location to the textured stone adorning its dramatic tower, art installations and a striped reading chairs that resemble ones in his own home.
Georgia's oldest city is welcoming a truckload of historical treasures from the earlier period of U.S. history.
Electric SUVs are becoming the default choice for many car buyers, shifting the question from whether to go electric to which model fits everyday life best.
Dozens of people adopted abroad fastened ceramic nametags recently on a cobblestone wall at a park on a former U.S. military base in Paju, South Korea.
Thousands of people in New Zealand have attended one of the world’s best-known steampunk festivals.
Archaeologists are digging beneath Notre Dame cathedral to explore as far back as Roman Paris from 2,000 years ago.
Archaeologists have unearthed ancient artifacts in Egypt including Pharaonic funerary furniture and a marble head of Greek goddess Aphrodite.
The rise of remote work since the pandemic has made businesses more reluctant to hire young, inexperienced workers and is the key driver of higher unemployment rates for recent college graduates, a study released Monday has found.
Traveling to Spain in June and France in September, Pope Leo XIV will find traditionally Catholic but now staunchly secular countries with an abundance of historic churches but few people in the pews.
The decades-long quest to build home robots that are both helpful and lifelike — spurred on by fictional machines like The Jetsons’ humanoid maid Rosie —- is still mostly a pipe dream, but some developers are getting closer.
Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening in Chicago on Juneteenth.
New York City residents and visitors are treated to a phenomenon twice a year known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers.
A new exhibit called “Hidden Treasures” shines a light on the 250 year cultural dialogue between France and the U.S. through the lens of French luxury goods.
