WASHINGTON -- In the summer of 1941, James F. Byrnes became a Supreme Court justice. Little over a year later, he had had enough and left the court to take a key role in planning the nation's wartime economy.Americans have become accustomed in recent decades t... More »
DUNBARTON, N.H. -- It's harvest time in central New Hampshire, and one farm there appears to have been transplanted from a distant continent. Farmers balance large crates laden with vegetables on their heads while chatting in Somali and other languages. As the... More »
A mission specialist for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded in 2023 is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday.Renata Rojas is the latest person to testify who is connected to Titan owner OceanGate after an investig... More »
BERLIN, Vt. -- This fall, hundreds of the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness in Vermont must leave state-funded motel rooms where they’ve been living as the state winds down its pandemic-era motel voucher program. The move is prompting outcry fro... More »
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Democrats are stepping up their outreach to Polish Americans in this year's presidential election as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump vie for support from a community that could play a decisive role in razor-thin battleground state contests. H... More »
WASHINGTON -- Until recently, Lillian Dunsmuir of Bullhead City, Arizona, “didn’t really think about" Kamala Harris and had no opinion of the vice president. But now she likes what she’s seeing.“She’s funny. I think she’s very smart. She can speak well,” said ... More »
KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave. The 1-month-old died from mpox in eastern Congo in August, but Wisoba, 21, was too traumatized to attend the funeral.In her first visit to ... More »
Pokemon fans who want to relive their youth or finally own one of the toys they saw advertised on TV can get the Pokemon-themed Lite-Brite for its lowest price yet. The Pokemon Lite-Brite featuring Pikachu launched last year for $25, but you can buy one for on... More »
No country was at the top or bottom in every category. The countries that ranked in the top three overall were Australia, the Netherlands and the U.K. Australia, and the Netherlands also had the lowest health care spending, according to the report.The research... More »
The United States health system ranked dead last in an international comparison of 10 peer nations, according to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund.In spite of Americans paying nearly double that of other countries, the system performed poorly on health equ... More »
When Palmer Luckey was hacking together virtual reality headsets at his startup Oculus VR in the mid-2010s, he would sometimes imagine a future in which US soldiers used the technology to sharpen their battlefield senses.That vision is now virtually a reality ... More »
The London-based Thai artist embraces the kaleidoscopic effect of memory in a new solo exhibition at Ronchini in London.Channatip Chanvipava’s approach to his craft is highly personal. His subjects are, in his own words, “explicitly autobiographical an... More »