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The first Super Bowl of the online betting era is upon us, and it’s going to be wild.

American Kit Cox, 35, works as an electrical engineer and enjoys biking and playing piano. But what some might consider surprising about Cox, who was raised as Methodist, is that she practices the Japanese religion known as Shinto.

WASHINGTON — The last time China hosted an Olympic Games, in 2008, the Asian powerhouse held a relatively minor role in American politics, mentioned during debates about outsourcing jobs and little else.

Some unpaved roads reveal nature’s simple engineering, like the path deer chose in a forest centuries ago. Native Americans used the deer paths to travel, and those trails widened over time for horses and buggies to become dirt roads.

A thoughtful look at health care in America, from the point of view of a writer who's been both patient and caregiver.

For decades, Pakistan pursued a policy of supporting the Afghan Taliban while cracking down on the Pakistani Taliban, the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP). With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, Islamabad may have won its “long game”. But its game of chicken may be backfiring with jihadists coming home to roost.

A rare, two-volume Quran owned by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson is returning to America

Tokyo and Washington have agreed to axe duties on Japanese imports to America after Brussels deal with US - but the UK is still left out in the cold, sparking new anger

Mayukh Sen’s ‘Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food In America’ traces Julie’s journey, and that of six other women who made a mark on the American culinary scene