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Roughly a third of the nation's 620,000 bridges — 36% — need major repair work or replacement.

Seven years after Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and the United States’ reaffirmation to support Ukraine’s territorial integrity, more than 127,000 Russian troops are positioned on Ukraine’s eastern border. Russia could double that number “in relatively short order” according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Warnings of imminent invasion, including…

At least 20 states in the US have eliminated the tampon tax, but 30 states still apply an additional sales tax on menstrual products

U.S. President Joe Biden has been seemingly unwilling to acknowledge Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) as a leader in America's transition to electric vehicles, and people are taking notice.

With the Thai affinity for Italian food, the lack of Italian-American in the country is tad mind-boggling. Filling the gap in the "Italian" restaurant market is Tony's (Italians don't @ me), which focuses on chef-patron Anthony Burd's heritage.

With Congress failing to pass new voting rights legislation, it’s worth remembering that throughout U.S. history, new civil rights laws designed to end racial inequities across American life have been met by stubborn resistance.

On Jan. 24, three Republican state Senate candidates in Texas rejected a joint endorsement from LIBRE Action—the political action committee affiliated with the LIBRE Initiative—and Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Action. Pete Flores (SD-24), Mayes Middleton (SD-11), and state Rep. Tan Parker (SD-12) cited disagreement with the LIBRE Initiative’s positions on…

Bomb threats have been disrupting classes at close to 20 predominantly Black universities in the United States. After a handful of threats on Monday, the first day of Black History Month in the US, more than a dozen campuses went into lockdown over new threats the next day. Tensions are…

It shocked, it stunned, it was even burned and banned in America and Britain. Now the epic novel "Ulysses" by literature's original bad boy James Joyce is considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. A hundred years ago this week, it was published in Paris on his…