From 2005 to 2023, the number of women serving active-duty roles in the U.S. military rose by 12%, while the number of men fell by more than 10%, according to Pentagon data. A third of active-duty ...

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency likely violated the Constitution when they effectively shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, a federal judge has ruled.

There were 30,000 fewer travelers crossing the Canadian border into Maine in February compared to the same month last year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. The one-month snapshot ...

To Gabe D’Alatri, America was the land of endless opportunity. A first-generation immigrant, D’Alatri felt the call to serve this nation and joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 2015. In 2018, he was ...

State biologists say bears are in every town in Vermont outside the Champlain Islands. They're asking Vermonters to take down bird feeders, secure garbage and put up electric fencing to prevent ...

Move over, Big East and ACC: College basketball has a new heavyweight conference. The Southeastern Conference, normally known for its dominance on the football field, has set a new March Madness ...

This story was originally produced by GBH. We are republishing it in partnership with the New England News Collaborative. A New Hampshire man with a green card was detained by immigration officers at ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas says it's willing to release the one living Israeli-American hostage and the bodies of four other dual-national Americans it's been holding in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 ...

While we await the Nintendo Switch 2 and the new slate of games it may bring this year, studios have cranked out surprising hits ranging from cooperative platformers to historical epics. NPR staff and ...

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For decades, doctors have warned Americans not to overindulge in fast food. So it was striking to see the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sit down to a burger and fries ...

WIMBLEDON, N.D. — Spring has arrived early on the prairie west of Fargo. Some dirty snowbanks are all that remain behind the grain bin where Justin Sherlock is firing up an old tractor to dump feed ...