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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her agency will need to start taking "extraordinary measures," or special ...

It's unclear how the issue of ownership of the Panama Canal became a talking point for President-elect Donald Trump this week ...

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Gaza's Health Ministry said Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested by Israeli forces along ...

Severe thunderstorms and an outbreak of tornadoes could disrupt holiday travel Saturday. More than 2,700 flights were delayed ...

LONDON — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet," has died, her family ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Maggie Rowe and Emily Garcés, the hosts of the podcast "50 Words for Snow," about words English needs but does not have.

The FDA has declared an end to the shortage of a popular obesity drug. The implications for consumers are complicated.

The Kremlin said air defense systems were firing near Grozny due to a Ukrainian drone strike as the Azerbaijani airliner attempted to land, but stopped short of saying one of these hit the plane.

The dreidel is best known as a beloved Hanukkah tradition. But it actually started as a European gambling toy, only acquiring religious significance in the new world.