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Two people airlifted to Melbourne and another taken to hospital by road

A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to slash research related to child safety net programs

The lustrous, metallic allure of gold has long fueled intrigue and in recent months its market fortunes have also reflected global geopolitical and economic tumult.

Asian markets are higher after China's Commerce Ministry said Beijing is evaluating overtures from the U.S. regarding President Donald Trump’s tariffs

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution

A faded, four-story building that was once a pasta factory now houses the warehouse and bustling workshop of the Rome Opera House. The building is home to a trove of scenic backdrops and 70,000 costumes from over a century of performances.

Behind a rusty gate near Rome’s Circus Maximus is a building passed daily by hordes of tourists

Firefighter planes from Greece, Cyprus, Croatia and Italy were sent to Israel

Black dandyism is finally taking center stage at the Met Gala, with cultural powerhouses leading this subversive, sharply tailored style into the global fashion spotlight

April 25 - May 1, 2025

Cruella de Vil wanted to turn Dalmatian puppies into fur coats

A slab of Brooklyn wall that the artist Banksy emblazoned with a bandaged, heart-shaped balloon is emerging after more than a decade in storage

Nearly four months after wildfires reduced thousands of Los Angeles-area homes to rubble and ash, some residents are starting to rebuild

An Illinois landlord found guilty in a vicious hate crime that left a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy dead and his mother severely injured is due in court for sentencing

The end of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands was exactly 80 years ago on May 5

Trouble may be coming for the American job market

It is now up to Russians and Ukrainians to end this ‘brutal, brutal war’, Vance says

Trump told college grads: ‘I'd pay you a lot of money to have your age’

China's Commerce Ministry says Beijing is evaluating multiple approaches by the Trump administration for trade talks

The Defense Department says it has designated a second stretch on the U.S. border with Mexico as a military zone to enforce immigration laws

Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday hours after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria

Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the gay-themed song “I Kissed a Girl,” has died in a house fire

A debate over whether to create harsher penalties for soliciting and buying sex from older teenagers exploded in the California Legislature this week

That’s up to Trump, the vice president declared in an interview with Brett Baier

Exclusive details: ‘This isn’t some kind of money grab, [my client] really was put in a bad spot, emotionally,’ attorney Christopher Adkins told The Independent of former San Antonio police officer Antonio Martinez.