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An Air Force F-35 fighter jet crashed on Tuesday during a training mission in central Alaska. Officials say the crash ...

Trump directing the opening of Guantanamo Bay for immigrants; White House rescinds memo freezing federal grants; The Fed ...

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, public schools in New York will be closed. Why? A state law signed in 2023 provides the answer. That year, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation declaring the Lunar New ...

The period from Christmas through the second trading day of January marks the traditional definition of the Santa Claus rally. Over the past century, the U.S. stock market during this period has ...

But Inauguration Day didn’t always take place in January. Initially, Congress had set March 4, 1789 as the date “for commencing proceedings” of the new government, according to History.com.

The sun’s frustrating collision with Mars lingers this morning, so asserting yourself may be a struggle. Focus on what is possible rather than fixating on what isn’t. If you can’t move ...

BENGALURU, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada will cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.00% on Jan. 29, according to a Reuters poll of economists, but many were not confident about the ...

The special counsel Jack Smith just delivered his final report on the January 6, 2021, insurrection. The 137-page document, sent by the Department of Justice to Congress on January 7 and made ...

Sunday on PBS News Weekend, a powerful winter storm bears down on tens of millions of Americans, packing a dangerous mix of snow, ice and heavy rain. Then, four years after the attack on the U.S ...

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