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It is time — actually, well past time — for members of Congress to hitch up their Big Boy and Girl pants, red as well as blue ...

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We’ve all seen those movies where something goes wrong with technology and suddenly, it’s chaos. Well, sometimes ...

A Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest great ape, has been discovered dead in mud and log debris in a village in northern ...

The world's largest humanitarian network said on Friday it has appealed for 400 million Swiss francs ($502.64 million) less ...

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The scale of destruction in many of the urban centers of Syria is massive. (photo via Freedom House’s Flickrstream) This year has had its fair share of disasters for the cultural community. From war ...

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a spectacular annual event marched by thousands and watched by millions — and a massive undertaking with countless moving parts. Inevitably, mistakes happen, ...