Still, when crises erupt, even spin dictators often revert to more traditional tactics. Russia’s Putin has cracked down violently on protesters and jailed opposition leaders. Meanwhile, more brutal ...

Every two-word combination must be unique. Called binomial nomenclature, this naming system was popularized by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the 1700s. So, humans are Homo sapiens, the red maple ...

Over the past five or 10 years, methylene blue has come to be touted online as a so-called nootropic agent – a substance that enhances cognitive function. Vendors claim that it amps up brain energy, ...

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship ...

The laws of soccer on taking a penalty kick have been clarified after Julián Álvarez’s accidental double touch helped to ...

Dollar General set a quarterly sales record of $10.44 billion and it upgraded its annual profit and sales outlook as ...

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Former CIA director and Biden cabinet official William J. Burns is working on a book about his years leading the intelligence ...

Connie Bai, a Silicon Valley program manager, has been buying properties in and around the Bay Area since 2011. Now, the ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc. (OLLI) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $47.6 million. The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Signet Jewelers Ltd. (SIG) on Tuesday reported earnings of $33.5 million in its fiscal first quarter. The Hamilton, Bermuda-based company said it had ...

Bernard Maybeck's first residential commission, 1770 Highland Place, in the Berkeley Hills blends art and architecture and is ...