Famed transgender dancer has shows canceled in China. Some fear a wider crackdown
Transgender dancer Jin Xing’s ascent to the upper echelons of Chinese show business is extraordinary in a nation where it has ...
Barricades were supposed to keep Bourbon Street revelers safe. Here’s why they didn’t
Throngs of New Year’s Day revelers packed in the city’s bustling French Quarter had no strong barriers to protect them from ...
The survivors of recent crashes were sitting at the back of the plane. What does that tell us about airplane safety?
It’s often said that the safest place to sit in a plane is at the back — and the only survivors of the recent Azerbaijan ...
He spent years shadowing smugglers in Mexico. This is what he learned
Jason De León spent seven years shadowing smugglers who guide migrants through Mexico to the US. Their work, he argues, is ...
Angelina Jolie became an actor because it was her mother’s passion, but she has a message about finding your own
Now that she is herself a mother of six, Jolie is focused on allowing them to find their own passions. She mentioned in the ...
Guatemalan and Salvadoran forces arrive in Haiti to join fight against violent gangs
Security forces from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Friday to reinforce a multinational mission tasked with ...
He says he won Venezuela’s presidential election. Now he’s returning to South America as his rival prepares for inauguration
Edmundo González Urrutia is heading to Argentina this week in a show of defiance as Caracas prepares to inaugurate current ...
Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy legacy is far more complex – and successful – than he gets credit for
Early in his presidency, in May 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter gave a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame ...
Biden awards Medal of Honor to 7 US Army soldiers in White House ceremony
President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Honor – the nation’s highest military award for valor – to seven US Army soldiers in ...
Biden to recognize Hillary Clinton, Bono and more with Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Joe Biden will award the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 19 people Saturday, recognizing a broad swathe of luminaries across politics, culture and the ...
Johnson wins dramatic vote to remain House speaker
Republican Rep. Mike Johnson was elected House speaker as the 119th Congress will began Friday after flipping two GOP ...
Jill Biden got the priciest gift from a foreign leader in 2023 — a $20,000 diamond
President Joe Biden and his family were given tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders in 2023, according ...