Category: USA
Robert Frank – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This view of a preacher conducting a baptism in the Mississippi River shows a man kneeling and holding a large cross in one hand, a…
Evacuations begin in Florida as the state faces a major hurricane …
CNN — Evacuations are underway and time is running out for Floridians to prepare for Tropical Storm Helene, which threatens to hit as the strongest…
Albertville, Alabama (AL) profile: population, maps, real estate …
Albertville-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Alabama state average. It is 160% greater than the overall U.S. average. On 11/18/1957 , a category F4…
Two tales from one city show the challenges Pope Francis faces to retain his flock in Europe
The congregation at the Don Bosco church solemnly took the holy host after it was blessed during a Sunday service by Nancy Speeckaert — a…
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 7 as people flee south Lebanon
Palestinian officials say Israel’s strikes early Tuesday killed at least seven people in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis. At least 15 others, including women…
Weeks after a school shooting, students return for classes at Apalachee High School
Apalachee High School is set to reopen for classes Tuesday, almost three weeks after a school shooting killed two students and two teachers and injured…
There are 5 executions set over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades
Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions…
World leaders meet under shadow of global divisions, 3 wars and possible Mideast conflict
World leaders will open their annual meeting at the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday under the shadow of increasing global divisions, major wars in Gaza, Ukraine…
Unversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? Here’s a handy glossary of UN General Assembly meeting lingo
The U.N. General Assembly’s yearly meeting of world leaders is here — and with it, an array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms that can…
Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin
In Georgia, election workers will have to hand count the number of ballots cast after voting is completed. In North Carolina, some students and university…