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President Trump OK'd a naval buildup in the Caribbean, strikes on boats in international waters and covert operations in Venezuela. A military analyst can't see a coherent strategy or objective.

Starting Nov. 1, 2025, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will stop being distributed in Pennsylvania due to the federal government shutdown, which began Oct. 1.

The term refers to a power whose military capabilities are approaching that of the dominant power. But for the US, seeing China this way comes with big risks.

Tropical storms are guided by many different wind patterns: big, like the Bermuda high, and small. A hurricane researcher explains their role in why so many storms veered off into the Atlantic in 2025.

Preventable injuries and deaths kill more Americans in the first half of life than any other cause, including cancer. Yet the programs aimed at addressing them have been gutted by CDC layoffs.

Just a few years ago, agricultural drones were expensive, small and difficult to use, limiting their appeal to farmers. No longer.

Two groups of clergy challenged a Washington state law meant to help fight child abuse - but which could have required clergy to break the seal of confession.

A chocolate rivalry in the 1960s transformed a Pennsylvania town and its iconic amusement park.

The 1984 murder of a Black grandmother in her Bronx apartment sparked an ongoing movement against police brutality and neglect of the mentally ill.

Even in the best of times, the Fed has a tough time interpreting the data and deciding how best to guide the US economy.