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A US military buildup in the Caribbean after weeks of naval strikes is both the latest case of intervention in Latin America and uniquely aggressive in key ways.

With major shutdown impacts beginning to set in, a scholar of Congress says the House has all but abdicated its position as 'The People's Chamber.'

Since appearing as a public shrine in 2001, the female death deity's popularity has exploded and is a frequent sight in public ceremonies such as the Day of the Dead.

Instead of treating creative work as a legitimate field, US labor policy, copyright law and the tax code have failed to offer artists stability or protection.

Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity, as well as their relationships with people.

Many plants and flowers have symbolic meanings, and their presence on a grave may reflect something unique about the deceased.

The Domain Name System, like most pieces of the internet, was designed to be distributed across many computers. Concentration on few cloud providers is changing that.

Many people do not know about the serious harms that untreated pain in pregnancy can cause.

Uncontrolled inflammation is usually thought to be the culprit behind asthma. But in asthma patients who have survived intimate partner violence, a possible new pattern is emerging.

The memoir of Nathaniel Isaacs, a Jewish merchant who found himself shipwrecked in what is now South Africa, influenced Shaka's long-lasting fame abroad.