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Brent Sass, the defending Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, withdrew from this year’s race on Saturday, citing concerns for his health. Sass scratched at the Eagle Island checkpoint, a statement from the Iditarod said. Eagle Island…

Residents are complaining about burning eyes and breathing problems. Dead fish have washed up on beaches. A beachside festival has been canceled, even though it wasn’t scheduled for another month. Florida’s southwest coast experienced a…

The United States rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday after it experienced a run on the bank. Silicon Valley, the nation's 16th-largest bank, failed after depositors — mostly technology workers and venture…

The United States Agency for Global Media’s Chief Executive Officer Amanda Bennett said Thursday the agency she leads is facing a critical time globally in which access to credible news is threatened by authoritarian regimes. During a…

America's employers added a substantial 311,000 jobs in February, fewer than January's huge gain but enough to keep pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates aggressively to fight inflation. The unemployment rate rose to…

By launching an unmanned capsule into space, sending it around the moon and bringing it back to Earth in November, NASA demonstrated how it will once again transport astronauts to the lunar surface — a core goal of the Artemis program.…

Despite its rocky relations with China, the White House says it welcomes Beijing's efforts to help end the war in Yemen and de-escalate tensions in the region following the announcement of a Chinese-brokered deal that allows Iran and Saudi…

The United States rushed to seize the assets of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday after it experienced a run on the bank. Silicon Valley, the nation's 16th-largest bank, failed after depositors — mostly technology workers and venture…

Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. UN chief makes brief trip to Ukraine U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday…

The Republican chairman of a special House committee targeting China called Beijing's government “bloodthirsty” and “power hungry” on Friday at a rally outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington.  Representative Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin…