Don't get angry, but the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year is 'rage bait' The 2025 selection follows its predecessors, "brain rot" from 2024, "rizz" from 2023 and "goblin mode" from 2022.
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Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
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Months of tumult and waves of staff cuts take a toll on the CDC After losing thousands of staffers and facing attacks this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hampered in its ability to protect the public from health problems and emergencies.
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For the first time since 1988, the U.S. is not officially commemorating World AIDS Day Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree.
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As political winds shift, top chipmaker TSMC looks beyond Taiwan The lifeblood of Silicon Valley — advanced microchips — pumps from a science park on Taiwan's west coast, mostly from TSMC, the world's biggest chipmaker. But now the company is looking abroad for places to grow.
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Afghan suspect in D.C. National Guard attack appeared to suffer personal crisis Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national, is accused of shooting two National Guard soldiers on Nov. 26. One of those soldiers, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her wounds.
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From subways to galleries: Miami's Museum of Graffiti traces the appeal of street art A new show at Miami's Museum of Graffiti traces the origins and development of street art. What began in the 1970s with teenagers tagging New York subway cars has grown into a worldwide art movement.
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After East Wing demolition, White House tours are back just in time for the holidays For the first time in three months, the White House is reopening for public tours, just in time for the holidays.
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Fired worker sues government in a case that could upend civil rights laws A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat.
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Austria's rebel nuns refuse to give up Instagram to stay in their convent The trio of octogenarian nuns gained global fame after fleeing their care home and breaking into their former convent. Now their superior has asked the Vatican to intercede in the dispute.
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