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Federal aid accounts for about a quarter of state and local government revenues, helping fund everything from disaster recovery and food assistance to healthcare and transportation. But these grants are…

Sixty years ago, Best Buy opened its doors as a little audio shop in St. Paul, Minnesota. Hundreds of stores, and more tech launches than we can count later, we’re celebrating with an anniversary party full of doorbusters, can’t-miss…

Trax was one of the most prominent examples of the 2021 startup bubble, when private-market valuations and secondary transactions reached extraordinary levels. The company, founded by Joel Bar-El and Dror…

  26m ago Top Iranian officials will only travel to mediator Pakistan under “appropriate conditions,” says foreign ministry Iranian high-level officials will only travel to mediator Pakistan only under the…

The White House has laid out an ambitious plan to renew American science. Its new report, “Science: A New Golden Age,” calls for closer cooperation among government, industry, universities and…

A Ukrainian drone strike has killed at least 13 people and injured 39 others in Nizhnekamsk, a city in the Tatarstan region deep inside Russia, local authorities said Monday, marking…

All 50 states and the District of Columbia have adopted Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) systems to provide driving safety training for teenagers younger than 18. People who apply for driving…

Mohsen Rezaei, the former commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has been appointed as the head of Iran’s top security body, which plays a crucial role in the…

Aug. 10, 2026, 4:26 a.m. ET As residents are reporting more bear sightings across Ohio, wildlife biologists are trapping, tagging and tracking the black bears as they roam the fields…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Daria Ershova, a 25-year-old brand communications consultant based in Belgrade, Serbia. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I…

One of the nation’s longest-running Black Family Reunion celebrations returns this week for its 38th year. The theme for the Midwest Black Family Reunion Aug. 13-16 is “Resounding Resilience.” Executive…

BBC World Service app in app store The BBC World Service has launched a multilingual app for all of its non-English audiences for the first time. Previously the BBC World…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino arrives for the inauguration of President Abelardo de la Espriella in Cali, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) (Matias Delacroix, Copyright 2026 The Associated…

A collaboration between the UT San Antonio College of AI, Cyber and Computing and UTSA Athletics is turning sports data into actionable insights while giving students the opportunity to tackle…

The European Space Agency is trying to understand why astronauts lose their eyesight in space, in the hope they can figure out how to treat—or even prevent—the condition as looming…

A hacker breached upgradable laptop maker Framework Computer and accessed a customer database. The San Francisco PC maker began notifying customers on Thursday, saying the breach exposed “customer names, email…

Apple wanted to ship your new iPhone with all your data already on it. Photo: Apple Apple planned to make the iPhone upgrade…

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Drake’s “Shabang” and “2 Hard 4 the Radio” both miss reaching No. 1 on different Billboard charts that measure airplay, blocked by the same tune. LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER…

A few days before the June primaries, thousands of Maine voters received a text message encouraging them to support a slate of three Democratic candidates in the race for governor….

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My ideological commitments make Senator Chuck Grassley my adversary for the most part. His vanguard role in reshaping the judicial branch to suit Donald Trump’s whims is, in my view,…

Painter and Meadows were crowned BBC Sports Personality Coach of the Year winners in 2024. They remain resolutely modest when it comes to their own achievements, while the results continue…

Buildings for the Ashbury at Caldwell apartments are rising along Chamberlayne Road in Hanover. (Jonathan Spiers photos) The first buildings of a development that’s been over a decade in the…

Гренландия The American oil company Greenland Energy delivered drilling equipment to an airport on the eastern coast of Greenland for an exploratory project in the Jameson Land area at the…

Independent watchmaking sprouts far beyond well-known centres, and one of the latest examples comes from an unexpected country we largely associate with Carnival, samba, football legends, and the Amazon rainforest….

OXNARD, Calif. — To hear Dallas Cowboys coaches and players tell it, anyone within earshot of a defensive meeting knows something is happening. “If you step in our meeting room,…

Byrna, Lucid, Park-Ohio, JELD-WEN, and Tesla Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know What Happened? A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after the July jobs report showed…

Let’s talk firsts and Jake Dennis.  The first winner of the Gen3 era. The first Gen3 champion. The first polesitter. The first winner of the current season in Sao Paulo….