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An already bad situation in the West African nation of Burkina Faso appears to be getting worse. This month alone more than 60 people have died in ethnic clashes inflamed by Islamist extremists seeking to gain a stronghold in the Sahel
Jordan Peele’s recent horror blockbuster, Us, follows his directorial debut in 2017 with the Oscar-winning horror film, Get Out
Doctors from the United States and Venezuela are working together to help patients in Venezuela
As recently as a half-century ago, young American students would spend many lessons writing curved loops and diagonal lines, as they learned how to write in cursive
The famous cherry blossoms on the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC are passing their peak but others in the area are in full bloom
New York City has declared a public health emergency amid an alarming spike in the number of measles cases among largely unvaccinated children. Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children could now face heavy fines
A wall on New York’s Ellis Island that honors immigrants is almost at full capacity. To date, 770 panels are engraved with the names of almost 800,000 immigrants — including arrivals who never disembarked at Ellis Island
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol continues to face difficulties in processing the large number of undocumented migrants who are entering the U.S. through El Paso, Texas
In Malawi, the cyclone’s floodwaters swamped medical facilities, forcing people to either walk long distances for healthcare or go without. The United Nations Children’s Fund has deployed mobile clinics to evacuation camps to meet those medical needs