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At least one beach delayed opening to holiday revelers Tuesday, after officials said drones spotted some 50 sand sharks that morning near a popular beach park

“Patriot” has become infused in political rhetoric and school curriculums, with varying definitions, while being appropriated by white nationalist groups

“Don’t Let Them Bury My Story” becomes widely available for purchase on Aug. 15. It’s a call to action for readers to pursue truth, justice and reconciliation no matter how long it takes

Only in the mid-19th century does the U.S. flag become a permanent fixture at the White House, scholars believe

The shooting happened just hours after the end of the Independence Day celebration called ComoFest in a historically Black neighborhood

Secret Service agents were doing routine rounds on Sunday when they found the white powder in an area accessible to tour groups

Champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is in search of a 16th title in the men’s division

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that “there have been certain contacts on the subject, but we don’t want them to be discussed in public”

The suspension of federal student loan payments, which took effect at the height of the pandemic in 2020, expires late this summer

The parade features a wide range of participants, including military bands, marching units, drill teams, floats, and various performers

The shooting occurred a day after gunfire erupted at a holiday weekend block party in Baltimore, about 100 miles to the southwest, killing two people and wounding 28 others

Their behavior can range from cowering in corners to running away from home

The park, which straddles the North Carolina and South Carolina line, closed the ride late last week as questions swirled about how the crack occurred

Warmer air over metropolitan areas combined with many square miles of impermeable concrete add up to intensifying storms that generate billions of gallons of run-off rainfall with nowhere to go

Starting Sunday, the cost of the first-class “forever” stamps will jump from 63 to 66 cents

Lorie Smith’s case was allowed to proceed all the way to the nation’s highest court with an apparent misrepresentation

It was not immediately known where Farias had been the last eight years, police spokesman said

A bill aimed at banning drag shows in public places remains stalled in a state Senate committee with little prospect of advancing

From financial costs to personal costs, survivors from shootings in Uvalde, Colorado Springs, Las Vegas and Highland Park say a few tragic minutes have shifted their entire trajectories

The new study is a state-by-state analysis of maternal deaths from 1999 to 2019 across five racial ethnic groups

The flagpole would be 1,461 feet tall — the tallest in the world — and the proposal also envisions a village with living history museums, a 4,000-seat auditorium, restaurants and a monument

Lawyers for Civil Rights, a nonprofit based in Boston, filed the suit Monday on behalf of Black and Latino community groups in New England

The closure of retail businesses, increases in property crime and tech industry layoffs have all deepened the exodus from once-vibrant neighborhoods

The deluge is on-track to top last year’s 22 million passports issued, the State Department says

The court hardened its turn to the right at the end of the legal year, but oftentimes, the justices have also sought (and found) consensus

Biden faces only minor primary challengers in self-help author Marianne Williamson and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The goal of her visit is to deepen and increase the frequency of communication between U.S. and China