He's making a list. He's checking it twice. He's giving the gift of holiday cheer to deaf and hard of hearing children. Meet Santa Charles, one the few of the deaf professional Santas who communicates solely in American Sign Language.
The 21-year-old student had been studying hard for weeks as she prepared for the final exams of her first year of university. She was almost done, with just two exams left, when she heard the news: the Taliban government was suspending university education for all female students in Afghanistan.
Fresh from a trip to the bloody front lines in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky strode onto the ornate US House floor on Wednesday evening in his signature green military wear to shore up his supply line.
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The Brooklyn Nets put up a franchise record 91 points in the first half -- the third highest total in NBA history -- in Wednesday's 143-113 blowout win over reigning champion the Golden State Warriors.
Jennifer McClellan has won the Democratic nomination for Virginia's 4th Congressional District in the special election to succeed the late Rep. Donald McEachin, the commonwealth's Democratic Party announced early Thursday morning in a news release, putting her in prime position to become the first Black woman to represent the Old Dominion in Congress.
Members of the United States Congress, Republicans and Democrats, rose to their feet time and again Wednesday night, nearly drowning out Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in one emotional standing ovation after another. It was an extraordinary evening, concluding an extraordinary day during a crucial moment in history.
Fashion's ephemeral nature might seem an odd bedfellow for the blockchain, an online ledger that's designed to be permanent. But the industry is finding ways to harness it and other digital tools to reduce waste and push fashion into the future.
I am an African living in Nairobi, Kenya, who makes films about my continent's wildlife. But as a species, wildlife filmmakers from Africa are rarer than mountain gorillas. This needs to change.
John Oliver and his team got permission to reprogram sexy trash cans in Sweden to help dispose of weird "demon" dolls they collected earlier this year.
Pelé's health has worsened and the Brazilian soccer great now requires greater care due to the progression of his cancer, according to a statement by the Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital in São Paulo on Wednesday.
A red and white banning sign on top of a black burning cigarette -- the universal non-smoking symbol -- will be the new addition welcoming ski enthusiasts from around the world in the small village of Les Gets in the French Alps this month.
Life expectancy in the United States dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling to the lowest it has been since 1996, according to final mortality data published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's address to Congress "extraordinary," saying the country's fight against Russian aggression has "proven that they are a really good investment for the United States."
