(Corrects paragraph 6 to say 47% refers to the share of families expecting to spend more than last year, not the percentage increase in spending. Removes the incorrect reference in the first bullet.)
July 06, 2026
Australian PM Albanese apologizes for ‘disrespectful’ comments about Kylie Minogue
July 06, 2026
Ancient DNA reveals clues about mysterious ‘Golden Man’ and rise of the Scythian elites
July 06, 2026
Cuba’s hotels sit empty as US pressure campaign drives tourists away
July 06, 2026
White House report accuses Smithsonian leadership of radical ideology
July 06, 2026
Everyone has big Taylor Swift wedding feelings and we haven’t even seen the dress yet
July 05, 2026
Europe's benchmark STOXX 600 index pulled back after hitting a record high on Monday as investors cashed in on gains
July 06, 2026
Anissa Helou is a renowned Syrian-Lebanese cook and food writer who originally never intended to pursue cooking or writing
July 06, 2026
To the casual eye, there was nothing unusual about the bearded young Russian man sitting on a bench in the German city of Hamburg on a summer's day two years ago.
July 06, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologised on Monday after making a crude remark about singer Kylie Minogue in a comedy podcast interview,
July 06, 2026
DC experiences ‘Code Red’ air quality after massive fireworks display
July 06, 2026
After all the records Novak Djokovic has broken, the latest one left him rather unimpressed — even though he surpassed his great rival Roger Federer
July 06, 2026
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July 06, 2026
They spend their weekends stitching historically accurate uniforms and portraying Revolutionary War figures. Just don't mistake them for the biggest Fourth of July fans—their passion is history, not patriotic celebrations.
July 04, 2026
A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who cannot be trusted
July 05, 2026
Josh Abbott's "27 Little Butterflies" honors Camp Mystic flood victims, supports families
July 06, 2026
Marine veteran memorializes his best friend with documentary
July 06, 2026
"Minions & Monsters" has topped the July Fourth weekend box office, narrowly beating "Toy Story 5."
July 05, 2026
The Trump administration won't seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
July 05, 2026
President Donald Trump has mixed partisan politics with patriotic appeals as he commemorated the 250th anniversary of American independence, a moment he declared “one of the most joyous and glorious milestones of all time.”
July 04, 2026
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July 04, 2026
One of Serena Williams' coaches tells The Associated Press that it took some time for her to settle her nerves in her first singles match in nearly four years
July 05, 2026
Beyoncé drops new music, now the July 4 celebrations can really begin
July 04, 2026
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July 04, 2026
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July 03, 2026
Pop music megastar Taylor Swift and football player Travis Kelce are married, the singer's publicist announced on Friday as guests
July 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings about communism
July 03, 2026
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July 04, 2026
American popstar Taylor Swift and NFL tight end Travis Kelce have gotten married, a spokesperson confirmed on Friday. "Taylor & Travis did not have bridesmaids or groomsmen.
July 04, 2026
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July 03, 2026
A federal court has given President Donald Trump's administration permission to reinstall interpretive panels that critics say whitewash the history of slavery at the site of President George Washington's home in Philadelphia
July 04, 2026
A lavish gold ring encrusted with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and rubies has been presented to the U.S. ambassador to Belgium to give to President Donald Trump
July 03, 2026
Novak Djokovic is rewriting the Wimbledon record books
July 03, 2026
The traditionalist Catholics who defied Pope Leo XIV and caused a schism are defending their actions
July 03, 2026
Iryna Plekhova wobbled as she stepped over the ashes of family treasures such as charred books, scorched icons and a melted rosary in her Kyiv
July 03, 2026
Three men have been acquitted of murder in the killing of Belfast journalist Lyra McKee
July 03, 2026
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July 03, 2026
Neil, a 2,200-pound elephant seal, has returned to his birthplace on the Australian coast, causing quite a stir
July 03, 2026
Trump’s Freedom 250 gives the founders an AI glow-up
July 03, 2026
A "vanishingly rare" copy of the Declaration of Independence has been found in London, dug up in archives holding documents from the British capture of an American privateer
July 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has offered a running commentary on his predecessors, his physique, and how he’s spending his time in the White House on second lady Usha Vance's podcast where guests are supposed to read picture books to children
July 03, 2026
Cape Verde’s fairytale story is about to run into Lionel Messi and Argentina
July 03, 2026
Naomi Osaka’s day out at Wimbledon went much better than plans for her young daughter’s birthday
July 03, 2026
Doubles players fear for their tennis future after being told by the ATP Tour that tournament sizes and prize money will decrease significantly starting in 2028
July 03, 2026
A few minutes' walk from Philadelphia's Independence Hall, where the nation's founding ideals were debated and declared, another part of the
July 03, 2026
Rescuers sifted through rubble in a search for survivors in Kyiv on Friday as the Ukrainian capital observed a day of mourning, a day after a Russian
July 03, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday travels to Mount Rushmore, the granite mountain in South Dakota where the heads of four American presidents are carved,
July 03, 2026
Iran sends a defiant message to Trump with colossal funeral for slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
July 03, 2026
Trump heads to Mount Rushmore, where efforts to impose his likeness have stalled
July 03, 2026
Some federal employees bristle at America’s 250th birthday festivities after year of agonizing government overhaul
July 03, 2026
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic kicks off its 60th edition with honors for actors Dustin Hoffman and Juliette Binoche
July 03, 2026
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July 03, 2026
Man with Tibetan flag dies after setting himself on fire in front of UN’s New York headquarters
July 03, 2026
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said it was still possible she could leave before her term ends in late 2027 to weigh in on French politics, but running
July 03, 2026
The Vatican has responded aggressively to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent
July 02, 2026
Lam Wing-kee, a former Hong Kong bookseller and symbol of resistance to Beijing's crackdown on free speech, has died in Taiwan
July 03, 2026
Haruki Murakami's first full-length novel with a lone female protagonist has been released."
July 03, 2026
Michael Scurr, a volunteer at Britain’s National Archives, has discovered a rare early copy of the Declaration of Independence
July 03, 2026
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding has fans buzzing in New York City
July 03, 2026
Pop music megastar Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce are married, the New York Post's Page Six reported on Thursday, citing
July 02, 2026
President Donald Trump has been warning recently that communism will pose a threat to the U.S. if Democrats win in the upcoming midterm elections
July 03, 2026
Prosecutors say a video shows rapper Pooh Shiesty pressing for his release from fellow rapper Gucci Mane’s record label while an armed man blocks a door during an alleged robbery at a Texas music studio in January
July 03, 2026
John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” has become the unofficial anthem of the U.S. men’s national soccer team at the World Cup, with players and fans singing it together after victories
July 03, 2026
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July 02, 2026
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July 03, 2026
Amanda Anisimova served three of her 20 aces in the deciding tiebreaker to hold off Sofia Kenin 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3) and reach the third round at Wimbledon as Kate, the Princess of Wales, visited the All England Club
July 02, 2026
Peter Thiel in Aspen: The pope is ‘working for the Chinese Communists’
July 03, 2026
Artist repairs mural of Giannis Antetokounmpo in downtown Milwaukee after vandalism
July 03, 2026
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July 03, 2026
Many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by trying to block out the noise of national division
July 02, 2026
Grass in much of London turned brown last week amid a record heat wave that made Britain and the rest of Europe sizzle
July 03, 2026
Victor Willis, who co-founded the Village People and co-wrote some of the disco group's biggest hits, including “Y
July 01, 2026
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July 03, 2026
The best films of the year so far include “Project Hail Mary,” “Disclosure Day” and “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie.”
July 03, 2026
Black women artists explore 250 years of U.S. history in new Maryland exhibit
July 03, 2026
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have donated $26 million to charities this week ahead of their Friday wedding at Madison Square Garden
July 02, 2026
A bomb blast at a cafe in central Damascus on Thursday killed nine people and wounded 20 others, Syria's interior ministry said.
July 02, 2026
Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who fled to Taiwan amid fears of Chinese persecution, has died at the age of 70, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, citing
July 02, 2026
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July 03, 2026
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July 02, 2026
Royals honor family of Hallmark artist who designed team's original emblem
July 02, 2026
A divided federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that U.S.
July 02, 2026
Jane Calvert has spent 25 years championing John Dickinson, a lesser-known Revolutionary War figure
July 02, 2026
British prosecutors on Thursday charged former UK pop star Paul Gadd, better known by his stage name Gary Glitter, with unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 13
July 02, 2026
Princess Kate met tennis fans lining up in Wimbledon’s famous Queue and sat next to Andy Murray in a day of rooting on British players at the grass-court Grand Slam
July 02, 2026
Woman charged in 1985 killing of newborn found in Massachusetts, woods
July 02, 2026
‘The Folk Box’ sought to trace the roots and branches of American music, and document the forging – and constant reinvention – of the national identity.
July 02, 2026
Folarin Balogun’s red card will be hotly debated, but it revealed something about the USA that can’t be taken away
July 02, 2026
It is a city bathed in the orange-and-blue afterglow of a Knicks championship
July 02, 2026
Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling brings relief to immigrant advocacy group in Baltimore
July 02, 2026
Ethiopian refugee Helana Wolde locked his home and watched on television as thousands of angry demonstrators marched through South Africa this
July 02, 2026
Britain's threat to intervene in the $110 billion Paramount-Warner deal could be less about blocking the transaction than extracting commitments on UK news,
July 02, 2026
Securing America’s 250: Law enforcement faces shifting plans and World Cup demands
July 02, 2026
Have tennis outfits always been this outrageous? Kind of
July 02, 2026
A daredevil couple has been arrested after scaling the Empire State Building’s antenna and unfurling a banner about “the power of love” and peace
July 01, 2026
Facing drama and politics, Essence Fest looks to make a comeback
July 02, 2026
A 104-match, 39-day World Cup held across three countries might be a heavy slog for the players, but spare a thought for the broadcasters.
July 02, 2026
Malik Beasley’s lawyer said the indicted former NBA star “wants to move on with his life” after pleading not guilty to charges that he altered his play in certain games to enrich sports bettors and ease his own debts
July 02, 2026
Martial arts icon Bruce Lee, who was born in San Francisco, will become the first Chinese American in California history with an annual namesake day
July 02, 2026
A federal judge in Arkansas is throwing out some state laws that put extra restrictions on efforts to gather signatures for ballot initiatives
July 02, 2026
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will host their wedding at Madison Square Garden on Friday night
July 02, 2026
Sandra Lith came to the front of Ms.
July 02, 2026
Exclusive: After opting not to retry Harvey Weinstein, Manhattan DA urges legislators to step up for sex assault survivors
July 02, 2026
A Russian daredevil couple climbed to the top of the Empire State Building's towering spire in New York City on Wednesday to unfurl a
July 01, 2026
Barbora Krejcikova needed seven match points to knock French Open champion Mirra Andreeva out of Wimbledon in the biggest upset of the women’s tournament so far
July 01, 2026
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July 02, 2026
President Donald Trump dedicated a museum honoring Theodore Roosevelt on Wednesday, invoking the Republican president's legacy and linking
July 01, 2026
America has come to a landmark moment of pride and patriotism — and a time of division and doubt
July 01, 2026
Bob Uecker mural in downtown Milwaukee unveiled with tailgate-themed celebration
July 02, 2026
Actor and activist Danny Glover says he has Alzheimer’s disease
July 01, 2026
If students choose to listen to music while studying, they should consider music that is less distracting – and save high-energy playlists for when they don’t need to focus.
June 29, 2026
Mark Sherman has covered the Supreme Court for The Associated Press for 20 years during some of the most momentous decisions in history
July 01, 2026
Teen homicides spark community action at apartment complex; landlord says security changes on the way
July 01, 2026
Family's bandana American flag draws smiles ahead of America's 250th birthday
July 01, 2026
Pop titan Taylor Swift’s marriage to NFL star Travis Kelce capped a three-year courtship that has often played out in public, captivating their fans.
July 01, 2026
Everything we’re seeing in New York City as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s expected wedding celebrations approach
July 01, 2026
Victor Willis, Village People front man, dies at 74
July 01, 2026
The romance between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce played out in public but the pop icon and NFL star have so far succeeded in keeping plans for the
July 01, 2026
Serena Williams will do everything to be ready for her Wimbledon doubles campaign alongside older sister Venus after sustaining a knee injury during
July 01, 2026
Canada is set to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time next year
July 01, 2026
A late-19th century campaign spearheaded by Foster’s brother sought to elevate him into the pantheon of American cultural heroes, even as his sympathies tended to lie with the pro-slavery South.
July 01, 2026
From a synagogue’s 5K to Appalachia’s Hillbilly Days, shared celebrations pull strangers together.
July 01, 2026
Buckingham Palace is a must-see for tourists. So why don’t the royals want to live there?
July 01, 2026
Paramount Skydance Corp has offered remedies to address EU competition concerns about its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a regulatory
July 01, 2026
The price tag behind Taylor Swift’s rumored wedding bash at Madison Square Garden
July 01, 2026
Italy is putting on display one of the best known examples of Etruscan painting
June 30, 2026
Pointing to the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, the high court ruled that all babies born in the United States ‘are citizens by birth.’
July 01, 2026
Former child actor Daveigh Chase's death on June 16 was due to AIDS
July 01, 2026
Photographs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wearing lei from Hawaii during the Selma-to-Montgomery marches are now on display in Honolulu
July 01, 2026
“Artificial,” Luca Guadagnino’s starry film about Sam Altman and OpenAI, has been acquired by the indie distributor Neon after it was dropped by Amazon MGM Studios
July 01, 2026
Getty Images said on Tuesday it has called off its planned merger with Shutterstock due to the UK competition regulator's requirement to sell Shutterstock's
July 01, 2026
Serena Williams was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6) 6-3 by 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia in her first professional singles match in nearly four years in the opening round of Wimbledon
June 30, 2026
The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens
June 30, 2026
House votes to force release of records on sexual harassment settlements involving lawmakers
July 01, 2026
Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas said she has received death threats and been called racial slurs in the aftermath of her one-game suspension after she made contact with her fist to Caitlin Clark’s throat in last week’s matchup against Indiana
July 01, 2026
Lexi Minetree stars as a teenage Elle Woods in a new “Legally Blonde” prequel series for Prime Video
July 01, 2026
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July 03, 2025
Britain said on Tuesday it could intervene in Paramount Skydance Corp's proposed takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, potentially holding up the
June 30, 2026
Woodcarver creates patriotic tribute inside tree with Civil War ties
June 30, 2026
Restored 48-star flag carries WWII history and legacy for a family
June 30, 2026
Library of Congress official Trump tried to fire can keep her job for now, Supreme Court says
June 30, 2026
Russian skaters can return to world championships and Grand Prix events next season as neutral athletes for the first time since the full military invasion of Ukraine
June 30, 2026
Blake Lively is seeking $8 million in legal costs from actor and director Justin Baldoni after resolving their dispute over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film “It Ends With Us.”
June 30, 2026
Coco Gauff says she was brought to tears by a “pushy” anti-doping tester
June 30, 2026
UK government says it’s likely to challenge $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
June 30, 2026
The American Revolution was won not just by ideals and armies, but by the strategic trade networks of a small Caribbean port.
June 30, 2026
The Andrew Carnegie Foundation has announced this year’s “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” honorees, including Citi CEO Jane Fraser and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Hernan Diaz and Cristina Rivera Garza
June 30, 2026
Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home
June 30, 2026
A soccer star’s Birkin collection is turning heads at the World Cup
June 30, 2026
How to prevent heatstroke and other heat-related emergencies
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Yodelers at a festival in Basel, Switzerland, turned city fountains into rehearsal spaces during Europe’s June heat wave
June 29, 2026
From refugee camps to stitching circles, many in the Palestinian diaspora around the world are engaging with a traditional form of Palestinian embroidery as far more than a decorative aesthetic
June 30, 2026
Jon Meacham is among many historians reflecting on the complex legacy of Thomas Jefferson
June 30, 2026
Hollywood writer-director Carl Rinsch has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of conning Netflix out of $11 million for a never-finished sci-fi show
June 30, 2026
Four U.S.
June 30, 2026
U.S.
June 30, 2026
Anticipation is building at Wimbledon for Serena Williams’ first singles match in nearly four years
June 30, 2026
By Echo Wang, Dawn Chmielewski and Milana Vinn June 29 - NBCUniversal is eyeing opportunities in digital gaming and new entertainment franchises as the company weighs options for future growth after
June 30, 2026
Justice Sotomayor received concert tickets from Bad Bunny’s label
June 30, 2026
Meet the savant eco-artist with autism who proves all trash can become treasure
June 30, 2026
Alex Murdaugh's retrial on murder changes in the killings of his wife and son has begun with a pretrial hearing
June 29, 2026
Novak Djokovic witnessed a proposal in the crowd during his opening Wimbledon match on Centre Court on Monday and was quick to ask for an invitation to the wedding
June 30, 2026
Wimbledon’s strict rules about all-white clothing didn’t prevent Naomi Osaka from making another fashion statement as she walked onto the grass at the All England Club
June 29, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge on Monday delayed Luigi Mangione's trial over the killing of a health insurance executive to January, citing potential overlap
June 29, 2026
Firefighter brings joy to senior center with unexpected talent
June 30, 2026
At Men’s Fashion Week in Paris, a brutal heat wave disrupts the fantasy
June 29, 2026
Comcast is planning to split itself into two separate publicly traded companies by spinning off NBCUniversal and Sky
June 29, 2026
Alex Murdaugh’s second murder trial will start next spring, judge rules
June 29, 2026
What really happened to Lizzo’s career?
June 29, 2026
Penelope Keith, known for her roles in British sitcoms "The Good Life" and "To the Manor Born," has died at 86
June 29, 2026
Father and son take the field for Tucson Old Timers baseball
June 29, 2026
Chicago rapper Twista has pleaded guilty to willfully failing to pay income taxes
June 29, 2026
Comcast's decision to spin off its NBCUniversal and Sky businesses marks the latest effort by a major U.S. entertainment company to separate or reshape legacy television assets as
June 29, 2026
The U.S.
June 29, 2026
Man dies after lawn mower goes off cliff edge, coroner says
June 29, 2026
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June 29, 2026
Canadian cuisine: 20 foods that reflect the country’s size and diversity
July 01, 2025
Bill Maher has accepted the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
June 28, 2026
President Donald Trump’s capital redesign follows centuries of debate and discussion about how Washington should look to the world.
June 29, 2026
At Men's Fashion Week in Paris, women were everywhere, walking coed runways and modeling menswear
June 29, 2026
Armed with rolls of film, some young people are opting out of their algorithmic feeds in favor of experiencing life in ways that feel more deliberate, personal and tangible.
June 29, 2026
The ‘Mother Road’ has long symbolized freedom and reinvention. But its history reveals a more complicated story shaped by migration, segregation and the highways that eventually circumvented it.
June 29, 2026
Betsy Halsey, 63, still has memorabilia from America's 1976 bicentennial in her childhood bedroom at her parents'
June 29, 2026
A 17-year-old Thai girl was on a lively strip of palm-fringed sand in the seaside city of Pattaya on Wednesday night
June 29, 2026
Comcast will split into two publicly traded companies through a spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky, separating its cash-generating broadband arm from
June 29, 2026
In a vineyard on the Greek island of Santorini, winemaker Yiannis Boutaris gestures to a dried-up ‘kouloura’ vine trained into the shape
June 29, 2026
Company trying to clean Reflecting Pool is thrust into political storm, hires crisis communications firm
June 29, 2026
If any company stood to gain from President Donald Trump’s trade war, it was Whirlpool and the workers assembling its iconic appliances in Iowa.
June 29, 2026
Bill Maher receives Mark Twain Prize amid uncertainty at Kennedy Center
June 29, 2026
Haeundae’s golden sand beach becomes a canvas as Busan hosts its 20th Sand Festival, where towering sculptures showcase coastal beauty and craftsmanship. CNN explores the artistry behind the event through the eyes of a veteran sand sculptor.
June 27, 2026
Nelly Korda moved within three strokes of the lead as she made the turn in the final round of the Women’s PGA Championship and birdied the 10th hole before fading down the stretch
June 29, 2026
When Yeh Chih-sheng steps aboard Taiwan Coast Guard vessel CG1005 in the choppy waters of the Taiwan Strait, he brings
June 29, 2026
Pride Month celebrations peaked with big parades in New York, San Francisco and some other cities on Sunday
June 28, 2026
U.S.
June 29, 2026
Khadijah Farrakhan, longtime wife of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, has died at age 90
June 28, 2026
Drill team celebrates 35 years with parade, new street sign despite heavy rain
June 29, 2026
This anti-AI evangelist is growing more popular. That could be a problem for Trump
June 28, 2026
In a setback for Warner Bros
June 28, 2026
Johnson gambles on ambitious summer agenda as GOP anxiety rises ahead of midterms
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