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An explosion ripped through a fireworks market outside Mexico City on Tuesday, killing at least 29 people and injuring many others, officials said.

Author Hisham Matar's new book, The Return, is an account of his journey to his native Libya in search of his father, a dissident kidnapped off the streets of Cairo years before and imprisoned.

Many are cheering the closure of a giant coal strip mine in Arizona, but thousands of Native Americans who burn coal for heat are scrambling. Alternative heat sources are scarce and expensive.

Six months into the 2020-2021 school year, the first full school year requiring a number of pandemic-based adjustments, a middle school student in western…

Coastal communities are experiencing more flooding at extreme high tides. Merchants in North Kingston, R.I., say it's going to cost a lot of money to keep the water at bay.

The regulator says the deal would give the combined company too much power, hurt competition and raise prices for consumers. It comes as a global shortage of chips wreaks havoc on the economy.

Departing German Chancellor Angela Merkel chose three songs for her farewell ceremony this week. One of them, an East German hit from the '70s, caused some surprise in Berlin.

Elon Musk's battle with Twitter escalates after the billionaire Tesla CEO said he was calling off his $44 billion purchase agreement.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused grain prices to rise. One Romanian wheat farmer explains how the shift in global markets is affecting his farm.

Many Israelis are upset with two of this year's Oscar nominations. Stephen Spielberg's Munich is being criticized for bias. But objections are greater to Paradise Now, the story of two Palestinian suicide bombers.