If you want to see the world's largest non-mechanized parade, you'll have to wait until summer and go to Sri Lanka. Herb Wagner, spokesman for the 85th annual La Fiesta de los Vaqueros parade, said ...

This is officially the second-longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The federal government shut down as of 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1. At its start, up to 750,000 federal workers could have been ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday the government shutdown is on its way to being one of the longest in history unless Democrats accept the House-passed, GOP-crafted stopgap bill to reopen the ...

An 81-year-old inmate who was the "longest serving resident of South Carolina's Death Row" died of natural causes this week, officials said. Fred Singleton passed away Monday at the Kirkland ...

Very few people enjoy having to transfer flights over the convenience of a non-stop service, but how far are you willing to go to avoid a transfer? Xiamen Air recently staked a claim to the world's ...

The government shutdown is days away from breaking the record for the longest in the country’s history. The shutdown, which began on Oct. 1, is already the second longest ever by a significant margin ...

Over the past five decades, the US government has shut down 21 times before shutting down Oct. 1, 2025. The longest government shutdown, which lasted 35 days, occurred from December 2018 to January ...

The U.S. government has shut down for the first time since 2018, as federal funding expired at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday. While shutdowns are rare, they have occurred more often in recent decades.

The concept of a government shutdown is still relatively new in the U.S. There have been 21 federal government shutdowns since the 1970s. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history took place ...

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“To say that I came in and saw so much progress for Marines, and especially female Marines, over my time … it hits me really hard.” By Drew F. Lawrence Published Sep 25, 2025 10:20 AM EDT When Lt. Col ...