Poets like Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes have written movingly about America.

As America turns 250, voters from our Swing Shift project talk about the state of the country. Their views ranged from "uncertain" and "concerned" to "excited" and "cautiously optimistic."

Cape Verde didn't win a match at the World Cup, and somehow, that didn't seem to matter. The African team's debut on this stage was unforgettable.

Khamenei, who ruled Iran for more than three decades, was killed in an airstrike on Feb. 28 at the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.

NPR member station reporters across the U.S. asked people how they are thinking about their country on its semiquincentennial.

Superfans and sleuths appear to have their hunches confirmed on Friday, as dozens of black cars dropped off elegantly dressed guests outside of Madison Square Garden in New York City. The wedding bash is expected to last into Saturday morning.

Despite efforts by U.S. negotiators, Iran says it wants to charge a toll for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It's yet another unresolved issue of the U.S.-Iran war.

Primm, Nev., a once-thriving casino town on the border with California, was on the verge of fading away for good. The family it was named for has stepped in and faces the challenge of reviving it.

The country's theocracy hopes to see millions flood the streets of the capital beginning Saturday in scenes reminiscent to the burial of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989.

July 4th events for America's milestone birthday are being threatened by a brutal heat wave. And, Russia has struck Ukraine's capital, killing several people in what it calls retaliatory attacks.

England's last-16 World Cup tie will kick off at 01:00BST on Monday, after Fifa reconsidered bringing it forward.

The couple tied the knot in New York on Friday, after months of speculation about when, where and how it would happen.

Plans for Meghan, Archie and Lilibet to travel to London changed after it was confirmed they would not have taxpayer funded security.

As Starmer gets ready to pack his bags, there's a "bunfight for jobs" in Whitehall, one MP tells Laura Kuenssberg.

In an untypically candid interview, the outgoing PM tells the BBC it was "really tough" to accept his political career was over.

His parents say there is "uncertainty" about movement and feeling in his arms, wrists and hands.

The celebrations in the US capital will feature 850,000 fireworks, a "really long" speech from the president and scorching temperatures.

Co-habiting couples in England and Wales could be given more protections if they break up under new government proposals.

Moscow's campaign for students to sign army contracts comes as the Kremlin seeks to sustain its war effort for a fifth year.

Temperature records were smashed in June - and scientists warn this is a sign of things to come. 

Attested TLS: the handshake that can't prove who's on the other end

There might also be a downside

Physicist, philanthropist, and pioneer of pocket computers, SSDs, smartphones… and duvets

Online emporium's Starlink rival says it will start service later this year as another 29 birds reach orbit

Third-party contractor compromise exposed health information and insurance billing passwords

Fancy a thorium microreactor capable of delivering up to 30 MWe of juice for up to 30 years?

Other residential proxy brands may rely on the same network

KPMG finds nearly a third of execs struggle to understand costs as companies rethink deployments

Report says proposed rewrite gives operators more freedom to shop around for a greener grade

LTAP architecture does some clever engineering beneath a debatable marketing pitch

Disturbances in this critical sense are often linked to problems with brain health.

Biology could explain the find, but there are other potential explanations.

NASA awarded Rocket Lab deals for three dedicated launches using the company's Electron rocket.

New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline.

It's difficult to pinpoint the moment in my life where America started to lose the plot.

Walkthrough experience includes visits to stars, exoplanets, and observatories.

C:\ArsGames takes a look at the time Chris Roberts more or less made a whole movie.

The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac infostealers.

New US rules would legalize quiet supersonic flights without the sonic boom.

I have not seen anyone put out a date for a new rocket, and actually hit it.