I learned from the National Audubon Society that turkeys were likely first domesticated by the Mayans of southern Mexico some 2,000 years ago. Today, turkey isn't on many Mexican menus, and the per capita consumption in the U.S. is more than seven t...

QUSRA, West Bank - When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following Hamas militants' deadly attack on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank. Overnight, the territory was closed off....

BARCELONA, Spain - After having maintained her innocence for nearly five years, pop star Shakira struck a last-minute deal on the opening day of her tax fraud trial in Barcelona to avoid the risk of going to prison. Shakira told the presiding magist...

The Technology and Manufacturing Association's (TMA) Education Foundation has awarded Maine West High School a $32,250 grant. Maine West's Career and Technical Education department used the funds to purchase a HAAS ST10 CNC lathe. "It is because of ...

LONDON - The British government said Wednesday it will still try to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda, despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the contentious plan is unlawful because asylum-seekers would not be safe in the African c...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Israeli troops on Wednesday stormed into Gaza's largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility, where newborns and hundreds of other patients have suffered for days without electricity and o...

WASHINGTON - Inflation in the United States slowed last month in a sign that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes are continuing to cool the consumer price spikes that have bedeviled consumers for the past two years. Tuesday's report from the L...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Palestinian authorities on Tuesday called for a cease-fire to evacuate three dozen newborns and other patients trapped inside Gaza's biggest hospital as Israeli forces battle Hamas in the streets just outside and seize more...

A new federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to form unions at big companies like McDonald's. But it's already facing significant pushback from businesses and some members of Congress. The rule - a...

For the past 23 years, the vast majority of property tax revenue generated within the boundaries of the Brewster Creek Business Park in Bartlett paid for infrastructure improvements there. That amounted to nearly $70 million since 2000, including $7...