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9:51 AM on Thursday, April 16

Ranch dressing is the best-selling salad dressing in the U.S., surpassing Italian dressing near the end of the 20th century

9:50 AM on Thursday, April 16

From the circular muzzle with a little nose tip to the button eyes and two round fuzzy ears — what is it about the teddy bear that has wrapped children around its furry paws for over a century

9:49 AM on Thursday, April 16

The American chestnut is a singular, iconic tree of the eastern United States

8:36 AM on Thursday, April 16

Indonesia is reviewing a U.S. proposal for overflight access to its airspace

7:47 AM on Thursday, April 16

U.S. military forces have struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing three men the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs

7:01 AM on Thursday, April 16

A new Gallup poll shows more young men in the U.S. now say religion is “very important” in their lives compared to young women

6:08 AM on Thursday, April 16

The killing of an Iranian activist in Canada has exposed bitter divisions within the diaspora over the Iran war

6:05 AM on Thursday, April 16

Taiwan’s chipmaker TSMC has reported a 58% jump in profit for the January-March quarter thanks to strong demand driven by the artificial intelligence boom even as the Iran war was driving up costs

5:58 AM on Thursday, April 16

Germans are preparing a rescue operation for a sick humpback whale stranded off the Baltic Sea coast

1:49 AM on Thursday, April 16

12:02 AM on Thursday, April 16

From its earliest days as a country, the diverse United States has aspired to unity

10:46 PM on Wednesday, April 15

An Australian judge has rejected an appeal by former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan to avoid extradition to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago

10:25 PM on Wednesday, April 15

China’s economy accelerated in the first quarter of this year, expanding 5% from a year earlier as it largely shrugged off impacts from the Iran war so far

9:38 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Human Rights Watch, in a detailed new report, says Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics

12:19 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Floodwaters from record rainfall in Wisconsin have inundated streets, trapping drivers and forcing officials to close sections of a highway

9:46 AM on Wednesday, April 15

An official says some hard hit areas of the Northern Marianas could be without power and water for weeks after the Pacific Ocean islands were battered by a super typhoon

7:59 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Paramedic groups say the Israeli military has killed four Lebanese rescue workers and wounded six others in three consecutive, targeted strikes

6:14 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country's top priority is securing help to buy and build more air defense systems

2:15 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Sudan is entering a fourth year of war marked by famine and massacres in what the United Nations calls an “abandoned crisis.”

1:32 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The leader of Iran’s joint military command has threatened to halt trade in the Gulf region if the U.S. does not lift its blockade of Iranian ports, while U.S. Central Command says no vessels have made it past U.S. naval forces during the first 48 hours of the blockade