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What is Cinco de Mayo? Holiday's meaning and origins tied to famous 1862 battle
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoThe holiday has since become perhaps more popular in the U.S. than in Mexico and is often celebrated...
Kenyan police officers preparing to deploy to Haiti, where preparations are under way
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCivilian contractors and supplies have begun arriving in Haiti where preparations are underway for...
Pending U.S. sanctions on IDF unit irks Israel
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 2 weeks agoJERUSALEM — Israeli leaders on Sunday harshly criticized an expected decision by the U.S. to impose sanctions on a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers ...
Americans might love Cinco de Mayo, but few know what they’re celebrating
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoThe holiday honors a 19th-century battle between the French and the Mexican armies that, strangely...
How SEPTA and Amtrak improvements could help turn 30th Street into a neighborhood
Philly.com· 1 day agoAmtrak now wants to turn the building — recently named in honor of the late U.S. Rep. William H....
U.S. Senate candidate and ex-Navy flyer aims to emerge from shadow of his famous brother
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBut if his uphill campaign to be Florida's next U.S. senator is triumphant, that will likely change....
Nobody Is Competing With the U.S. to Begin With
Foreign Policy Magazine· 4 days agoU.S. security elites are obsessed with the threat posed by China and Russia to U.S. global primacy. The United States ...
Americans face 'direct' threats from foreign dictators, terrorists, migrants: 3 things to know
Fox News· 1 week agoThe United States faces an "increasingly fragile global order" that's strained by competition from...
‘As Far as Israel Can Go’
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days agoU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with families and supporters of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas outside his hotel on May 1, 2024,...
10 Things Done Completely Out of Spite
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSpite is not just for kids with broken toys. Many adults have gone to unbelievable lengths to pay back someone who did 'em wrong. Here are 10 classic examples.