Chuck Norris, martial-arts legend and action-movie star, projected a disciplined alpha masculinity unlike any star of the 1980s.

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Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.

The accusations of assault have rattled communities across the country that have revered the labor icon for decades.

Remakes generally fail to live up to the original movie, but these five sci-fi examples managed to both match up to and ...

Dolores Huerta and the late César Chavez are both credited with leading a movement that got growers to negotiate for better wages and working conditions for farm workers.

US employers unexpectedly cut jobs in February and the unemployment rate rose, pointing to lingering fragility in a labor market that was thought to be stabilizing. Nonfarm payrolls fell 92,000 last ...

Hiring at US businesses unexpectedly plunged last month as employers shed an estimated 92,000 jobs, according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists were expecting ...

The move by President Trump to strike multiple targets in Iran comes just months before the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be hosted by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. As the hosts, the teams from all ...

U.S. News and World Report has released its first-ever Best Home Health ratings, a report that measures care quality and patient experience. A dozen North Bay agencies were among the best. More than ...

Once ranked the fourth best place to live in the United States, Des Moines has fallen completely out of the list of U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Places to Live list. While Des Moines may ...

People seeking home healthcare for themselves and their loved ones now can access a new tool for evaluating care options. More than 6,600 agencies across the country earned recognition on US News and ...