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France is giving the United States another Statue of Liberty. The current Statue of Liberty resides on Liberty Island in New York City. It was a gift to the States by the people of France and was dedicated on October 28, 1886. Now, France is sending the country another one. …

Clothing retailer H&M will soon allow its U.S. customers to rent suits for free, for up to 24 hours. In a recently launched campaign, the brand shared that it wanted anyone attending a job interview “to make a powerful first impression.” The service was recently launched at stores in the United …

By 2030, Volvo plans to stop selling cars that run on fossil fuels. The company wants to only sell electric vehicles that can only be purchased online. “There is no long-term future for cars with an internal combustion engine,” Henrick Green, Volvo Chief Technology Officer, said. The carmaker wants electric …

The United States has launched an airstrike on Iran-supported militias in Syria. According to NBC News, Joe Biden ordered airstrikes on buildings in Syria in response to the rocket attacks they launched on U.S. targets next to Iraq. London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes took the lives …

Virginia removed a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from the U.S. Capitol. The statue will be replaced with a sculpture of civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns. “We should all be proud of this important step forward for our Commonwealth and our country,” Ralph Northam, the Governor of …

On Wednesday, more than 3,150 COVID-19 deaths were reported in the United States. According to the COVID Tracking Project, there are 100,226 patients in US hospitals. On Thursday, a tally was corrected after an error was found in one state’s tally for Wednesday’s records, according to CNN Health. As COVID cases …

An organization dedicated to motherhood advocacy is under fire after their United Kingdom’s branch announced that they were becoming more “inclusive” by inviting those who did not give birth, including trans men and women, to their support groups. La Leche League, a group founded by a collective of American moms …

Trump continues to push for his dream to be a ‘wartime president.’ Last week, Trump talked with senior advisers about attacking an Iranian nuclear site after reading a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency. Trump was discouraged from pursuing any attacks by his advisers. The International Atomic Energy Agency …

As cases of COVID-19 continue to climb, hospitalizations and deaths related to the virus do too. On Saturday, an emergency physician predicts a spike in coronavirus cases after the Thanksgiving holiday, which will add to the already stressed health care system. According to CNN, Dr. James Phillips, the chief of …

Experts are predicting another round of store shortages in the next coming months as shoppers start to stock up on a variety of products as coronavirus infections rates continue to increase in the U.S. Mike Brackett, founder and CEO of Centricity Incorporated, told ‘Good Morning America,’ “We absolutely are starting …

The United States is formally pulling out of the Paris climate agreement just three years after Donald Trump announced that he had plans to do so. Trump said the multinational agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change would be an economic disaster, costing as many as 2.7 …

Three COVID-19 vaccines have been placed on hold due to possible safety issues. It’s been a long eight months in the U.S., and we are finally at a point where the government has a few vaccines that will potentially fight against, treat or help a person evade the deadly Coronavirus. …

New research published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that more Americans have died due to the coronavirus than originally reported. Dr. Steven Woolf, the author of the new research and director emeritus of the Center of Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University, said, “For …

Despite recent tweets from Donald Trump about the economy, the National Bureau of Economic Research announced that the United States has officially been in an economic recession since February. While critics argue that a recession is based on two consecutive months of economic decline, the NBER, which serves as the …

Americans might be able to take summer vacations this year, according to the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Dr. Anthony Fauci sat down for an interview with CBS This Morning and was asked if he thought Americans would be able to enjoy this upcoming summer …