U.S. & World

Consumers are hardwired to think more of short-term gratification than long-term goals.

A Thanksgiving burglar got more than he bargained for early Thursday morning after breaking into an Antioch church. Turns out the church’s pastor is trained in martial arts and confronted the would-be thief.  

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a new plan to protect the state’s iconic Joshua trees, which are imperiled by wildfires, human development and climate change.

Researchers and religious leaders have released findings from an intriguing two-month experiment through art in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland. An avatar of “Jesus” on a computer screen — tucked into a confessional — took questions by visitors on faith, morality and modern-day woes, and offered responses based on Scripture.

No evidence of a bomb was found by police on their properties.

Amid threats of new tariffs, the incoming U.S. president said Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop migration.”

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was drenched in rain and briefly disrupted by Pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Twenty-one people were arrested.

Glassdoor CEO Christian Sutherland-Wong tries not to answer work emails or text messages around his kids. That’s a smart practice, researchers say.

The Australian Senate has passed a social media ban for children under 16 years old that will soon become a world-first law.

The 11th attack this year on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure comes amid uncertainty about how President-elect Donald Trump might deal with the conflict.

President-elect Donald Trump made the disco classic “YMCA” a staple at his rallies during his past two campaigns. And new data shows that, much like Trump’s political fortunes, interest in the song is on the upswing.

A filament eruption on Monday is ushering in the possibility that night skies could light up in greens, reds and purples this Thanksgiving.

In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner delivered. But some residents living well off the grid nevertheless have turkeys this holiday, thanks to the Alaska Turkey Bomb.