Federal Way community members shared poems and ate traditional treats of pomegranates and homemade cookies at a celebration of Persian holiday Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (or Chela, depending on the ...

A former Gurkha soldier has become the first double above-knee amputee to summit the highest peaks on all seven continents.

The Venezuela action culminated two weeks in Palm Beach in which Trump seemed to recast the narrative heading into the 2026 ...

There are 11 federal and nine paid Florida holidays in 2026. Florida events range from Bike Week to the Worm Gruntin' Festival. Check out some special events coming to Florida, along with other ...

As you plan your time off for 2026, you may be wondering about the paid holidays in the upcoming year. Unless you're a federal, state or city employee, your paid holiday list is up to your employer or ...

Christmas Eve and Dec. 26 temporarily declared federal holidays by executive order. The change only applies to federal employees and is not a permanent law. Most private businesses unaffected; post ...

On the night before Thanksgiving, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan immigrant who had served with the CIA in the war against the Taliban regime, shot two members of the West Virginia National Guard in ...

Afghanistan, in a desperate domestic struggle for mere survival amid an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe, a severe economic collapse, and a profound human rights crisis, is now caught in a dangerous ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities carried out a public execution at a stadium in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday, putting to death a man who the country’s Supreme Court ...

Thanksgiving is officially behind us, and many women may find the season of gratitude has been quickly overwhelmed by the season of busyness. Undoubtedly, the holiday season can feel complicated.

Jige Mughalgai, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's Taliban government vowed Tuesday to "respond appropriately" to overnight border strikes it blamed on Pakistan that killed 10 people, as tension between the ...

Pharmacy giant Walgreens will no longer give most of its workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, just after being bought out by a private equity company for ...