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Inland communities far from the Florida coast are still recovering from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Debbie.

The word "squaw" was declared derogatory by the Department of Interior in 2021. Since then, hundreds of geographic features have been renamed with input from local tribes and Indigenous communities.

A new study suggests Fiji's iguanas came from North America around 34 million years ago by floating some 5,000 miles. It's the longest-known dispersal of any land animal. So how did they do it?

The Pacific island nation is a symbol of just how hard it is to deal with obesity and diabetes. They're part of a new report on how countries of every income level struggle with these health issue.

The death toll in Gaza dwarfs any previous war there and the rate appears to have far outstripped that in Ukraine. What is different about the war in Gaza that is driving this change?

The fires have been burning with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar, where a famous botanical garden founded in 1931 was destroyed by the flames on Sunday.

Christopher Murray, a medical doctor and economist, is changing that. A new book looks at his efforts — and why advocacy groups initially were upset by his findings.

In the country's first election since declaring victory over ISIS, 24 million Iraqis are eligible to vote. But at one polling center in Baghdad, journalists far outnumbered voters.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivered a conciliatory speech in which he promised to govern for "all Zimbabweans." The opposition leader insisted that Mnangagwa was illegitimate.

Popular tourist sites around the world are preparing for a surge in Chinese tourists now that China has loosened its COVID-related border restrictions.