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Eclipse watchers flocking to the path of totality let out whoops and cheers as the moon covered the sun in the first coast-to-coast total eclipse in nearly 100 years.

President Trump is set to announce a long-awaited shift in strategy for the Afghanistan conflict in a rare prime-time address to the American people Monday evening.

Pidgin unites West Africans of different ethnicities and nationalities. Now speakers can get their news in that language as well.

Guy Consolmagno watched his first solar eclipse on Monday. It’s a pretty big deal for this Jesuit priest who’s also the director of the Vatican Observatory.

Spanish police on Monday shot dead Younes Abouyaaqoub, the suspected driver of a van that mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona, after a massive manhunt for the Moroccan national who was wearing what appeared to be a suicide belt when he was killed.

Seattle had bike sharing, but the system didn’t work out. But the new system — dockless bike sharing — is already off to a hot start.

Most of our knowledge of the human brain comes from the group average of thousands of MRI scans. Dr. Nico Dosenbach felt he could gain more knowledge by collecting detailed individual scans. But with few resources at his disposal, he and his colleagues had to be creative.

A new book argues that the promise of saving what’s left of nature can sometimes be imperiled by the narrow cultural lens employed by people from the developed part of the world.

Haptics are already at your fingertips — they’re the cutting edge of virtual reality and robotics technology.

After the terror attack in Spain on Thursday, President Donald Trump tweeted his condemnation and urged those fighting terrorism to study US Gen. John Pershing.

Barcelona reacts to the attacks on Las Ramblas that killed 14 and injured over 100.

Until this week, Spain remained one of the few European countries where ISIS had not carried out an attack. But the country is a key location in the history of Islam.

Trump parted ways with controversial chief strategist, Steve Bannon. Recently, Bannon contradicted the president's plans on North Korea and called white supremacists "losers" and "clowns."

The protests in Charlottesville drew a large crowd of counter-protesters — people opposed to the racism, white nationalism and other forms of hate espoused by many of the protesters who came for the "Unite the Right" protest.

Kenyan hip-hop artist Octopizzo says he witnessed police officers firing live bullets on protesters and bystanders in Kibera. Kenyan authorities deny that police used disproportionate force, but Octopizzo says he saw it for himself.

What should be done with a monument dedicated to a controversial figure? It's a question Paraguayans had to answer not long ago.

America's standing in the world is dwindling fast under the Trump administration. That's the impression of the BBC's Katty Kay after four weeks in Europe.

After a deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Americans are debating whether Confederate monuments should appear in public places. In South Africa, statues celebrating British imperialists and architects of apartheid have also faced calls for removal. A University of Cape Town student explains why that's so important.

Deepak Singh lived in Charlottesville when he first came to the US. Though he had an MBA and years of experience as a journalist, he found himself working retail, where he learned a lot about America.

Do monuments and memorials need to change as society changes? If so, is that changing history or is it changing memory?

The Austrian government wanted to knock down the house where Hitler was born. But the town said no, you can't stop people from remembering history. But you can try to make sure that when they do, they know what really happened.

Writers Richard Russo and Jenny Boylan talk about the plot twists in Russo’s novel “Everybody’s Fool,” as well as the twists in their friendship.

Sadie Stein cannot understand why you would want a cake that is anything but “moist.”

Helen Oyeyemi was born in Nigeria; the tale comes from medieval Germany.

Kurt Andersen’s talks with the award-winning author about her groundbreaking work of poetry.

In 1919, a total solar eclipse confirmed a prediction in Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

According to civics expert Eric Liu, now is the time to take action. And no, it doesn’t involve showing up to the next white supremacist rally.

India has a new museum devoted to its Partition with Pakistan. Organizers say they want to collect stories from people not just in India, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and the diaspora.

He says the country is at a turning point.

Samia Orosemane is a French stand-up comedian of Tunisian descent, who jokes about stereotypes of Africans and Muslim women ... and of course, about her mother.

Terry Cuttle relishes the challenge of finding the best weather odds and getting half a dozen cameras to far-flung locations.

Film critic Matt Holzman recommends these four must-see summer documentaries.

Roiled by two years of recession, the impeachment of one president and indictment of another, and its worst corruption scandal ever, Brazil is not exactly on the path predicted at the beginning of this century, when it was hailed as one of the globe's most promising rising economic powers. What happened? Inequalities and imbalances at home may have been papered over in boom times, but they didn't go away, and now Brazil's leaders face the challenge of finding a more sustainable and equitable way forward.

Over the centuries, solar eclipses have helped us learn about the Earth, the sun and the universe, and have proved the power of the scientific method itself.

Red Delicious apples from Washington state have long been the pinnacle of apples. With an explosion of apple varieties, however, it has fallen out of favor with many American consumers. In China, though, it’s highly revered.

The impact, devastation and cost of forest fires in America’s West have multiplied in recent decades. Wildfires are stronger than ever, tearing through communities and overwhelming the forest service budget.

The World's Lidia Jean Kott was in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend.

White violence isn't new, but media coverage of hate crimes since the election may make it seem that way.

Members of various far-right groups in the US have been showing support for an unlikely figure: notorious Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But why?

In ancient times, when the sun suddenly disappeared from the sky, people would usually be afraid. Scientists have understood the physics behind a total solar eclipse for a long time, but it can still put some people on edge. Religious and nonreligious people alike can find deep meaning in these sorts of astronomical events.

In the weeks leading up to the neo-Nazi and white supremacist rally that turned deadly over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Donald Trump and those close to him have often played down the real threat of violence being committed by white supremacists on a regular basis across the country.

Two counties and a city in California are suing more than 30 major oil and gas companies for losses and damages expected from global warming.

The actor is on a mission to help scientists make their research more relatable to the public. In his new book, he shares some tips for us all.

Two experts share tips for making the most of the Aug. 21 eclipse.

The specialized care program recognizes that people with moderately severe Alzheimer’s can still learn, but need to do so at their developmental level.

Get your solar glasses and popcorn ready — the Great American Eclipse is going to be a show.

“It’s got a burning vagina in the middle and there are all men — so it’s like they are warming themselves around a burning vagina. Which, to me, is pretty much South Africa.”

A new app allows users to hear and touch this month's total solar eclipse.