Keeping a clean home isn’t just beneficial for us, it also helps make sure our pets are comfortable, too. But using the right cleaning products as a pet owner is important, particularly when it comes to floor cleaners, which can be potentially toxic for them. “Pets are much closer to the floor than we are, … Read more
WASHINGTON — In 2011, President Barack Obama declared it was time for America to leave behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and “pivot” to Asia to counter the rise of China. Fifteen years later, the U.S. finds itself still at war in the Middle East and has pulled military assets from the Asia-Pacific as … Read more
Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of another contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms. Religious leaders, teachers, parents and students spent hours Tuesday before the state education board arguing about the reading … Read more
Burning scraps of plastic and cardboard in a large tin can outside his family’s tent in a southern Gaza graveyard, Raed Abu Ouda prepares a meal for his children, remembering a time when they didn’t have to live this way. “We used to live in palaces, but now we live in graves,” Abu Ouda, 42, … Read more
Blue-collar workers have been at the center of political messaging for years. Politicians meet with waitresses at a diner to pitch raising the minimum wage, tour a factory to spotlight job growth or tell stories of their family’s hardscrabble bona fides while visiting cities like Detroit or Pittsburgh. Lately, though, a different group has been … Read more
President Trump assembled Latin American leaders on Saturday at his Miami-area golf club as his administration looks to demonstrate it is still committed to sharpening U.S. foreign policy focus on the Western Hemisphere, even as it deals with five-alarm crises around the globe. The gathering, which the White House called the “Shield of the Americas” … Read more
DORAL, Fla. — DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to gather with Latin American leaders on Saturday at his Miami-area golf club as his administration looks to demonstrate it’s still committed to sharpening U.S. foreign policy focus on the Western Hemisphere even as it deals with five-alarm crises around the globe. The … Read more