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Humans are the only species on Earth known to use language. They do this by combining sounds into words and words into ...

Pope Leo was announced as Pope Francis’ successor on May 8, 2025, becoming the first American pontiff in Vatican history.

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order to make English the national language of the United States. The order ...

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In his debut novel, Ocean Vuong took pains to be illegible, then blamed the reader for reading. In his new book, he is ...

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Here are some key facts about Asian Americans, based on tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau data and Pew Research Center data.

The Asian American population is diverse. It consists of people with varied Asian origins, racial and ethnic identities, and ...

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