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Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, pictured in 2018, pleaded with the public not to turn to "alternative cures" for measles.

Samoan Government To Close Its Offices Amid Measles Crisis That Has Left 53 Dead

Forty-eight of the fatalities were children under 4 years old. The number of immunizations plummeted last year after improperly prepared vaccines led to the deaths of two infants.

Nearly 400 men and women worked for more than 14 years to carve the images of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln into Mount Rushmore in Keystone, S.D.

Last Living Mount Rushmore Carver Dies At 98

"I feel like Mount Rushmore was the greatest thing with which I was ever involved," Donald "Nick" Clifford said of his three years working on the iconic American monument.

A person stumbles through deep snow Monday in Marlborough, Mass.

Winter Storm Reaches Northeast, Smothering Region With 1st Major Snow Of The Season

The post-Thanksgiving travel rush has ended, but the winter storm continues to bear down in the New England region, causing hundreds of flight cancellations and delays.

A man looks at a Confederate monument in Linn Park this summer in Birmingham, Alabama. Alabama's attorney general sued the city of Birmingham in 2017 for covering the inscriptions at the base of the monument.

Confederate Monument Law Upheld By Alabama Supreme Court

The Alabama Supreme Court said the lower court erred earlier this year when it ruled the city of Birmingham had constitutional rights to free speech. The city must now pay a $25,000 fine.

A federal appeals court has upheld a congressional request seeking nearly 10 years of financial records from President Trump, members of his family and his businesses.

Banks Must Provide Trump's Financial Records To Congress, Federal Appeals Court Rules

Lawmakers want information stretching back nearly a decade from Deutsche Bank and Capitol One on President Trump, his family members and businesses. Trump is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Kansas Will Spend Millions To House Hundreds Of Inmates At A Private Arizona Prison

Kansas will send 360 of its male prisoners to a privately owned and operated prison in Eloy, Arizona, starting this summer.The Kansas Department of…

Slow Start For Missouri's Medical Marijuana Program

After taking in $4.2 million in early application fees, Missouri’s medical marijuana program is off to a slow start since it began accepting full...

Thomas Cook's collapse has left more than 150,000 travelers scrambling for details about how to get home. Here, a worker at a travel agency that partners with Thomas Cook talks on the phone at Larnaca International Airport in the Cypriot coastal city.

Thomas Cook Airline Collapse Triggers Largest Peacetime Repatriation In U.K. History

The Thomas Cook travel agency and airline abruptly collapsed Monday morning, with more than 150,000 travelers currently abroad.

U.S. Pays $7 Million To Veterans Who Were Sexually Molested At The Leavenworth VA Hospital

Eighty-two veterans who were sexually abused by a former physician assistant at the VA hospital in Leavenworth have settled their lawsuits against the…

Farmers’ Struggles Bring Down Personal Income Growth In Kansas

TOPEKA, Kansas — Personal income growth in Kansas is below the national average, due in large part to troubles in the agriculture industry, which makes up…

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