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\The United States is continuing its downward path on the global World Happiness Report, having dropped to a record low on the global rankings list. Last year, the U.S. fell out of the top 20 for ...

Many North Carolina beach towns are seeing older cottages replaced by modern mansions and condos. The StarNews is covering the changing face of these communities and the impact on longtime residents.

As the country prepares to celebrate the 46th anniversary of Freedom Day, it must remember that economic prosperity flourished since then because wise leaders moved away from war and built the ...

As president and CEO of Middle East Broadcasting Networks, a US-funded news outlet, I’ve watched the crowing of America’s enemies in a region critical to the Trump administration’s foreign ...

Victor Von Doom is one of the greatest “villains” of the Marvel Universe for good reason. Whether he’s written as an iron-fisted despot or a misunderstood Latverian whose pride gets the ...

The US ranked 24th in the 2025 World Happiness Report, its lowest place since the list began. The report said its decline is due to factors like eating alone and rising 'deaths of despair.