Adding Canada would dramatically reshape presidential elections since it would instantly become the largest U.S. state. But is this even "a real thing"? Here's a closer look.

The United States and its allies contend with China, Russia and North Korea’s military ambitions, top U.S. military commander ...

The last time the United States expanded its territory—gaining the Northern Marianas and some other Pacific islands—President ...

Former Hawaii lawmaker Suzanne Chun Oakland remembers arriving at school one morning in 1977 to an eerie buzz. The 15-year-old had met up with girlfriends as usual before class at Honolulu's ...

In North America, the ‘right of soil’ was introduced by the British via their colonies, according to “The Evolution of Citizenship” study by Graziella Bertocchi and Chiara Strozzi.

The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress from the country’s ...

Malloe, a native of Waimanalo, returned to his home state of Hawaii, offering several prospects throughout the islands. Happy Aloha Friday!! Always good for the soul to reconnect with da roots!

The upside-down flag, once a signal of distress for sailors, has been used as a form of protest for several decades. Before the 2024 presidential election, the upside-down flag had also come to ...

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine as part of a grinding campaign to weaken Kyiv’s grip on the country’s ...

Axel Rudakubana did not appear out of the blue. By the time he carried out the brutal murders of three young girls, the teenager was well known to police, anti-extremism authorities and a number ...

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