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AVENEL, New Jersey — On a busy stretch of Route 35 near Rahway, New Jersey, one of the nation's last Kmart stores looks like a relic from the past. Its big red K is faded and cracked. Inside this most American of retail stores, popular for K Cafe luncheonettes and…

LOS ANGELES — American babies are at far higher risk of dying before their first birthdays than those in almost any other wealthy country. A big reason for those deaths, more than 21,000 each year, is that too many are born too soon.

Two decades of war in Iraq and Afghanistan had little effect on daily life in America. That tells us way too much

Talk of sin once played a significant role in colonial America and across much of our history. As America continues to face a crisis of political polarization and a threat to our democracy, perhaps revisiting the traditional religious understanding of the dynamics of sin might be helpful for offering some…

In America, spring doesn’t truly begin until the first pitch on opening day. Unfortunately, the Major League Baseball lockout threatens to prolong winter. With players and owners struggling to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, a delayed start to the season seems likely.

Dozens of banks had rejected Ann Marie and Dan Ellis when they opened Bank of America Corp. checking accounts last February to fund their southern Arizona network of automated teller machines.

There could be a knock-on impact to energy prices paid by American consumers from ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris said, adding that the U.S. government is working to mitigate the effects.

Asian-American communities are full of stark divisions—including splits over whether to see themselves as "Asian Americans" in the first place.

Janice Mitchell came to England from America to chase The Beatles and fell in love after a 23-day whirlwind romance