As the US celebrates its 250th birthday in 2026, there is no better place to be during this historic milestone than ...

A trans woman and former showgirl once known as “The dazzling Vanessa Antineli,” she now works nights as the cashier to make ...

The acclaimed DC and Marvel artist from the North Shore has a new exhibit at the museum in Lake County, inaugurating a 3,000-square-foot addition.

Erton Köhler, a pastor from Brazil, has been elected president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church General Conference.

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Figuring out the ever-changing political landscape in the United States can be challenging. This is especially the case if ...

Chicago’s public defenders are among the best-resourced in Illinois, but even there, massive case loads have attorneys and investigators stretched paper-thin. The Cook County Jail has swelled under ...

Each week, our editors choose stunning photos submitted by members of Your Shot, National Geographic's photo community.

“It really changes the feelings people have,” Maktoufi stresses. She integrated play and art therapy in her work with children facing terminal illnesses and through grief facilitation in hospice care.

Empty beaches, still streets, sleeping children—photographers capture a world quieted by coronavirus.

These stunning, prize-winning images of nature seen from above reveal a new perspective of our planet’s landscapes, oceans ...

During the Fourth of July weekend, women nationwide assembled their closest friends and family members to travel to New Orleans for the annual ESSENCE Festival of Cultural.