BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) - The death of a former head of China's one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week. State media ...

The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission was honoring its best of 2025 Wednesday night, but it was also looking far into the future. If trends continue, expect the Valley to be home to more than 800,000 ...

Two Texas men, one who joined the Air Force to learn combat skills, are accused of trying to take over a small island off of Haiti. By Nicholas Slayton Published Nov 22, 2025 3:19 PM EST An Air Force ...

Do you have regular migraine headaches? If so, you've got a lot of company. Nearly 1 in every 3 people worldwide suffer from a headache disorder, affecting almost 3 billion people, researchers will ...

The number of detainees in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody increased to 66,000 this week, setting a new record high as President Trump intensifies his crackdown on illegal immigration ...

Education during adolescence is often considered a priority, with federal law upholding the right that all children have access to public elementary and secondary education. Furthering one's schooling ...

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...

Seven million people in Canada watched Game 1 of the World Series, more than one-sixth of the country's population. Patrick Smith / Getty Images In a country of 41 million people, here is an ...

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Deaths exceeded births in Taiwan for the 21st straight month, according to newly released government statistics, underscoring the deepening demographic crisis confronting the island of 23 million.

PORTLAND, Maine — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giant animals, according to scientists who ...