North America

Vikings from Greenland — the first Europeans to arrive in the Americas — lived in a village in Canada’s Newfoundland exactly 1,000 years ago, according to research published Wednesday.

An annual list of the world’s 50 best restaurants is back — and for the first time, one city dominated the top two spots.

The Biden administration is drafting rules to govern the killing of wild birds by industry and will resume enforcement actions against companies responsible for deaths that could have been prevented.

The environmental footprint of shipping, a crucial cog in the global economy, is significant.

Unvaccinated travelers are gravitating to Caribbean islands that will let them in, while the vaccinated want places that keep the unimmunized out.

Travelers regularly search for activities in New York, Paris and Rome — but the world’s most popular online travel search is in none of those places.

More places are easing travel restrictions for vaccinated travelers, with some set to require inoculations from all travelers by the summer.

A little more than a month after Trump’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement took effect, the Trump administration is scheduled to re-impose a 10% import tax on Canadian aluminum Sunday

A brilliant flurry in the sky near the Unicorn constellation is expected Thursday night over the eastern half of North America and all South America.

Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg left North America on a return trip across the Atlantic on Wednesday, hitching a renewable-energy ride with an Australian family aboard their 48-foot (15-meter) catamaran.

A few fun facts about Kanye West: He’s running for president in 2024, he recited color psychology to wife Kim Kardashian West as she sat in a morning bath Thursday, and he was fired at 16 for shoplifting at the Gap where he worked. West, with Kim in tow, let loose with those pearls and more during a surprise 35-minute...

Youth climate change activist Greta Thunberg said it would be “a waste of time” to meet with President Donald Trump to try to change his opinion on global warming because she doesn’t think there is anything she could say “that he hasn’t already heard.” “I don’t understand why I would do that,” Thunberg, who was publicly mocked by Trump on...

Owners of anxious dogs will soon have a generic option for calming pets with separation anxiety, NBC News reported. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of clomipramine hydrochloride, a generic for the brand name drug Clomicalm, for dogs ages 6 months and up who have fears or underlying anxiety about being left alone. It is meant...

Pedro Almodóvar is a master of cinema who has found international acclaim with 21 films he’s shot in his native Spain. Now he’s setting his sights on making his first film in North America. Almodóvar said the film is set in Texas and would be mostly in English, with some bilingual scenes shot in Mexico. The director said he has...

The Museum of Science and Industry will change its name in honor of a record $125 million donation from Ken Griffin, the Chicago museum announced Thursday.

Eating red meat is linked to cancer and heart disease, but are the risks big enough to give up burgers and steak? A team of international researchers says probably not, contradicting established advice. In a series of papers published Monday, the researchers say the increased risks are small and uncertain and that cutting back likely wouldn’t be worth it for...

Amazon is doubling the number of workers at his operations in Chicago’s Loop.

The top headlines you need to know as your start your day on Sept. 16, 2019.

Ford is recalling more than 550,000 trucks and SUVs in North America because seat backs may not properly restrain people in a crash. The recall covers certain 2018 through 2020 F-150 pickups, 2019 and 2020 Super Duty trucks, 2018 and 2019 Explorer SUVs, and 2019 and 2020 Expedition SUVs. All have manual driver or front passenger seat-back recliner mechanisms. Also...