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U.S. Travel Association CEO Geoff Freeman speaking at a meeting at the U.S. Capitol earlier this year. Photo Credit: Ian Wagreich for U.S. Travel Association Legislation introduced Wednesday in ...

LSU football snuck out a significant win over Arkansas on Saturday, narrowly defeating the Razorbacks 23-22. It wasn’t a clean win for the Tigers by any means, as Arkansas is the only remaining SEC ...

NEW YORK ‒ For the first time since 1923, Gannett Co., Inc. is changing its name. The media company, whose content reaches one in two Americans daily, is now known as USA TODAY Co. The announcement ...

Love Island USA star Huda Mustafa and her boyfriend, Louis Russell, had an inappropriate reaction when a fan dialed into their TikTok livestream and referred to fellow Islander Olandria Carthen as a ...

A student government body at Loyola University New Orleans has denied a newly-formed chapter of Turning Point USA the ability to become an official student organization on campus. "Breaking: Turning ...

Miss USA claims they made “multiple attempts” to include their 2024 winner in this year’s ceremony and knew well in advance she wouldn’t attend — as questions remained about Alma Cooper’s shock snub ...

Chantéa McIntyre/Instagram; Taylor Davis/Instagram; Audrey Eckert/Instagram; missnjusa/Instagram (L-R) Miss Oregon Chantéa McIntyre; Miss Texas Taylor Davis; Miss Nebraska Audrey Eckert; Miss New ...

Audrey Eckert from Nebraska was named Miss USA on Friday, as the scandal-hit annual pageant returned under new ownership. The 22-year-old digital safety advocate beat 50 other contestants to claim the ...

In its latest short term energy outlook, the EIA raised its average WTI spot price forecasts for 2025 and 2026. In its latest short term energy outlook (STEO), which was released on October 7, the U.S ...

The Children's Services Council is seeking to recover $15,000 from a nonprofit that failed to provide promised services. This is the second instance of a CSC-funded organization not fulfilling its ...

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