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Why Quito should be your next destination – beyond a Galápagos stopover “Off the Beaten Path” is a five-part series showcasing uncrowded and unique travel destinations you can visit before the masses. If you'd like to contribute to our future reporting and share your experience as a source, you can click here to fill out

More than 400 7-Eleven US stores to close by end of the year 7-Eleven will be closing more than 400 underperforming stores in the U.S., its parent company said. The 444 stores to close are among 13,000 stores the convenience chain has in the U.S. and Canada. A list of stores to close was not

Joe Biden returns to a beleaguered Florida to survey Hurricane Milton damage in Tampa area ST. PETE BEACH – Returning to a beleaguered state battered by back-to-back hurricanes, President Joe Biden was scheduled to land in Florida Sunday to again survey the damage from a major storm and rally federal resources around a recovery effort that

Sold! What did Sammy Hagar's custom Ferrari LaFerrari sell for at Arizona auction? Sammy Hagar just provided another example of how there's only one way to rock. His recipe: Have a ball but keep to life's speed limit, easy on the drugs, heavy on the rock 'n' roll, and – above all – go all

'We won't stop': College students return to changed campuses after a year of protests A year after Emmit DeHart started classes at his dream school, he couldn't wait to get out. Transferring out of the University of Washington to Yeshiva University, a private orthodox Jewish university in New York City, wasn't an easy decision for

Starship launch: How to watch SpaceX test fly megarocket from Starbase in Texas This time around, SpaceX engineers hope to replicate June's landing of the Starship capsule while for the first time returning the Super Heavy booster rocket intact to the launch site. SpaceX is moving forward with plans to undergo the latest test flight

The DNC wants to woo NFL fans in battleground states. Here's how they'll try. The Democratic National Committee is launching what it says is the organization's first NFL advertising campaign that starts on Sunday at games located in battleground states, USA TODAY Sports has learned. The ad campaign is scheduled to happen during Week 6

This week's full hunter's moon is also a supermoon! The hunter's moon – the first full moon of fall – will rise Thursday, Oct. 17, in the eastern sky around sunset. As an added bonus, this month's full moon will also be a supermoon. Although it will reach peak illumination at 7:26 a.m. ET, the moon will

How high will Oregon go? US LBM coaches poll ranking projection after wild Week 7 The debate for No. 1 in the new US LBM Coaches Poll will come down to Texas and Oregon. Will the Longhorns hold onto the top spot or will voters be swayed by the Ducks’ win against Ohio State? Look

What does climate change mean to you? Here's what different generations say. Back in 1990, when Sarah Barger Ranney was 10, she saw a newspaper survey asking: “Kids, 12-16: Tell us your future.”    One of the questions was “By the time you’re 40, what do you think will be the biggest problem confronting the

As US election nears, Mexico keeps up border enforcement, blocks migrants. MEXICO CITY – Fewer migrants are reaching the U.S. border than in years. The U.S. government's secret weapon in cutting illegal crossings? Mexico. Mexico is holding the line, analysts say, thanks to a carefully negotiated – but unwritten – agreement between neighbors, executed late

As the election nears, Biden’s student debt agenda is in tatters. Will it hurt Harris? For many Americans overwhelmed by student loan debt, the first week of October was bad.  On Monday of that week, a yearlong grace period ended for student loan borrowers struggling to make payments since the pandemic pause lifted a year