Photos capture enduring enthusiasm for Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year

Black Friday kicked off the holiday shopping season with enthusiasm, despite consumer confidence in the U.S. economy falling ...

Hungary’s Orbán seeks more Russian oil and gas at Kremlin talks with Putin

The trip to Moscow is the second since last year for Orbán, who is widely considered Putin’s closest partner among all EU ...

Paris’ Louvre museum to increase ticket price for visitors from outside the EU

PARIS (AP) — Paris’ Louvre museum has approved a ticket hike from 22 to 32 euros ($25 to $37) for non-European visitors from ...

Building a bigger table for improving literacy

Ultimately, literacy liberates by enabling people to become more critical thinkers, civically engaged, higher skilled and to ...

Israeli forces kill at least 13 people in southern Syria raid, officials and residents say

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israeli forces raided a Syrian village and opened fire when they were confronted by residents on Friday, killing at least 13 people, Syrian officials said, in the deadliest ...

Death toll from floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rises to 164

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rose to 164 on Friday with 79 people missing, authorities said, as rescue workers found their ...

Editor’s note: ‘In everything, give thanks’

The Rev. Reginald F. Davis, pastor of Historic First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, delivered this message at HART’s Multifaith Thanksgiving Service.