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Americans love olive oil — and import 95% of it. But tariffs are making it harder for Europeans to sell it to Americans.

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The State Department said it would start a pilot program that will require cash deposits to tourist and business visas for ...

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On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report ...

The music of the all-women trio La Perla from Bogotá, Colombia, is focused on a handful of rhythms from the Caribbean coast.