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Plans for the transcontinental canal to be built across Nicaragua have been placed on hold. Opposition is growing and the main Chinese backer has lost a large percent of his wealth in the downturn of the stock exchange.

How is Saudi Arabia reacting to the agreement? Publicly, Iran's regional rival says officials are studying it — but what's the response in private? Saudi political analyst Nawaf Obaid explains.

An impoverished servant girl escapes the fledgling Jamestown colony during the winter of 1609–1610 in a historical saga that takes its inspiration from Robinson Crusoe.

"Some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that's underway in America, but nobody — nobody — can reverse it," Biden said. But Trump has vowed to roll back those plans.

With excessive heat advisories in effect across the U.S., here's how to avoid heat-related illnesses.

One of the most significant people in Sunita Kramer's life is a stranger whom she has never met. She encountered them the same day she almost lost her 7-year-old daughter.

Circa 1900, Americans wore gaudy costumes and bizarre masks, and some roved the streets begging for candy and treats — on Thanksgiving Day.

On Monday, the U.S. and Israel celebrate the opening of the American embassy in Jerusalem. The move is a blow to Palestinians, who seek part of the city as their capital.

Noah talks with people who are holding summer jobs that end on or around Labor Day. Boston Berry is a pool lifeguard at the Lee Cultural Center in West Philadelphia, where he's been a guard for twenty-five summers. After the pool closes today, he'll resume his winter job, teaching high school. Patrick Houlihan and Susan Edelman are park rangers in the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Today marks the unofficial end of the camping season; during the summers, they conduct dogsled demonstrations, hikes, and educational seminars. Finally, Laurie Dahlgren is a student at the University of Minnesota who sells fudge, coffee, jams and chocolates at the Knott's Berry General Store in the Camp Snoopy Amusement Park at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Today's her last day of work before she returns to school.

"We run the risk of going from hysteria to a sense of indifference," says the now-recovered physician. "And I think that is even more dangerous than our fear."