United States

"He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great..." (Genesis 48:19).

The United States' history is tied to Great Britain's by more than just a revolution. The story begins with a promise to a patriarch, passed down to two brothers—the ancestors of two of the world's greatest superpower nations. Find out more below.

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World News and Trends: U.S. crime peril ahead?

According to a recent report from Washington, D.C., "America is bracing itself for a storm of criminal violence that, if some experts are to be believed, will sweep the country on a scale unprecedented in the nation's history."
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World News and Trends: German-American ties unraveling?

The relationship between Germany and America that held the Atlantic alliance together for nearly 50 years is in a sad state of disrepair, according to diplomats and politicians.
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World News and Trends: America exports lethal lifestyles

Skyrocketing deaths from cancer and heart disease can be blamed in part on bad habits and unhealthy lifestyles promoted in and by the United States, according to this year's World Health Organization annual report.
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World News and Trends: American abortion rate drops to 20-year low

The Centers for Disease Control report that 1994 marked a 20-year low in the abortion rate among women in the United States, with 21 of every 1,000 women 15 to 44 years old undergoing an abortion that year.
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World News and Trends: Bacteria, parasites, viruses threatening U.S. water

Microscopic waterborne organisms are replacing potential cancer-causing chemicals as the primary threat to drinking water in some U.S. cities, according to health officials.
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World News and Trends: U.S. Society Pays High Price for Crime

Crime costs the United States at least $450 billion annually, according to the first U.S. Justice Department report to try to calculate the cost of domestic violence and child abuse along with other crimes including murder, robbery and rape.
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