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While Massachusetts emerged on top of the list with the country’s wealthiest and most highly educated populations, Mississippi — also the poorest state in the country — was ranked the lowest.

If the deal had gone through, the combined company would have been valued at over $20 billion, according to a report citing sources.

The Christmas tree festival started at a Leicestershire church 14 years ago with just 100 trees, growing to 1,378 specimens this year.

David Petraeus, shortlisted by President-elect Donald Trump for secretary of state, had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in 2015 for leaking classified information to his biographer.

According to an inmate's lawyer, the general mood in the detention center has been gloomy since election night.

The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems was awarded the much-awaited $737 million contract for M777A2 LW155 ultralight howitzer artillery guns Wednesday, reports said.

Belgium produces almost 1,500 types of beer, which is brewed across the small country's villages, towns and cities.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party is looking to get the legislation passed before the session ends Dec. 14, despite opposition on ethical grounds.

Daniel Humm’s NoMad food truck can be spotted on the streets of the city as ground research for the chef’s restaurant, which is expected to open in L.A. next year.

Michael “Jim” Delligatti started offering the Big Mac — for 45 cents — at his store in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1967.

A conservative group of CEOs of major U.S. corporations welcomed the president-elect’s nomination of Steven Mnuchin and Wilbur Ross to the Cabinet.

The president-elect will, on Dec. 15, lay out a plan for him to step back from his business dealings ahead of taking office.

Chef Gerald Madero and his team undertook the project to build a completely edible replica of the baseball stadium.

If he takes over, Miguel Diaz-Canel — the current vice president — will be the first civilian president of the country since the 1959 communist revolution.

Warner Bros. is in talks with theaters to cut down the typical 90 days of exclusivity rights that theater owners have over new releases.

India’s new solar power plant in the southern town of Kamuthi has a capacity of 648 MW, surpassing the Topaz Solar Farm in California — which has a capacity of 550 MW.

Rowling recently sent 7-year-old Bana Alabed e-book versions of her blockbuster series, days before the child's home in Syria was bombed.

An Indian army officer and two other personnel were killed when terrorists stormed an artillery unit in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday.

Art Sisneros, who was reportedly undecided on how to cast his vote till as recently as last week, announced his decision Monday to quit his position on the electoral college.

Park Geun-Hye has found herself entangled in a political scandal after her close aide was arrested for allegedly meddling in the affairs of the government.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing allegations of sexual assault in Sweden in 2010.

Her manager Kayla Pressman reportedly said the TV icon died Thursday surrounded by family and friends.

Terrice Thomas gave birth in the reclined front seat of an SUV while she and the child’s father waited for emergency responders.

The BIGBANG star has collaborated with RED, a non-profit organization that works to fight HIV and AIDS, to fly the winner of the contest to Seoul.

Following the first successful harvest of the settlers’ crop, Native Americans and Englishmen got together for days of festivities and games, marking the earliest record of Thanksgiving.

Three people died in Panama due to heavy rains associated with the hurricane, which is expected to make landfall in Nicaragua on Thursday.

Steve Huffman, who co-founded the company in 2005, replaced Reddit’s former CEO Ellen Pao last year.

President-elect Donald Trump has said the U.S. will quit the trade deal on his first day in the White House, in a video message posted Monday.

The appointment of the South Carolina governor, if confirmed, will mark the first female appointment to a cabinet-level post in the president-elect’s administration.