Soccer — or football as it's known around the globe — was far from mainstream in the U.S. leading up to the 1994 World Cup. But in the end, the tournament was considered a resounding success. How exactly did that happen?

The chocolate biz is raising the bar with a lab to assess cacao beans from around the world. (Talk about a sweet gig!) Consumers and farmers stand to benefit from the "Standard of Excellence" program.

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Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's teaching that the death penalty is "inadmissible," in a video message released hours after the Justice Department said it would allow firing squads for federal executions.

The four astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis II mission are about to plunge through the atmosphere toward Earth, after a successful visit to the moon.

Michael B. Jordan won best actor for Sinners. Paul Thomas Anderson received best director for One Battle After Another. Cassandra Kulukundis won the Academy's first ever casting award.

Renée Fleming is the latest to say they will not perform at the Kennedy Center.

Forecasters say the storm will dump heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies into New England through Monday.

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