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1 day ago · The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States. American athletes have won a total of 2,638 medals (1,065 of them gold) at the Summer Olympic Games , and another 330 (114 of them gold) at the Winter Olympic Games , making the United States the most prolific medal-winning nation ...
2 days ago · The member states of the United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states. The United Nations (UN) is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. All members have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. [3] The Charter of the United Nations defines the rules for admission of member states.
2 days ago · Lynching of John William Clark in Cartersville, Georgia, September 1930, after killing Police Chief J. B. Jenkins [1] Lynching was the widespread occurrence of extrajudicial killings which began in the United States ' pre–Civil War South in the 1830s and ended during the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
3 days ago · Canada–United States relations. Canada's long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its history, economy, and culture. [1] The two countries consider themselves among the "closest [of] allies". [2] They share the longest border (8,891 km (5,525 mi)) between any two nations in the world, [3] and also ...
18 hours ago · The 2024 United States Senate election in Texas will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Texas. Two-term incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz is seeking a third term in office. [1] Primary elections took place on March 5, 2024 during Super Tuesday. [2]
4 days ago · The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of New Hampshire, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States ...
3 days ago · According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), food insecurity is "a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food." [20] Hunger, on the other hand, is defined as "an individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity."
