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You could probably guess some country names by their outlines, or name a few by their flags, but what if we blended it all ...

How many of this week’s questions — with topics ranging from the NBA and the NHL to beach volleyball (!) — can you get right?

From the fall of empires to revolutionary uprisings, this quiz will test how well you can connect each fact to its country.

Can you guess the state each college basketball team is located in? This March Madness quiz covers Auburn, Purdue, Marquette, ...

But Earth isn't the only place we've set up shop. Space-based telescopes like Hubble, James Webb, and Chandra orbit far above ...

As this partisan divide suggests, there are real and distinctive differences in people’s ways of life and their outlooks in ...

The Lions play the Vikings this week. / Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Week 9 of the NFL season approaches. It's shaping up to be a good one, as a pretty entertaining season continued ...

The NFL is all about parity, and Week 9 will offer some high-powered matchups that'll start to create separation in several key divisions around the league. Entering Week 9, 13 teams have recorded at ...

NFL Week 8 is bringing with it "Byemageddon," as a season-high six teams will be getting a break this week. Thanks to recent international games and a couple of "Monday Night Football" doubleheaders, ...

The Arizona Cardinals are off today with their bye week. So are five other teams, including two NFC West rivals — the LA Rams and Seattle Seahawks. There is no international game this week. Seven ...