Effective Date: June 17, 2025
Welcome to US News Stories (usnewsstories.com). These Terms and Services (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through usnewsstories.com.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By using the Website, you confirm that you are at least 13 years old. If you are under 18, you represent that you have reviewed these Terms with your parent or legal guardian and that they agree to these Terms on your behalf.
2. Changes to Terms
We may update or revise these Terms from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes.
3. Accessing the Website and Account Security
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users.
4. Intellectual Property Rights
The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by US News Stories, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
These Terms permit you to use the Website for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Website, except as generally and legally permitted.
5. User Contributions (Guest Posting)
a. Content Responsibility: You are solely responsible for any content you submit, publish, or display on or through the Website, including text, images, and links (“User Contributions”). By submitting User Contributions, you affirm, represent, and warrant that: * You own or control all rights in and to your User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted below to us and our affiliates. * Your User Contributions do not infringe any intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or other legal rights of any third party. * Your User Contributions comply with these Terms and all applicable laws and regulations.
b. License Grant: By submitting User Contributions, you grant US News Stories a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.
c. Content Standards: User Contributions must not: * Contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable. * Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age. * Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person. * Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations. * Be likely to deceive any person. * Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act. * Cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person. * Impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization. * Involve commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes, and other sales promotions, barter, or advertising, other than legitimate guest posts that provide valuable information. * Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by us or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.
d. Monitoring and Enforcement: We have the right to: * Remove or refuse to publish any User Contributions for any or no reason in our sole discretion. * Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public, or could create liability for US News Stories. * Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy. * Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms.
6. Affiliate Marketing and Third-Party Links
a. Affiliate Disclosure: US News Stories participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. This comes at no extra cost to you. We aim to be transparent about these relationships and only recommend products or services that we genuinely believe could be valuable to our readers.
b. Third-Party Websites: The Website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by US News Stories. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that US News Stories shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such websites or services. We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party websites or services that you visit.
7. Google AdSense
US News Stories uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google uses cookies and other tracking technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Website and/or other sites on the Internet. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet. For more information on how Google uses data, please refer to Google’s Privacy & Terms at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data.
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER US NEWS STORIES NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH US NEWS STORIES MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THEEND COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE.
9. Limitation on Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL US NEWS STORIES, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.
10. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless US News Stories, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.
11. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
All matters relating to the Website and these Terms, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New Jersey without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.
Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of New Jersey, United States in each case located in Middlesex County, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action, or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
12. Entire Agreement
The Terms and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and US News Stories regarding the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Website.
13. Your Comments and Concerns
This website is operated by US News Stories.
All feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to: [Your Contact Email Address Here] or via our Contact Us page.