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The sweeping lawsuit brought by Common Cause argues federal agencies are illegally surveilling and intimidating people who ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office and consumer watchdog groups reached a settlement this week with Nicor Gas to ...

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Gillian Anderson is known for her work in X-Files and The Crown. But her role in Sex Education convinced her that she wanted to encourage women to talk about the fantasies they've kept secret.

Sing for Hope, which creates artist-decorated pianos and puts them in public spaces for everyone to enjoy, started after two Juilliard students thought about giving up performing in the wake of 9/11.

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Dr. Rupa Narra is a U.S. pediatrician who arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help care for stricken children.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at the AI company Anthropic who resigned in protest over the dangers of AI.

President Trump promised to send every adult citizen $5,000, but only if Republicans maintain control of Congress in the ...

For nearly two minutes, one of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway repeatedly warned his ...

The death of Charlie Kirk was seen as a rallying call for young conservatives. One year later, the movement is wrestling with ...