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The sprawling agency saw its baseline funding expire after lawmakers left town for a week-long recess, but without a deal to ...

A federal judge in Illinois quickly issued a restraining order after the Trump administration slashed more than $600 million in CDC grants to four blue states.

Malinin, undefeated since 2023, stumbled and fell multiple times, landing far off the podium. Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan ...

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The crew will spend the next eight months conducting experiments to prepare for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

In its ruling, the court said an earlier decision to ban the Pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist ...

In an era when you can bet on almost any sporting event on your phone, it is no surprise that gambling addiction is on the rise. Young men are particularly likely to get in too deep. WBUR's Patrick ...