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Black holes may finally be ready for their close-up
At precisely 13:00 Universal Time on Wednesday - 9 a.m. in the Eastern United States - scientists will hold simultaneous news conferences in Washington, D.C., Belgium, Denmark, Chile, Japan, China...
Trump White House doubles down on threat to close U.S.-Mexico border
The White House doubled down Sunday on President Donald Trump's threat to close the U.S. border with Mexico, despite warnings that the move would inflict immediate economic damage on American...
FEMA chief Long, who faced questions over his use of government vehicle, to resign
Less than two years into a tenure marked by five major hurricanes, multiple lethal wildfires and a tense relationship with his boss, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator William "Brock" Long...
Oldest fossils or just rocks? Scientists at odds over 3.7 billion-year-old structures.
It was an extraordinary claim: Scientists studying a rock formation in Greenland said they had discovered the Earth's oldest fossils, a series of small, cone-shaped structures left by microbial mats...
Huge clinical trial collapses, and research on alcohol remains befuddling
Research on alcohol consumption is in a pickle. There's no question that pounding one drink after another is bad for your health. Things get murkier when it comes to "moderate"...
A look at the list helping Trump reshape the Supreme Court
In early 2016, while working as Donald Trump's top campaign lawyer, Donald McGahn came up with a novel idea whose reverberations are still being felt. Although Trump was surging toward...
Trump accuses Canadian leader of being “dishonest” and “weak”
President Donald Trump left America's closest allies dismayed Sunday after he yanked the U.S. endorsement of a Group of Seven economic agreement and then unleashed a Twitter attack - echoed...
First death reported from E. coli-contaminated romaine lettuce as outbreak spreads
The nationwide food poisoning outbreak from E. coli-contaminated romaine lettuce has claimed its first fatality, an unidentified person in California, and the contagion has sickened a total of 121 people...
Proposed shake-up at National Park Service could make senior leaders hit the road
A major management shake-up could be underway at the National Park Service, including the proposed reassignment of the veteran superintendent of Yellowstone National Park and six other senior executives, according...
22 states now affected by dangerous outbreak of E. coli illness from romaine lettuce
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday that 14 more people have become sickened by the E. coli outbreak involving romaine lettuce, bringing the total to 98 people...