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Chicagos Shedd Aquarium announced a third whale has died that was rehomed to the facility as part of an international effort to rescue Canada's last captive whales
Vice President JD Vance and White House officials are announcing plans to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging global leaders to cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence and intensifying inequalities
Polo strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast
A grand jury has found there wasnt evidence to bring charges in the death of Nolan Wells, a Black teen who was found dead after a July 4 boating trip off the Mississippi Gulf Coast
President Donald Trump addresses the U.N. General Assembly at a challenging moment for the world and his presidency
Global shares are mostly higher, as the market mood turned positive from the overnight rally on Wall Street
After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaskas heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is facing a big test on the world stage
U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington this week as economic and tech competition escalates between the two countries
World leaders are meeting under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions for their annual meeting at the United Nations this week
The attorney for a North Carolina girl accused of helping two teens who carried out a fatal attack on a San Diego mosque says prosecutors havent provided enough information to allow him to defend his client
A jury has convicted a Vermont man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home, rejecting an insanity defense rooted in his claims that he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad
Polo strengthens to a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean off the western coast of Mexico
If you've accumulated too many reusable bags, donate the excess
Local authorities say a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, where anti-ICE protesters gathered for hours
A Mississippi wildlife rescue gives abandoned and injured baby raccoons their best chance of survival through a program they call raccoon boot camp.
Tropical Storm Polo has formed off southwestern Mexico
A man serving 130 years in prison for killing two teens in Indiana is appealing his convictions
Maps can anchor us in a place or help us get somewhere else
A new tropical storm has formed in the northern Atlantic Ocean but does not appear to pose a threat to land
Voters across the nation say skyrocketing gas prices are causing financial hardships for their families
Alaskas primary revealed some of the headaches related to a major change in how voters select their candidates
China and the United States are divided on many issues, from tariffs to Taiwan
The U.S. military has attacked another boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people
San Francisco's annual King of the Streets event is celebrating lowriding
The city of Dearborn, Michigan, says its diversity and welcoming nature are to blame for a lawsuit accusing it of favoring Muslim holidays over the holidays of other religious faiths
The United States has lifted sanctions against Eritreas ruling party and military, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury
Denmarks foreign minister has expressed cautious optimism about an agreement with the United States over Greenland in the wake of Donald Trump's announcement of a deal to bolster American military presence on the island
AI developers are striving for self-improvement, aiming for technology that can enhance itself
Will Lawrence, a progressive Democratic congressional candidate in Michigan, is trying to harness unease over the rapid pace of artificial intelligence development to defeat Republican Rep. Tom Barrett
Thousands of people have come to protest outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Flash flooding across the Navajo Nation has damaged roads, forced evacuations and claimed three lives as a late-season surge of monsoon moisture brings heavy rain to the Four Corners region
The stabbing of a Sikh truck driver at a Wyoming rest area has the U.S. Sikh community newly on edge
Officials say 75 absentee in-person ballots cast by voters in rural western Alaska communities arrived too late to be counted in last months primary election
The Pentagon has rolled out formal guidance for mandatory testosterone testing for male service members 30 and older
The Trump administration has started building the border wall in the Big Bend region of west Texas
Anthropic has announced that its AI model, Claude, is significantly aiding in the development of building its successor
Prosecutors say an SUV driver was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane, blew a red light and slammed into a Los Angeles city bus, killing two riders
A Louisiana jury has convicted a woman of negligent homicide in the death of a television reporter who had been visiting New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl
A New Hampshire judge has dismissed Pamela Smart's latest petition for a new trial
New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson will make a guest-starring appearance on Law & Order: SVU this fall
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells anti-vaccine activists from an organization he once chaired that they have a friend in the White House
A former Connecticut state budget official convicted of corruption fled the U.S. by boat and plane before his sentencing and is now a fugitive in Greece
Authorities in Michigan are advising residents to shelter in place after a small plane crashed in Grand Traverse County
A federal immigration officer charged with shooting a Venezuelan man last winter and lying about the circumstances to investigators is scheduled to appear before a Minnesota judge
Gustavo Dudamel has taken over as music director of the New York Philharmonic
A top official at the Kennedy Center says he closed the iconic performing arts centers temporarily due to acute risks to public safety resulting from continued structural deterioration of the aging building
Human remains found in the Grand Canyon this week have been identified as Timothy Allen Smith, the last person missing after the deadly flash flooding in late August
The death of Tasia Fortune, a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree, has stirred distressing memories of the grim U.S. history of lynchings

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