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Barring any late developments, the U.S. is set to see its first execution by firing squad in 15 years on March 7, 2025. Photos released by the...
As Muslims fast from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, an important aspect of their faith is their role as stewards of God on Earth. One way Muslims do...
Microplastics – the tiny particles of plastic shed when litter breaks down – are everywhere, from the deep sea to Mount Everest, and many...
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has secured unprecedented access to at least seven sensitive federal databases, including those...
If the joy of seeing butterflies seems increasingly rare these days, it isn’t your imagination. From 2000 to 2020, the number of butterflies fell...
Pretty much everyone will sometimes struggle with anger at work. People fear the wrath of abusive supervisors, suppress anger to maintain a façade...
An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas,...
As much as half of the fentanyl sold on Philly’s streets contains an industrial chemical used in plastics manufacturing. That’s according to our...
Healthcare.gov, the government health insurance marketplace website, launched in October 2013 only to buckle under the weight of just 2,000...
The causes involve more than just habitat loss, but there are steps you can take to help save these delicate creatures
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Ethics in the MCU As a die-...
In the second season of “Severance,” there’s an unexpected character: a child supervisor named Miss Huang, who matter-of-factly explains she’s...
The Trump administration’s sudden dismantling of nearly all foreign aid, including the work carried out by the U.S. Agency for International...
The Internal Revenue Service hasn’t issued comprehensive guidance on how the estimated 27 million Americans earning income as influencers should...
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people to what most people...
The U.S. Supreme Court has limited how flexible the Environmental Protection Agency and states can be in regulating water pollution under the Clean...
President Donald Trump’s declaration of a “national energy emergency” on his first day in office – and which he reiterated during his address to...
Scores of wildfires broke out across North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia in early March 2025 as strong winds, abnormally dry conditions and...
Get ready to pay more for avocados, maple syrup and – well – almost everything. The U.S. officially imposed new 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on...
“Violence is just part of the job. Every nurse and health care worker experiences it at some point.” Sentiments like this echo across American...
The dismissal of Gen. Charles Q. Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was startling, if not unexpected, at the beginning of President...
Ever since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, stock market expectations have been volatile – driven in part by a healthy dose of...
Denver saw an increase in youth homelessness from 10% to 25% between 2017 and 2021, according to our study recently published in the peer-reviewed...
If there are any limits to a president’s power, it wasn’t evident from Donald Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress on March 4,...
The 50 American individuals and couples who gave or pledged the most to charity in 2024 committed US$16.2 billion to foundations, universities,...
What if extreme heat not only leaves you feeling exhausted but actually makes you age faster? Scientists already know that extreme heat increases...
When the U.S. government deported 177 Venezuelans on Feb. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that 80 of the deportees were...
Efforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cuts have stirred widespread concerns that the federal government may trim expenditures...
For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news about Pope Francis’ health. The pope has been at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital...
Few terms in American foreign policy discourse are as misunderstood or politically charged as “isolationism.” Often used as a political weapon, the...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
The start of President Donald Trump’s second term has been a bonanza for the attorneys general of blue states. As the president has released his...
Multiple sclerosis is a disease that results when the immune system mistakenly attacks the brain and spinal cord. It affects nearly one million...
Donald Trump has repeatedly raised the specter of annexing Canada since his inauguration to a second term as president. The president’s rhetoric...
Journalists covering the Feb. 28, 2025, Oval Office meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelenskyy.” That was the verdict of the editorial team at the Kyiv...