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Facing criticism from all sides, France's new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his ...

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, ...

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The parties are asking a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from ...

A year ago, Rwanda faced its first outbreak of Marburg virus. Dr. Tsion Firew remembers how scared she was — and how that ...

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CBS' parent company is buying The Free Press and installing Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS ...

Cornell University will receive $5.1 million as the Trump administration seeks to find a source and cure for autism.

Women have an evolutionary advantage when it comes to living longer. They outlive men by about five years. This gender gap is ...