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Nature puts heat on blast as scorching temperatures in eastern US could smash records
A long-lasting weather pattern is blasting hot air across the eastern U.S. and threatening to shatter record highs More »
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Sexual abuse allegations are spurring calls for a broader reckoning in Congress
Resignations came quickly this week from two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct toward staff members More »
It's Tax Day. Treasury says 53 million filers used new Trump tax exemptions before the deadline
The tax filing deadline for most Americans is Wednesday, and the Trump administration is highlighting the impacts of Republicans' massive tax and spending law More »
Trump promised peace in the Middle East. In Dearborn, Michigan, it feels farther away
Dearborn, Michigan, home to the nation's largest Arab American community, is grappling with ongoing crises More »
FDA to weigh easing limits on unproven peptides favored by RFK Jr. and other MAHA figures
Federal health officials will meet this summer to consider easing restrictions on a controversial group of drugs popular with followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement More »
Turning Point USA’s high school push in GOP states meets free speech and religion concerns
A push by Republican leaders to promote Turning Point USA chapters in public high schools is stirring a free speech debate More »
Typhoon flipped over cars and ripped away roofs on US islands in the Pacific Ocean
A super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean flipped over cars and ripped away tin roofs on the remote Northern Mariana Islands More »
EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry
The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators More »
As energy costs rise, some states back off ambitious climate goals
New York launched ambitious goals to cut its long-term greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future More »
University of Michigan's next president has brain cancer so won't take job
The next president at the University of Michigan says he can’t take the job because of brain cancer More »
