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A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better tre...

The biggest permanent desert lake threatens with rising waters and hungry crocs

Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert lake. Its waters have long sustained hundreds of thousands. Now the lak...

Democrats and Republicans think control of Congress runs through Iowa

Iowa is no stranger to political attention in presidential elections, but surprisingly competitive midterm contests highlight the state'...

San Antonio Spurs win the West, beating Oklahoma City Thunder to head to NBA Finals

The San Antonio Spurs celebrated after beating the odds and defeating the defending champions Oklahoma City Thunder, to advance to the NBA F...

Opinion: Pope Leo reminds us of the value of our shared humanity

May 30, 2026

Pope Leo's first encyclical voices his concerns about technology and AI. The pope cautions about the illusions AI bots can create, and h...

The NTSB tries to keep cockpit audio recordings private. AI is making that harder

May 30, 2026

The National Transportation Safety Board temporarily pulled its docket system offline after digital images were used to reconstruct cockpit ...

Photos show the world's 'uncounted' people -- and what it takes to be counted

May 29, 2026

July 1, 2025. Sirajganj, Bangladesh Mothers who lacked birth certificates for themselves and family members hold up the newly obtained docum...

WHO chief lands in Congo to address rare Ebola outbreak amid distrust and insecurity

May 29, 2026

The head of the World Health Organization arrived in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to witness efforts against an outbreak of a rare type of...

Distrust, conflict hamper Congo's Ebola response

May 28, 2026

The epicenter of the Ebola outbreak is in Mongbwalu, a poor gold-mining town of 130,000 people, in Ituri province, in eastern Congo. (Image ...

An Ohio pastor-turned-lawmaker backs a Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act for schools

May 28, 2026

The bill says it would permit the teaching of the positive impact of Judeo-Christian values in U.S. history. Opponents say it offers a skewe...

Texas primary runoff takeaways. And, DOJ mass-deletes info on Jan. 6 riot cases

May 27, 2026

The Texas primary runoffs have now concluded and major November election matchups are set. And Trump's Justice Department has deleted si...

Conservative Christians love this painting of George Washington. The event it depicts may not have happened

May 27, 2026

A painting of George Washington is being used by the Trump administration to argue the founders were devout Christians, but historians have ...

The movie 'Pressure' leans into the drama of high-stakes weather forecasts

May 27, 2026

Pressure , about the tense lead-up to the D-Day invasion during World War II.'/> The new movie tells a story about how good meteorolo...

An exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe

Temperature records are breaking and triggering government warnings, with London hitting 95 degrees the past two days. Experts say unpredict...

How the Trump administration uses the Bible to justify military invasions and immigration raids

President Trump isn't much of a Bible-quoter, but some members of his administration are, and they have used Scripture to frame controv...

Prospects fade for imminent end to Iran war as attacks restart

Israel says it will intensify attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon and U.S. military struck Iranian boats and missile launch sites as envoys...

U.S. strikes Iran. And, immigration courts use new tactic to speed up deportations

The U.S. military has launched new attacks on Iran while talks to end the conflict are ongoing. And, the Department of Justice is using a ne...

Pope Leo takes aim at big tech in sweeping encyclical on AI

May 25, 2026

"Magnifica Humanitas" tackles the social, economic and political challenges associated with artificial intelligence. (Image credit...

In Beirut, refugee girls and women learn more than self-defense in martial arts class

May 25, 2026

In the male-dominated world of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, a martial arts teacher offers women a way to empowerment. (Image credit...

More than 500 children have died in an outbreak that the world is virtually ignoring

The number of cases — and deaths — in Bangladesh is staggering. As of Sunday, 528 have died, mostly children. How did this measles outbreak ...

Mind-bending photos by anonymous cousins show the pain and dreams of Afghan women

The young women make photos that look at life — how it is, how they wish it could be — under Taliban rule. The images are on display at the ...

Religious leaders, lawmakers push for $1 billion to secure houses of worship

There's an effort on Capitol Hill to increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which awards funding to houses of worshi...

Nurse convicted in patient's death is now a national speaker on hospital safety