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Despite some recent improvements, millions of Americans still face significant barriers in affording GLP-1s.

The Outer Space Treaty bans nuclear weapons in space, but experts say it needs updating to address modern challenges.

Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital as Tennessee officials attempted to put her to death.

Administration officials said Tuesday that the government would commit $2.9 billion to the project by purchasing what the factory produces.

The effectiveness of this strategy remains uncertain, with some Republicans skeptical about its impact on voters.

Amazon and the Television Academy have struck a six-year deal, ending the ceremony's seven-decade run on traditional broadcast networks.

The arrest of the Marine has renewed protests against the heavy American military presence on the southern island and the rise in military-related crime.

Saudi Arabia says three people were injured in the latest attacks on its airports since fighting with Yemen's Houthi rebels reignited.

The deal, which followed a tumultuous, roughly yearlong fight, further concentrates power in an industry already run by just a handful of major players.

More than a quarter of a million people have marched in cities across France in support of school pupils demanding more education funding, increasing pressure on the government of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron.

Jackson became the party's nominee in late July after the campaign of Democratic primary winner Graham Platner fell apart.

The World Health Organization says a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a "very low" risk outside the country as investigators look into what caused the death of a lab employee there last week.

ProPublica reported last month that Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses, including paying to rent one of two private islands where the party was held when Trump Jr. married Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas in Ma…

The review will cover how the university investigates sexual assault and harassment, student support, the disciplinary process, and oversight of student organizations.

In a post on his social media site, President Donald Trump defended the ads, which cost at least $1.5 million in federal funds and have drawn intense criticism.

"They could take out a city," he said.

"The PTL Club," which at its peak in the mid-1980s drew 13 million nightly TV viewers, made Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker cultural icons — so much so that they were often skewered in the 1980s and 90s by late-night comedians and parodied on "Saturday Night Li…

Kilmar Ábrego Garcia on Tuesday will be back in federal court, where the federal government will continue its attempt to deport him in an 18-month saga that began when he was mistakenly sent to El Salvador last year.

The justice told The Associated Press in a rare interview that the rhetoric about the court from Trump and his administration doesn't sit well with him.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday sought to reassure NATO ally Iceland that President Donald Trump's administration has no designs on the island but shares its deep concerns about Arctic security as tensions between the United States and Russia ri…

By the time that a child is preschool age, they have the ability to learn information from technology, said Lauren Girouard, a researcher at Harvard Graduate School of Education and the University of Michigan.

Public outrage over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman has put Spain's progressive government under immense pressure to tackle the nation's entrenched housing cost crisis.

Whoever opened fire at a sprawling block party in rural southern Georgia over the weekend, killing two people and leaving nearly three dozen others injured, remained at large Monday as authorities offered no new information about the shootings.

Supreme Court justices heard arguments in a major climate change case that could shape how communities hold industries accountable.

In our news wrap Monday, students at Cornell are staging protests over the university's handling of an alleged fraternity house gang rape in 2024, President Trump said a threat linked to Iran was the reason the U.S. withdrew its bombers from the Fairford…

The U.S. is closely monitoring a potential case of pneumonic plague in Russia after a laboratory worker who studied the disease fell ill and died.

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Hailed by some as miracle drugs, GLP-1s have surged in popularity in the past few years.

Local officials have confirmed the illness and death of a lab worker at an anti-plague research institute in Russia.

NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump continuing to promise payouts to voters if Republicans win in the midterms, the GOP spending…

Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American to lead the Catholic Church.

Phone Chomsavanh was among five immigrants deported to Eswatini — where he has no ties — in July 2025 in the early days of the Trump administration's secretive and highly contentious third-country deportation program.

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The Nobel Prize in physics will be announced Tuesday.

At a news conference, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Democrats say their nominee for governor in Ohio, Dr.

Experts warn that local dengue outbreaks could become more frequent due to persistent mosquito populations and climate conditions.

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says it has recaptured key areas around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Houthi rebels.

Scotlandville is a predominantly Black community in Louisiana, that's facing challenges in its political representation.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will spend Monday trying to shake-up his campaign after losing the first round of national elections to Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

The first Latin American pope was known for his humility and outreach to marginalized communities.

Ukraine's defense ministry said that recent attacks on refineries, including those in Moscow and Yaroslavl, had disabled 51% of Russia's refining capacity.

Obama is upping involvement in the midterm election.

Ovechkin has spent his entire career with Washington, winning the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 2005-06, the Hart Trophy as MVP three times and leading the NHL in scoring nine times.

If the court rules in his favor, it could prevent authorities from using evidence found during the searches in any prosecution.

The mother of two boys says their First Amendment rights were violated when they were told to take off the sweatshirts she bought them for Christmas in 2022.

Leavitt follows Kayleigh McEnany, the former press secretary who joined Fox in 2021.

Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007 and spent more than a year in prison later in life, died Saturday of natural causes at his home while receiving hospice care.

Residents on Okinawa have long been frustrated by the burden of hosting American troops.

Justices declined to hear Moore's appeal of a lower court decision that vacated the verdict.