• Disaster-battered nations tell ministers at climate talks to start taking action

    Disaster-battered nations tell ministers at climate talks to start taking action

    Nov 17, 2025 09:08 PM EST

    ... our people and their right to a safe and prosperous future.” Armando Rodriguez Batista, Cuba's environment and science minister, noted his country was flooded by Melissa. “Tomorrow it will be too late to do what we had to do a long time ago," he said. Speakers lament slow progress

  • Epstein files and affordability concerns threaten Trump's veneer of political invulnerability

    Epstein files and affordability concerns threaten Trump's veneer of political invulnerability

    Nov 17, 2025 07:41 PM EST

    ... Trump is expected to address the issue at a conference on Monday night. In addition, there's the inescapable fact that the president is a lame duck who is constitutionally prohibited from running again, despite his interest in remaining in office. Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who has frequently ...

  • Trump feuds with MAGA ally ahead of vote to release Epstein files

    Trump feuds with MAGA ally ahead of vote to release Epstein files

    Nov 15, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... really elected on last year, as with the midterms now less than a year away and Trump desperately trying to not be perceived as a lame duck and trying to keep Republicans in power so he doesn't have to face a Democratic majority in the House, let's say ...

  • Federal officials say immigration raids have begun in North Carolina

    Federal officials say immigration raids have begun in North Carolina

    Nov 15, 2025 08:17 PM EST

    ... Americans are safe and public safety threats are removed,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. Local officials, including Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles criticized such actions, saying in a statement they “are causing unnecessary fear and uncertainty.” “We want people in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County to know ...

  • Scientists explore new frontier in autoimmune disease treatment by resetting 'rogue' cells

    Scientists explore new frontier in autoimmune disease treatment by resetting 'rogue' cells

    Nov 13, 2025 11:16 PM EST

    ... Florida, spent three decades battling lupus, including scary hospitalizations when it attacked her spinal cord. But she qualified for CAR-T when she also developed lymphoma — and while a serious side effect delayed her recovery, next month will mark two years without a sign of either cancer or lupus. “I ...

  • U.S. Mint in Philadelphia presses final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled

    U.S. Mint in Philadelphia presses final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled

    Nov 12, 2025 05:46 PM EST

    ... be traced back for more than 200 years. Frank Holt, an emeritus professor at the University of Houston who has studied the history of coins, laments the loss. “We put mottos on them and self-identifiers, and we decide — in the case of the United States — which dead persons are ...

  • AP-NORC poll finds approval of how Trump manages the government is eroding among Republicans

    AP-NORC poll finds approval of how Trump manages the government is eroding among Republicans

    Nov 12, 2025 05:05 PM EST

    ... use the shutdown to force Republicans to address soon-to-skyrocket health care costs. "I don't have any patience for the Democrats and their lame excuses," she said, arguing that people who are scared about SNAP benefits expiring and struggling to put food on the table are a more ...

  • Upcoming Frida Kahlo auction could fetch up to $60 million, potentially setting a new record for a woman artist

    Upcoming Frida Kahlo auction could fetch up to $60 million, potentially setting a new record for a woman artist

    Nov 10, 2025 08:41 PM EST

    ... Malba) where it remains on exhibit. Medina, the art historian, regretted that the “crazy-priced” purchases have reduced art to a mere economic value. He lamented that when funds purchase art as mere investments — like buying shares in a public company — the works are often relegated to tax-free zones ...

  • New study suggests link between medical imaging and pediatric cancer risk

    New study suggests link between medical imaging and pediatric cancer risk

    Nov 09, 2025 10:40 PM EST

    ... of Medicine, suggests that the radiation exposure from imaging could pose a risk. It estimates that about 10 percent of blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, in the study group, may have been attributable to radiation exposure from medical imaging. Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman is the lead author of the ...

  • WATCH: 'I don't see the path for' Trump 2028 presidential bid, Johnson says

    WATCH: 'I don't see the path for' Trump 2028 presidential bid, Johnson says

    Oct 28, 2025 04:58 PM EST

    ... think the president knows — and he and I have talked about — the constrictions of the Constitution, as much as so many of the American people lament that," Johnson, R-La., told reporters at the Capitol. The United States has “three extraordinary years ahead” of the Trump administration, Johnson said. But ...