GDP report Thursday expected to show economy still growing at a solid pace

The U.S. economy likely expanded at a solid pace in the first three months of the year and perhaps even better than Wall Street expects, while still below the robust level that closed 2023. Gross d...

The weather experiment that really flooded Dubai

A reckless experiment in Earth's atmosphere caused a desert metropolis to flood. That was the story last week when more than a year's worth of rain fell in a day on the Arabian Peninsula, one of t...

Arizona lawmakers set to try again to repeal 1864 abortion ban

For the third time in three weeks, Democrats in the Arizona Legislature will attempt on Wednesday to pass a bill that would repeal the near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was upheld by the ba...

Hundreds of athletes urge the NCAA not to ban trans athletes from women’s sports - Yahoo Sports

A group of more than 400 current and former Olympic, professional and collegiate athletes, over 300 academics and roughly 100 advocacy groups released separate letters Tuesday urging the NCAA not to ban transgender women from competing in women’s college sports.

Three Kansas Men Found Guilty Of Bomb Plot Targeting Somali Muslim Immigrants : The Two-Way : NPR

A months-long FBI investigation reportedly yielded a recording of one of the defendants saying, "The only good Muslim is a dead Muslim." The defense argued it was protected free speech.

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Polio (Poliomyelitis) | Johns Hopkins Medicine

Polio is now rare in the United States because of a vaccine against the virus. But, it still exists in a few countries. If you have not been vaccinated, you could get it while traveling to other regions.

New Hampshire’s GOP Is Taking a Stand—Against the Polio Vaccine – Mother Jones

The Granite State could be the first to ditch polio and measles requirements for childcare.

Dexter Reed's family files federal lawsuit over deadly Chicago police shootout

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The family of Dexter Reed on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Chicago and five police officers involved in the shootout that killed him last month in Humboldt ...

With Temperatures Soaring, Gazans Swelter in Makeshift Tents

When Maryam Arafat, her husband and their three young children fled their home in Gaza City under Israeli bombardment, it was the dead of winter. Forced to shelter in a ramshackle tent in Deir al B...

FTC bans most noncompete agreements between employers and workers : NPR

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to ban employment agreements that typically prevent workers from leaving their companies for competitors, or starting competing businesses of their own.