The 2020 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to Briton Roger Penrose, German Reinhard Genzel and American Andrea Ghez for advancing our understanding of black holes.
Hurricane Delta is getting bigger fast and speeding up as it takes aim at Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. It's now a Category 2 hurricane with top winds of 110 mph.
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ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press
The latest on President Donald Trump's health after his COVID-19 diagnosis and hospitalization. President Trump's doctors brief the public on his coronavirus condition.
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says she has tested positive for COVID-19. This comes days after President Donald Trump tested positive for the cornorvirus. McEnany says in a statement that she tested positive Monday morning and is experiencing no symptoms at this time. She spoke briefly with reporters Sunday evening, but […]
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and British-born scientist Michael Houghton for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.
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JILL COLVIN, STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
U.S. and tribal officials are celebrating completion of a $34 million fish bypass system at a Nevada dam that will allow threatened trout to return to some of their native spawning grounds for the first time in more than a century.
Deadly wildfires in California have burned more than 4 million acres (6,250 square miles) this year, a new record for the most acres burned in a single year.
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JILL COLVIN, STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press
At a Sunday news conference updating Pres. Trump's health, doctors said his blood oxygen level dropped twice in recent days, but he has continued to improve.
Two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions about the timing of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett
Senate Republicans want to cancel legislative work until Oct. 19, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Supreme Court confirmation hearings are set to begin Oct. 12.
Republican lawmakers are confronting former FBI Director James Comey about his oversight of the Trump-Russia investigation during a politically charged hearing that focused attention on problems with the probe.
American cyclist Quinn Simmons has been suspended by the Trek-Segafredo team after posting antagonistic comments on social media in support of President Donald Trump.
Today, Sarcos Robotics, a global leader in the production of robots that augment humans to enhance productivity and safety, announced that its Guardian ® XO ® industrial exoskeleton—the world’s first full-body, battery-powered wearable industrial robot designed to increase strength and endurance—has been recognized by Fast Company in their 2020 Innovation by Design Awards.
A Canadian woman accused of mailing a package containing ricin to the White House included a threatening letter in which she told President Donald Trump to "give up and remove your application for this election," according to court papers filed Tuesday.
