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The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.

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Israel's military said the airdrops would begin Saturday night in Gaza, after mounting accounts of starvation-related deaths. Israeli officials also said humanitarian corridors will be established.

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As the deadline for the start of 30 percent tariffs on the EU, Cecilia Malmstrom, former European Commissioner for Trade, explains the scope and scale of the EU-US trading partnership and what's at stake if a deal isn't reached.

A months-long recall effort to oust lawmakers considered pro-Chinese has failed in the self-governing island's legislature.

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The U.S. president is spending a long weekend in his late mother's birth country of Scotland. There, he's been confronted by protesters waving photos of Jeffrey Epstein.

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The Southwest Boeing 737 dropped almost 500 feet to avoid another aircraft.

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That's how the head of the World Health Organization paid tribute to Nabarro's lifelong public health leadership. A physician, Nabarro was a leading voice in the effort to quash the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Founded by George W. Bush, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief was taken out of the list of agencies that lost previously pledged funds. But its future is far from certain.

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Scientists are driving around in white Chevys, releasing thousands of specially engineered mosquitoes from tubes — part of a pioneering project to reduce the spread of dengue, a terrible disease.

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Magdalena Frech on day 4 of the Mubadala Citi DC Open. Williams, 45, said she's been on COBRA health insurance.'/>

In the U.S., as nowhere else, health insurance and employment are deeply connected. And that means confusion can snare even elite athletes.

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The independence-leaning ruling Democratic Progressive Party won the last presidential election, but the China-friendly Nationalists and the Taiwan People's Party have enough seats to form a majority bloc.

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John Michael Osbourne, a poor student from Birmingham, UK, exceeded expectations and helped invent heavy metal. A moment to remember the singular Ozzy Osbourne, who died this week at the age of 76.

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Another deadly overnight raid in central Nigeria left more than 100 villagers dead and hundreds displaced. Survivors in Benue State say it's part of a brutal campaign to drive Christian farming communities from their land. NPR reports from Yelwata, where residents are still counting the dead.

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For most pet primates in the United States, life is marked by chronic stress, malnutrition and illness — if they survive at all. A bill in Congress would aim to make ownership of captive primates illegal in all 50 states.

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Some big companies are reporting real financial pain from tariffs and economic uncertainty — but for others, business is booming.

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Those with equity in a home can trade up more easily, while many first-time homebuyers are still stuck on the sidelines.

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Taiwanese were voting Saturday to determine whether to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, in elections that could potentially reshape the power balance in the self-ruled island's legislature.

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Brittany dives into the economy behind Christian contemporary music

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Christina Chapman was sentenced to prison this week for her role in a scheme that the DOJ said used stolen American identities in order to help illegally employ North Koreans in U.S. companies.

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ICE says its employees have good reasons to hide their faces from protesters who want to dox them online, but Democrats say masked federal agents evokes "secret police," and the practice should be banned.

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