Election Day 2026 is still 27 days away, but the 2028 crowd isn’t even pretending to wait. Vice President JD Vance last week chided Sen. Ted Cruz for making it “really obvious” that he’s already runni...

On a warm spring day in mid-April 2026, Heather McFarland was casting small vessels topped with solar panels out into a reservoir in Mattoon, Illinois, a

Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.

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Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

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Less than a week after the Toledo Rockets defeated San Diego State 41-16 at the Glass Bowl, the Aztecs are dealing with a reported mumps outbreak.

Disability service providers across the nation are turning away new referrals and scaling back programs. And, with massive funding cuts on the horizon, they see no relief in sight.

Cases have more than doubled since August as a dispute with federal health officials over the death count continues.

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Pentagon review finds AI targeting failures led to a U.S. missile strike killing 120 children at an Iranian school misclassified in outdated databases.

Utility disconnections were up 28% in 10 states in July 2026 – the hottest month ever recorded in the US – compared with July 2024, data shows

Bird flu has returned early to Minnesota, with confirmed cases in seven commercial and three backyard flocks affecting more than 260,000 birds.

A University of Minnesota report finds that 42 of 67 recent obstetric closures were urban hospitals, and 49.1% of all U.S. hospitals now lack the service.

City and state officials said they had no prior notice before the raids began.

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The former steel giant is becoming a place that’s easy to call home.

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