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Disney strengthened language used to denounce racist depictions in some of its classic properties on the company's streaming service.

Whether or not researchers discover brevetoxins in the pesky flies, the results are expected to be scientifically relevant.

Chicago Public Schools says 10% of their school bus drivers quit on Friday as they're unwilling to get mandated vaccines. The district is now offering cash to parents who drive their kids to school.

Twice a day, like clockwork, people release balloons around the world at the same time. These balloons are scientific tools, and the people releasing them are meteorologists.

America's nuclear submarine deal with Australia not only ended France's $66 billion deal with Australia, it also left France and Europe caught up in escalating tensions between China and the U.S.

A Jacksonville City Council member says he will introduce legislation to authorize a program for drug users to safely exchange used needles for new ones at no cost.

Researchers say adolescents often think that vaping pot is safer than smoking it. But it can increase the risk of dependence, other substance use and many other health, social and behavioral problems.

The fire started on Sunday and had been contained, but flared up again on Monday after firefighters had been sent home. A man was arrested in connection with the fire.

Falling numbers may signal that the state has reached the peak of the omicron variant.

Three wildfires that started over the weekend are still threatening neighborhoods in Bay County.

A fire at Europe's largest nuclear power plant is out — it had been attacked by Russian troops in Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Energy activated its nuclear incident response team as a precaution.

New fines were issued Wednesday by the Federal Communications Commission. The fines are aimed toward indecent programming on broadcast television.

Lawmakers on Wednesday are expected to press the FDA and formula makers on how the U.S. got into this situation, and what is being done to relieve the shortage.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows to develop more powerful means of, days after the country's first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in more than four years

The legislative session has wrapped up, but some are raising concerns about a few of the bills that didn’t get passed—including a move to address property insurance in Florida.

Lasik surgery practices are seeing a big increase in clients. People have grown tired of having their glasses fog up every time they put on a mask.

The declaration releases emergency funds to recovery efforts in three counties in northeastern New Mexico.

Authorities confirm that the white powder found Monday in the offices of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is the deadly toxin ricin. Three Senate office buildings have been closed; Senate staffers and Capitol Hill police officers who were near the area where the ricin was discovered Monday have reportedly not been exposed to dangerous levels of the poison. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.

Communications were still down across most of the Pacific Island nation of Tonga after a massive undersea volcano erupted over the weekend, making damage assessments difficult.

The sudden cave-in of part of the busy East Coast highway created an immediate traffic nightmare for drivers. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro issued a disaster declaration.

Immigration lawyers and Haitian community activists hosted a social media live event on Monday to stress the necessity for recipients of Temporary...

In a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, 55 percent of Americans say they disapprove of the Senate GOP bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Electronic cigarettes have sickened rising numbers of young children, a study of U.S. poison center calls has found. Most cases involve swallowing...

A letter from the Federal Bureau of Prisons almost cost Alan Mendelsohn his medical practice, only months after resuming it. The prominent Hollywood eye...

Falling short of a $50 million goal set by lawmakers, state environmental officials have changed focus and won't sell pieces of conservation land to help…