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There's a decent chance you have seen them if you have driven past your local Tesla dealership lately: Groups ranging from a few dozen to several hundred protesters are congregating outside electric vehicle lots. They are part of a nationwide effort to highlight CEO Elon Musk and his role in Preside...
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejecting calls to impeach judges hours after Trump, in a Truth Social post, demanded the removal of one who ruled against his deportation plans
A new book by a former Meta executive says the company was ready to put its technology at the service of China's Communist government. The revelation — as well as Meta's efforts to keep the executive's book from reaching the American public — raises questions about CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent publi...
4,970 miles: The distance traveled by a handful of ancestral iguanas, according to research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It's believed the lizards traveled on floating vegetation across the Pacific Ocean from the Americas to Fiji and Tonga.
Major League Baseball players have become known for their melting pot of backgrounds, but this diversity may be putting a strain on the Japanese baseball industry. Baseball has long been the most popular sport in Japan, with its top league, Nippon Professional Baseball, drawing nearly 27 million att...
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Talking Point The popularity of chess is surging, but a new reality TV show struggles to capitalise on the craze
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Speed Read Maria Margarita Rojas and an employee at one of her clinics are the first to be criminally charged under Texas' near-total abortion ban
Speed Read 326 Palestinians were killed in the first major attack since Netanyahu's government signed a ceasefire agreement with Hamas
Speed Read Joe Biden's pardons of Jan. 6 committee members are not valid because they were done by autopen, says Trump
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Feature The Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to freeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments
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Feature Examining the West’s role in Gaza’s war and how the art market has ruined art
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In depth Sixty years ago, on 22 November 1963, the US president was shot dead in Dallas, Texas
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