Early vote counting in Australia's general election suggested the government was likely return for a second term. Energy ...

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USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just ...

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NPR reporter Lisa Hagen and sociologist Karen Guzzo discuss the movement to boost the birth rate. Justin Chang reviews The Shrouds. Burke looks back on a difficult childhood in Of My Own Making.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell is the first to permanently block an executive order issued by President ...

EPA announced plans to reorganize the agency, moving science-focused staff into different roles and reducing the overall ...

An Illinois landlord who killed a 6-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy's mother in a brutal hate-crime attack ...

Radio Free Asia is laying off about 90 percent of its staff meaning it is effectively shutting down. It says it can no longer ...

Sean Combs' federal trial on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy will begin in New York next week. What is he accused of, and what will the trial mean for the mogul and for hip-hop?

The interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for ...