2025

Education Harvard Funding Cuts
Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio opens a liquid nitrogen freezer used to store blood samples used for research at the university's T.H. Chan School of Public Health on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 in Boston. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

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Harvard scientists say research could be set back years after funding freeze

AUG. 7, 2025

Jellyfish Beach Invasion
Lewes Beach Patrol Lieutenant Landon Hudson holds a pair of moon jellyfish during a wildlife education presentation at Savannah Beach, in Lewes, Del., before releasing the jellyfish back into the wild on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mingson Lau)

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Many Delaware beachgoers feel the sting of a blooming jellyfish population

AUG. 6, 2025

Mideast Wars Lebanon Pager Attack Survivors
Zeinab Mestrah, 26, who was wounded in the pagers attack carried out by Israel on September 17, 2024, is seen reflected in a mirror at the very spot where she was injured, in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Friday, April 25, 2025. A portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hangs on the wall above her. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Survivors of Israel’s pager attack on Hezbollah last year struggle to recover

AUG. 6, 2025

Wildfires-Health Effects
FILE - Damage from wildfires is seen in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 11, 2023 . (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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New studies tie unrecognized deaths and health problems to Maui and LA wildfires

AUG. 6, 2025

Climate Pakistan Floods Singer
Pakistani folk musician Sham Bhai, second from right, performs with her team members at a village in Umerkot, a district of Pakistan's southeastern Sindh province, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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Pakistani musicians use folk songs and rap to raise climate change awareness

AUG. 6, 2025

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Trump announces Apple investing another $100 billion in US manufacturing

AUG. 6, 2025

Trump
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump listens at an event to promote his proposal to improve Americans' access to their medical records in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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What to know about mRNA vaccines

AUG. 6, 2025

AP Poll Cost of Living
FILE - A customer buys Chinese made ginger candy at 99 Ranch Market, an Asian grocery store in Los Angeles, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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The vast majority of US adults are stressed about grocery costs, an AP-NORC poll finds

AUG. 5, 2025

The Old Guys Football
FILE - Minnesota Vikings safety Harrison Smith (22) takes part in drills during practice at NFL football minicamp, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Eagan, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

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NFL longevity demands wisdom as much as determination and talent. These seasoned guys can explain

AUG. 5, 2025

Gardening-Humane Pest Control
FILE - Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory in Fort Collins, Colo., on April 4, 2024. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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How to humanely deal with pests without using cruel traps or harmful chemicals

AUG. 5, 2025

Polio Eradication Failures
A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback

AUG. 5, 2025

Massive Mural
In this undated photo provided by Guido van Helten is a mural he painted on a building in Greenville, S,C. (Guido van Helten via AP)

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An Australian artist is painting huge murals on silos in the US Midwest

AUG. 5, 2025

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