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A damaged building is seen after an explosion in Palm Springs, Calif., on Saturday. Eric Thayer/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Thayer/AP A fatal explosion outside a California fertility clinic …

Wednesday night Mass at St. Ambrose University attracts a congregation of mostly students. On one recent evening, they added a prayer for the university’s new partnership with Mount Mercy University. …

A reconstruction of Mosura fentoni, an extinct sea creature from more than 500 million years ago. Danielle Dufault/Royal Ontario Museum hide caption toggle caption Danielle Dufault/Royal Ontario Museum Paleontologists have …

Anthony Broughton digs through the debris of his destroyed home following a severe storm in London, Ky., on Saturday. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption toggle caption Timothy D. Easley/AP At …

A home has been severely damaged by a powerful storm that hit London, Ky., overnight. Karyn Czar/WUKY hide caption toggle caption Karyn Czar/WUKY Powerful storms and tornadoes tore through several …

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is seen during a press conference on May 7 in Washington, D.C. Bondi’s Department of Justice recently charged a few noncitizens for alleged illegal voting, …

District Court Judge Shelley Joseph leaves Boston federal court in April 2019 for allegedly helping a man in the country illegally evade immigration officials as he left her Newton, Mass., …

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of immigrants in Northern Texas under the Alien Enemies Act.

Novelist Salman Rushdie promotes the German-language edition of his book Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder in Berlin on May 16, 2024. In the book, Rushdie confronts the 2022 attack …

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