Harvard University has responded to threats from the Education Department to halt grant funding to the Ivy League school
Four arrested in West Africa for extortion scheme linked to California teen’s suicide
Three years after a California teenager died by suicide, four men in West Africa have been arrested on suspicion of participating in what investigators are calling an “international sextortion scheme” that targeted people in the U.S., Canada and Europe
3 die in North Cascades National Park climbing fall
Sheriff's officials say three climbers from suburban Seattle have been killed in a fall in North Cascades National Park
Man accused in Florida State shooting out of hospital
Authorities say a man accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding six others during a shooting last month at Florida State University has been discharged from a Tallahassee hospital and charged with murder
Drone footage shows New Mexico deputies disarm children handling a loaded gun
The sheriff in New Mexico's most populous county is crediting his department's drone program for helping disarm two children and prevent what could have been a worse outcome
Have we got the appendix all wrong? – podcast
For a long time the appendix was considered disposable. After all, millions of people have theirs removed each year and go on to live healthy lives. But as Heather F Smith, a professor of anatomy at Midwestern University tells Ian Sample, researchers are increasingly understanding what this small worm-shaped organ...
Weight loss jabs in obese children can help avoid mealtime rows, study says
Liraglutide is found to have beneficial impact on weight and families report reduced conflicts around food Giving obese children weight loss jabs works and could help avoid arguments over mealtimes, according to research. Clinicians treating very obese children at a hospital in Sweden analysed whether liraglutide injections could be used...
US touts ‘substantial progress’ in tariff talks with China, but details are still scarce
The lead U.S. negotiator in trade talks with China cheered “a great deal of productivity” in resolving differences between the world’s two leading economic powers, after officials wrapped two days of bargaining in Switzerland following President Donald...
‘Beacon of freedom’ dims as US initiatives that promote democracy abroad wither
The United States is pulling back from its role in spreading democratic ideals abroad under President Donald Trump
From the left and right, US Catholics hope new pope fulfills their hopes
News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological spectrum in Pope Leo XIV’s homeland, raising the question of whether he might be able to ease some of the deep divisions withi...