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The president says he’s never worked for Russia after The New York Times and The Washington Post raised new questions about his relationship with Moscow amid the unresolved special counsel probe.

The “black box” may provide insight into what happened in the minutes before the Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged into the Java Sea, killing all 189 people aboard.

Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz was onstage at an event to raise money for children’s hospitals when he was stabbed in the heart and abdomen.

Iran says its intentions are peaceful, but the U.S. worries the planned launches are really about developing weapons — specifically, intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The former attorney general, nominated to return to run the Justice Department, backed President George H.W. Bush’s decision to pardon ex-Reagan officials caught up in an earlier imbroglio.

Creating an exercise habit doesn’t mean you have to spend hours sweating on a treadmill. Start small, build up slowly and remember that all movement counts — even vacuuming, if you do it vigorously.

Many child care centers in federal buildings affected by the partial government shutdown are also shuttered, leaving parents few options when it comes to their kids.

The policy makes good on Trump’s promise to peel back the requirement that employers offer contraception coverage at no cost. The rule is on hold in D.C. and the 13 states that challenged it.

Americans now have a 1 in 96 chance of dying from an opioid overdose, according to new analysis from the National Safety Council.

Teachers in LA, the second largest school district in the country, began a strike Monday morning. Union members there have been working without a contract for more than a year.

Police officers administered CPR after arriving at a home in Chico, California, where the drug overdose occurred. Four people are in critical condition.

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun gained international attention when she locked herself in a Bangkok hotel room and tweeted that her family would kill her if she were deported to Saudi Arabia.

President Trump took pains to keep the details of meetings with Putin secret, the Washington Post reports.

At a time when more women than men are graduating from college and earning doctorates, just a third of Ph.D.s in economics go to women. Now there’s an effort to increase women economists at the Fed.

Workers are now missing paychecks for the first time since the partial government shutdown began. That’s causing many of them to do what once seemed unthinkable — apply for unemployment.

In poignant and powerful photographs, Wil Riera draws attention to senior citizens in a country teetering on the brink.

To stay healthy, we need at least 150 minutes of exercise weekly. This routine, created with a celebrated trainer, hits this goal in 22 minutes a day — cardio, weight training and stretching included.

The Capital Area Food Bank says it distributed more than 30,000 pounds of fresh produce on Saturday to federal workers impacted by the ongoing partial government shutdown.

Iraq war veteran Brian Kolfage had raised the money through GoFundMe. On Friday, he said donations would go towards a non-profit he created to build the wall, rather than the U.S. government.

Friday evening, as the shutdown bordered on becoming the longest in U.S. history, hundreds of furloughed workers gathered in Montgomery County, Md., to share a meal.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is traveling through the Middle East as confusion mounts over U.S. policy in Syria.

Despite allegations of sexual abuse, the musician still has defenders in the gospel music industry. NPR’s Scott Simon talks with writer Candice Benbow, who says it’s time for leaders to speak up.

The NBA star says he fears that if he travels to London for an upcoming game against the Washington Wizards, he might be killed for speaking out against Turkey’s president.

Native American tribes are more dependent on federal dollars than many other communities. As the shutdown continues, Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye is asking Congress to exempt tribes.

His announcement came Saturday in Texas, after weeks of hinting he was ready to join the 2020 Democratic primary field. “I’ve always believed with big dreams and hard work anything is possible.”

Firefighters and forest managers are losing valuable time to prepare for the upcoming wildland fire season as the partial government shutdown continues.

Despite technological advancements that allow deaf job seekers to communicate more easily with potential employers, applicants say they still face stigma that they can’t do the job.

Saturday marks Day 22 of the partial federal government shutdown, stretching past the 21 days in 1995-96. Many federal workers missed their first paycheck on Friday.

We’ve had government shutdowns since the ’70s. Early on, they were low on drama and usually quickly resolved. Then came 1995, when the GOP used budget negotiations to push a broad philosophical fight.

The president didn’t question the report, which said counterintelligence officials wondered if he was a national security threat. Instead, he said he was “FAR tougher on Russia” than other leaders.

A spokesman said the reduction would not be necessary except for “extraordinarily difficult challenges ahead.”

The Democrat is an anti-interventionist who has drawn criticism for meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad. In 2016, she supported the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders.